AN initiative led by a Limerick college that aims to tackle gender abuse has received funding to develop a website which will put researchers around the world in touch with the issues.
Developed by Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) and Haven Horizons, a national charity focused on education and research into domestic abuse, the project aims to connect practitioners and researchers in the area of gender-based abuse and bring about change.
The website will also feature research opportunities and training courses. Events such as conferences and webinars will be organised and the project will also establish an awards system for engaged research and research translation.
It is anticipated that this project will establish a knowledge hub in relation to gender-based abuse that can serve not only Ireland but practitioners and researchers in the field in the UK, Europe and across the world.
The ‘Research Translation Centre: Gender-based abuse’ project, which received €12,000 from the Irish Research Council’s New Foundations grant scheme, is led by Lisa Scott O’Rourke Principal Investigator, EDGE (Exploring Diversity, Gender and Equality) Research Group at TUS.
“Working closely with our community partner Haven Horizons, we have set up a website that will allow practitioners and researchers in the area of gender-based abuse in Ireland to connect with one another so that the research can be engaged with practitioners and translated into action that will eliminate gender-based abuse,” she explained.
“This second phase of funding will develop our resource further and include researchers and practitioners from outside of Ireland. ”
