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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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Gender transformative evaluation. The case of MGNREGA in India/ looking for help.
Hello everyone, what a great pleasure to join this beautiful network! My name is Salam Abukhadrah and I'm a PhD candidate researching employment policies and its relation to women’s empowerment at Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC). I would like to do a gender transformative evaluation for the case of MGNREGA in India as part of my research. Even though there has been a lot of great work on this matter, I believe there’s still room to further investigate the issue of gender relations and the theoretical underpinnings of evaluation. I’m developing an evaluation system that combines elements from institutional labour economics, Post Keynesians economics, and feminist economics. I would really appreciate if anyone can help me reach out people or NGOs in the field who are perhaps already working on the same thing. It can be quite frustrating to deal with the logistics of planning a field trip. Thank you all very much in advance.
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Permalink Reply by Rituu B Nanda on
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Hi Salam,
See this document
Sudarshan, M. R., Murthy, K. R., & Chigateri, S. (2016). Engendering Meta-Evaluations: Towards Women's Empowerment.
http://www.isstindia.org/publications/meta_eval.pdf
An excellent piece of work- meta evaluation by Ranjani Murthy.
Warmly,
Rituu
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Permalink Reply by Salam Abukhadrah on
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Hello Rituu,
Thank you for the reference, it's indeed and a great asset to my research.
Best.
Salam
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What kind of NGOs are you looking for? What would you need from them? Thanks
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Dear Rituu,
Thank you for the reply. I'm interested in NGOs that have worked with/on nrega and that could help me with the logistics of conducting an evaluation for the program. Ideally, this would be an NGO with focus on gender and research and with whom I can perhaps cooperate with. Or just simply an NGO/anyone that can put me in contact with someone who could help me to carry out the research in India. For example, I know the ISST conducted a similar project in India 'Balancing unpaid care work and paid work: successes, challenges and lessons for women’s economic empowerment programmes and policies’. I hope this answers your question.
Best,
Salam
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Permalink Reply by Ranjani K.Murthy on
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Dear Salam
I did a meta evaluaiton- that Rituu has mentioned a few years back.
1. As you are combining feminist economics and Keynesian you may like to get in touch with Dr Indira Hirway, (she may have moved) who looked at MGNREGS.
Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
Blithewood
Annandale-on-Hudson NY US 12504-5000
E-mail: indira.hirway@cfda.ac.in2. Padmini Swaminathan. I do not have her email, but works on gender and labour issues
Padmini Swaminathan is an Indian feminist economist. She is the current Chairperson of the Centre for Livelihoods at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad
Best
Ranjani
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Thanks for taking out time and responding to Salam. I appreciate it very much, Ranjani.
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I apologise for the late reply. This is really helpful thank you very much I really appreciate it.
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Dear Salam
Can we chat some time? Have been trying to contact you.
Best
Ranjani
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Dear Ranjani,
Absolutely! I apologize for the late reply.
Best,
Salam
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