Projects
Women and the Arctic: A Critical Analysis of Women's Writing about the Arctic (1880s-present) KU Leuven
The Northern regions have been the objects of both physical appropriation through explorations and symbolic appropriation in literary texts which sought to translate the unfamiliar into familiar terms. The impulse to search these regions and mine their resources has been durable and persistent, and the wish to narrate that experience for others has been equally strong. Like the Arctic explorations themselves, Arctic literature is heavily ...
Laura project 2.0: Improving women's health in Peru with the support of higher education institutions, women and local authorities. University of Antwerp
Influence of vaginal microbiota on the pathophysiology of microbial-associated intra-amniotic inflammation and “sterile” inflammation in women with preterm labor with intact membranes and women with preterm prelabour rupture of the membranes KU Leuven
Background: Sequencing of 16S rRNA gene emerges to better understand the influence of microbiome on spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB). There is a few data regarding its influence on the infectious/inflammatory physiopathology of sPTB. According to the amniotic fluid (AF) information of infection/inflammation (IAI), four phenotypes of women have been defined: microbial-associated IAI, “sterile” IAI, colonization and a “negative” phenotype, ...
Keeping women out of politics? The (in)direct impact of violence against women in politics Vrije Universiteit Brussel
problem. Since female politicians are not only targeted based on their political role, but because of
their gender as well, scholars argue to study VAWIP as a distinctive issue. Most research looking into
the problem, focusses on countries in conflict settings with low levels of female politicians. In these
environments, ...
‘Successful’ Women of the Transnational Field: Gender and Social Mobility among Sierra Leonean Women in Europe KU Leuven
The research project aims at analysing gendered strategies and performances of social mobility in contexts of migration, based on the practices of Sierra Leonean women who live in Europe and who are part of wider transnational networks. The main hypothesis is that gender impacts the type of strategies that women deploy in order to access social mobility in migratory contexts, as well as the way they insert and position themselves within ...
Women and the Short Story: A Textual, Comparative and Contextual Analysis of the Contribution of Women Writers to the Modern Short Story in English: 1880-1980. KU Leuven
Women and the Short Story: A Textual, Comparative and Contextual Analysis of the Contribution of Women Writers to the Modern Short Story in English: 1880-1980.
Backup mandate Research Council: The stalled fertility transition in sub-Saharan Africa: a case study of Congolese women A mixed methods approach of fertility among Congolese women in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Belgium since the 1960s Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Study on prevalence of violence experienced by women in the Brussels-Capital Region Study on well-being and safety of women in the Brussels-Capital Region Ghent University
The general objective is to conduct a policy-oriented study on prevalence of violence (physical, psychological, sexual, stalking and sexual harrassment) reported by women resident in the Brussels-Capital Region. The study will assess lifetime prevalence and the correlation with several determinants such as age, civil status, education, household size, substance abuse, ethnicity/origin, physical/psychological health.