Gender-Based Violence: Economic Research with Maria Perrotta Berlin

What can economic research reveal about gender-based violence? In this AUA Focus Series video interview, Maria Perrotta Berlin of the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) discusses intimate partner violence, social norms, and the challenges of informing policy.

Why Gender-Based Violence Is Difficult to Measure

Much violence goes unreported. Differences in awareness and willingness to disclose abuse complicate international comparisons. Perrotta Berlin explores what survey data can reveal, and why interpreting it requires care.

The conversation examines the long-term economic consequences of violence, including challenges facing societies affected by conflict and displacement. It also considers why policies addressing intimate partner violence do not always produce the expected results.

Watch the AUA Focus Series Interview

Watch Maria Perrotta Berlin discuss how better data, an understanding of social norms and cooperation between researchers and policymakers can support more effective responses.

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