None in Three(Ni3) - A Centre for the Development, Application, Research and Evaluation of Prosocial Games for the Prevention of Gender-based Violence

愿景-创建一个全球研究中心，致力于研究和严肃的博彩干预措施，旨在优先考虑女童和妇女过上无暴力生活的权利，并防止暴力侵害最弱势群体（联合国可持续发展目标5;联合王国援助战略目标4）。我们将建立的跨学科，跨文化，跨大陆的研究和伙伴关系平台将导致来自四个ODA上市国家和英国的社会科学家和游戏开发人员的骨干，他们擅长开发前沿技术，先进的研究方法和政策制定，重点是改变性别暴力的社会和文化驱动因素。这将被称为DARE中心：开发、应用、研究和评估亲社会游戏以防止基于性别的暴力的中心。关于基于性别的暴力的国际妇女权利协定和国内法是防止和消除这种暴力的重要一步。然而，在政策指示和实际情况之间存在执行差距，除非人们理解为什么要遵守规章，否则规章可能无效。此外，以政策为主导的办法对于解决驱动基于性别的暴力的根本文化态度和价值观几乎没有帮助。因此，减少暴力侵害妇女和女孩行为的关键是创新的教育和社会战略，这些战略认识到我们所生活的不断变化的世界，并在与性别暴力有关的态度形成时对其提出挑战。以儿童和青年为目标，似乎对改造社会和持久改变全世界妇女的状况至关重要。基于英国、中国、牙买加、巴基斯坦和乌干达（DARE国家）机构之间的独特伙伴关系，该中心将在哈德斯菲尔德大学现有的家庭暴力预防项目“三个都没有”（www.noneinthree.org）的基础上，扩大亲社会游戏对全球预防性别暴力的社会/文化影响。越来越多的研究证明，游戏技术的发展为性别暴力的实施创造了新的出路。然而，鉴于新技术对年轻一代的吸引力，技术进步也可用于亲社会目的，以增强受害者的权能并促进反暴力行动。近年来，研究人员和教育工作者越来越意识到亲社会电子游戏的潜在好处。与其他媒体不同，电子游戏使用叙事和视听内容以及规范玩家行为的规则和目标来构建儿童的体验。最近的一项荟萃分析研究揭示了玩亲社会视频游戏和积极的社会结果之间的显着关联（Greitemeyer & Mügge，2014）。暴力电子游戏反过来又会导致人们对什么是侵略性的看法产生偏见，从而引发侵略性行为。重要的是，设计得当的亲社会电子游戏可以增强道德推理，培养同理心，这是其他媒体无法做到的。同理心减少了攻击性，导致了亲社会的行动，从而加强了社会联系，整合了社会。DARE中心的指示性工作领域包括：中国-促进防止性虐待和防止贩运的文化;牙买加-挑战性商品化及其与对儿童的商业性剥削的关系，并在男子和男孩中促进个人责任的文化;巴基斯坦-改进与童婚和名誉杀人有关的儿童保护制度，乌干达-家庭暴力，禁止切割女性生殖器官和童婚，青少年关系中的人际暴力。这些活动都力求防止基于性别的暴力，并提高妇女和女童的地位。

VISION - To create a global research centre dedicated to research and serious gaming interventions designed to prioritise the rights of girls and women to live a life free from violence and to prevent violence against those most vulnerable (UN Sustainable Development Goal no. 5; UK Aid Strategy obj.4). The inter-disciplinary, cross-cultural, trans-continental research and partnership platform we will establish will result in a cadre of social scientists and game developers from four ODA-listed countries and the UK, skilled in the development of frontier technologies, advanced research methodologies and policy formulation focused on changing the social and cultural drivers of gender-based violence. This will be known as The DARE Centre: the Centre for the Development, Application, Research and Evaluation of Prosocial Games for the Prevention of Gender-based Violence. International women rights agreements and domestic laws on gender-based violence (GBV) constitute an important step towards its prevention and elimination. However, there is an implementation gap between policy directives and what happens on the ground and unless people understand why regulations should be observed, they can be ineffective. Furthermore policy-led approaches do little to address the underlying cultural attitudes and values that drive GBV. Therefore, key to reducing violence against women and girls are innovative educational and social strategies which recognize the changing world we live within and challenge GBV related attitudes while they are being formed. Targeting children and youths seems crucial for transforming societies and creating a lasting change to the situation of women worldwide. Based on a unique partnership between institutions in the UK, China, Jamaica, Pakistan and Uganda, (the DARE countries) the Centre will build on the University of Huddersfield's existing domestic violence prevention project 'None in Three' (www.noneinthree.org), to expand the social/cultural impact of prosocial games for the prevention of GBV globally. As evidenced by a growing body of research, the development of game technologies has created new outlets for the perpetration of GBV. However, given the appeal of novel technologies to younger generations, technological advancements may also be utilised for prosocial purposes to empower victims and catalyze action against violence. In recent years, researchers and educators have become increasingly aware of the potential benefits of prosocial video games. Unlike other media, video games scaffold children's experience using narrative and audio-visual content, as well as rules and objectives regulating players' behaviour. A recent meta-analytic study revealed a significant association between playing a prosocial video game and positive social outcomes (Greitemeyer & Mügge, 2014). Violent video games, in turn, lead to a bias in the perception of what counts as aggressive, which evokes aggressive behaviour. Importantly, appropriately designed prosocial video games can enhance moral reasoning and foster empathy in a way that the mere presentation of facts through other media outlets cannot accomplish. Empathy reduces aggression and leads to prosocial actions, which strengthen social bonds and integrates societies. Indicative areas of work for the DARE Centre include: China - promoting a culture of protection against sexual abuse and prevention of trafficking; Jamaica - challenging the commoditization of sex and its relationship to the commercial sexual exploitation of children and promoting a culture of personal accountability among men and boys; Pakistan-improving child protection systems in relation to child marriage and honour killings, Uganda-domestic violence, the prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation and child marriage and, the UK-interpersonal violence within adolescent relationships. These activities all seek to prevent gender based violence and elevate the status of women and girls.