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Astha Ramaiya [Co-author] Shared the Journal Article - Published in Child Abuse & Neglect, June 2026
A new systematic review published in Child Abuse & Neglect examined the link between mental health and technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation and abuse (TF-CSEA). Analysing 10 studies with over 25,000 participants across seven countries, researchers found that depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and prior trauma were consistently associated with victimisation. Crucially, the relationship appears bidirectional with mental health difficulties both preceding and resulting from exploitation; creating potential cycles of repeated harm. Perhaps most striking: traditional parental monitoring through technological surveillance showed limited protective effects. What actually mattered? The quality of parent-child relationships including, open communication, emotional warmth, and trust. The findings suggest prevention efforts should combine universal school-based programmes building emotional resilience with targeted support for high-risk youth, while parent education should prioritise connection over control. With 12.5% of children globally experiencing online solicitation annually, understanding these psychological pathways is essential for effective child protection.
Alok Srivastava, Vasanti Rao & Amita Puri Article on International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health, January 2026
Tara Prasad Article on Challanges and Lessons Learns of GESI responsive and inclusive conservatiom practices, Nepal
Ritu Dewan & Swati Raju Article on Economic and Political Weekly
Viera Schioppetto shared Thesis on Gender Approach in Development Projects
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What is your understanding of systems thinking?
We believe that systems thinking has a place in evaluation because it lets us think strategically about complexity and multiple intersectional influences that impact an intervention. What do you think?
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Permalink Reply by Jolanda on
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I support the statement; nevertheless I see systems thinking in evalaution is undermined by weak monitoring or thematic studies during implementation about context changes; viable information about position changes in decision making from household to institutional level is almost absent. Combined with the fact that research time for evaluation is too short causing from the start already bias in geographic spreading, in actors included, time, etc
Finally systems thinking is for most professionals to complex to handle and transform its results in daily work routine; so such an evaluation might dis empower the end user of the evaluation results.
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Permalink Reply by Ellen Lewis on
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Thanks Jolanda for your comments. The more I consider ST in evaluation processes, the more I realize how much there is to learn about how to leverage and use its methodologies. For me, this exploration translates into increased opportunities. A systems thinking approach uses boundary concepts as the fundamental, iterative process in any analysis. Boundaries around systems are physical, personal and or social constructs/worldviews (perspectives). They define the limits of something, but not necessarily making those limits fixed, but still marking the inclusion or exclusion of ideas or stakeholders along with the reasoning behind those decisions. The UN Women IOE guidance of a Gender Environment Marginalizing and Systemic Evaluation (GEMSE is a working name the approach is currently being drafted) is looking at how to support evaluators as they work with the new SDGs which have an explicit interest in building local capacity to measure their own challenges and successes. To that end, I would hope to see a gradual paradigm shift in development work away from ‘planned interventionism’ (assuming we can measure change as a result of coordinated and planned action) to an acceptance that all systems are inherently complex and emergent and capturing/learning from both intended and unintended outcomes. As you point out though, the current timeline norms (and therefore funding) also need to shift to allow for more participatory, reflective and iterative data gathering cycles.
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