Visualising Justice on Sexual Violence in Kenya: Stimulating inclusion, Peace and Public Engagement through the Creative Economy

肯尼亚性暴力正义可视化：通过创意经济促进包容、和平与公众参与

• 批准号: AH/W006510/1
• 负责人: Heather Flowe
• 金额: $ 16.67万
• 依托单位: University of Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FW006510%2F1
• 关键词: Visualising; Justice; Sexual; Violence; Kenya

This project disseminates research from our AHRC-funded GCRF Rights for Time/Time for Rights Network Plus (AH/T008091/1), which is an interdisciplinary intersectoral research network+ that is focused on humanitarian protection research for the purpose of achieving economic, social, and policy impacts. Our research in Kenya is documenting the cumulative harms that survivors endure in the aftermath of sexual violence. The research is studying the nature of sexual violence and changing the way that evidence is gathered to prevent crimes and better protect survivors, thereby addressing SDG5 and SDG16. What our analysis shows, is that some of the most lasting harms are connected to social perceptions of sexual assault-who perpetrates it, and who can be a victim. The research results challenge crisis notions of harm, revealing that sexual violence survivors endure harms from not only the crime itself, but also from the inadequate enforcement of law and policy. Crucially, the sorts of harms Rights for Time research has documented are not specific to survivors in Kenya. Around the world, sexual offenses are widespread, underreported, and seldomly prosecuted. In the UK, the prosecution rate of sexual assault cases is estimated to be less than 2%--and that is of the assaults reported to the police. The theoretical insights gained through the research challenge crisis notions of harm and are applicable globally. In order to change the long-term outcomes of the survivors, we need to begin sharing the data collected through our programs. This follow-on project disseminates our research via a participatory documentary film project that aims to impact social perceptions of sexual violence and survivors via the creative economy. Our nonacademic partners on the project are the Survivors of Sexual Violence in Kenya Network , and the Wangu Kanja Foundation. This follow-on project amplifies the impact of our research by increasing awareness about our research findings, which shed light on the realities of sexual violence and the cumulative trauma and harms that survivors endure. The participatory film will create space for survivors to reflect on their individual and collective strengths and concerns. The nature of the participatory approach is transformative because it functions as a form of empowerment, facilitating the development of confidence while eliminating oppressive beliefs, labels, stereotypes, and stigma. The impact activities empower survivors, giving them a voice, and in doing so, promote meaningful change in how the public perceives the crime and survivors, and how authorities address these types of offences. The participatory film will document survivors' experiences of devaluation and powerlessness in their personal, social, and community lives arising from sexual violence, allowing audiences in Kenya (i.e., the general public, policy makers and duty bearers), and internationally (e.g., in the UK, the National Priority Setting Partnership (which is a national network of survivors), the FCDO, PSVI; policy makers) to gain new insights. The film will portray information about GBSV and engage in creative storytelling to deepen the emotional impact on viewers. The follow-on project also develops and implements an international engagement and communications plan to reach targeted audiences in Kenya and internationally, and to disseminate the Rights for Times research findings to national and international policy makers and duty bearers. Rights for Time has a strong network of national and international partners that will serve as an important network through which we can disseminate the film and the Rights for Time research that underpins it. These impact activities will increase awareness about the realities of sexual violence, involve survivors in the dissemination of Rights for Time Research, raise public awareness about Rights for Time research, and ultimately, reduce sexual violence incidence.

该项目传播由AHRC资助的GCRF为争取权利的时间/时间网络Plus(AH/T008091/1)所做的研究，该网络是一个跨学科、跨部门的研究网络，侧重于人道主义保护研究，目的是实现经济、社会和政策影响。我们在肯尼亚的研究记录了幸存者在性暴力后遭受的累积伤害。这项研究正在研究性暴力的性质，并改变收集证据的方式，以防止犯罪和更好地保护幸存者，从而解决SDG5和SDG16。我们的分析表明，一些最持久的伤害与社会对性侵的看法有关--谁实施了性侵，谁可能成为受害者。研究结果挑战了危机性伤害的概念，揭示了性暴力幸存者遭受的伤害不仅来自犯罪本身，还来自于法律和政策的执行不力。至关重要的是，《时代》权利研究记录的那种伤害并不是肯尼亚幸存者所特有的。在世界各地，性犯罪普遍存在，被低估，很少被起诉。在英国，性侵案件的起诉率估计不到2%--这是向警方举报的性侵案件中的一部分。通过这项研究获得的理论见解挑战了危机危害的概念，并适用于全球。为了改变幸存者的长期结果，我们需要开始分享通过我们的项目收集的数据。这个后续项目通过一个参与性纪录片项目传播我们的研究，该项目旨在通过创意经济影响社会对性暴力和幸存者的看法。我们在这个项目上的非学术合作伙伴是肯尼亚性暴力的幸存者网络和Wangu Kanja基金会。这个后续项目通过提高人们对我们的研究结果的认识，扩大了我们的研究的影响，这些研究结果揭示了性暴力的现实以及幸存者遭受的累积创伤和伤害。这部参与式电影将为幸存者创造空间，让他们反思自己的个人和集体优势和关切。参与式方法的性质是变革性的，因为它是一种赋权形式，促进了信心的发展，同时消除了压迫性的信念、标签、陈规定型观念和耻辱。影响活动赋予幸存者权力，让他们有发言权，并通过这样做，促进公众对犯罪和幸存者的看法以及当局如何处理这些类型的犯罪的有意义的变化。这部参与式电影将记录幸存者因性暴力而在个人、社会和社区生活中的贬值和无能为力的经历，使肯尼亚的观众(即普通公众、政策制定者和责任承担者)和国际观众(如在英国、国家优先事项确定伙伴关系(这是一个全国幸存者网络)、FCDO、PSVI；政策制定者)获得新的见解。这部电影将描绘关于GBSV的信息，并从事创造性的故事讲述，以加深对观众的情感影响。后续项目还制定和实施了一项国际参与和传播计划，以接触肯尼亚和国际上的目标受众，并向国家和国际政策制定者和责任人传播《纽约时报权利》的研究成果。争取时间的权利有一个由国家和国际合作伙伴组成的强大网络，这将成为我们传播电影和作为其基础的时间权利研究的重要网络。这些影响活动将提高对性暴力现实的认识，让幸存者参与传播《时代》研究权利，提高公众对《时代》研究权利的认识，并最终减少性暴力发生率。