Briefing paper
2 December 2016

The effect of gender norms on the association between violence and hope among girls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Author: L. Stark et al.
Published by: Cambridge Global Mental Health Journal
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Girls at early stages of adolescence are vulnerable to violence victimisation in humanitarian contexts, but few studies examine factors that affect girls’ hope in these settings. This paper looks to assessed attitudes toward traditional gender norms as an effect modifier of the relationship between violence exposure and future orientation in displaced girls.