Isabelle Pearson
@Isabellepson
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PhD candidate @LSHTM - Researching gender-based violence, participatory methods & adolescent wellbeing in Myanmar
London, England
Joined July 2018
Great to have our latest publication featured on the @LSHTM_Crises website!
Since Myanmar's 2021 coup, young people have faced threats to their safety, separation from family, displacement & many other stressors A new mental health survey has revealed the impacts of the conflict on young women & girls 👩👩👧👧 Read here ⬇
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What evidence exists for interventions to reduce *both* IPV & VAC? --> 30 progs in 16 countries: Strongest results for parenting & community-based progs ~ but lots of gaps! Bacchus @manuelacolombin @Isabellepson @AnikGevers @heidistoeckl @Alesscguedes
https://t.co/GWXJUKSPiQ
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Key mechanisms for effective intervention included: better communication and conflict resolution, challenging harmful gender norms, and understanding the adverse impact of IPV and VAC on children
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Our latest systematic review is out today in @TheLancetPH ! A collaboration between @LSHTM and @UNICEFInnocenti - we researched effective interventions that seek to prevent/respond to both #IPV and #VAC across 16 countries. Read the full paper here:
thelancet.com
Efforts to prevent or respond to intimate partner violence (IPV) and violence against children (VAC) are still disparate worldwide, despite increasing evidence of intersections across these forms of...
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Too many innocent Palestinian & Israeli lives have been lost, starting much before Oct 7. Healthcare professionals & academics must be supported, not silenced, when advocating for preservation of life. This is core to our role. https://t.co/XacnQJRnoS
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The International Court of Justice ruled on Jan 26, 2024, that Israel must prevent its forces from committing acts of genocide against Palestinians and allow humanitarian aid into Gaza.1 This ruling...
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Absolutely can’t wait to read this incredible collection of pieces on #feminism in Myanmar and how it has manifested in the Spring Revolution. Congratulations to Tharaphi Than and the team at IJBS. https://t.co/XH28AToaLk
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Attacks on health care in #Gaza are unacceptable. Besides an attack on ambulances near Al Shifa hospital with at least 13 people killed and 60 injured, two further attacks were reported yesterday at Al-Quds Hospital and near the Indonesian Hospital. The key medicine all these
.@WHO condemns the attacks on 3 November near Al-Shifa Hospital, Al-Quds Hospital, and the Indonesian Hospital in Gaza City and North Gaza governorates. https://t.co/lDTSvxr9g4
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🧵👧GirlDetermined is an organisation that has been working across Myanmar for over a decade to empower girls through leadership and peer support programmes.
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🧵👧Since the coup, I no longer go to school. I don’t believe in the current education system due to the military’s involvement and many schools in our area have soldiers living in them. Some days I am so tired from farm work and I wish I could just go back to school.
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Isabelle Pearson (PhD student @LSHTM) spoke about the conceptualisation of wellbeing from the perspective of young girls living in Myanmar: such rich and detailed expressions from their voices and drawings @CapabilityApp
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New report out tonight w/ @Kate_Arno We’ve travelled secretly into Myanmar to meet the young rebels fighting against the country’s brutal military dictatorship They were once peaceful protesters, now they’re risking their lives on the battlefield… #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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After Mum's heart attack yesterday, I am putting this out there. Heart Attacks present differently in Women, and if my Dad hadn't acted as quickly as he had, things may have been a very different story today.
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Interested in what we know abt measurement, prevalence & dynamics around sexual harassment in the global south? Our friends @heidistoeckl @Isabellepson @JoyceWamoyi have ya covered 👇🏾 Quant [49 studies]: https://t.co/m3VA7iGYFE Qual [34 studies]: https://t.co/1pK42stn7Y
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Just in time for the #SVRIForum2022! @AbbeyHatcherPhD @UNCpublichealth & co find food insecurity associated w/ doubled odds of violence against women & girls + investigates qual mechanisms! @PLOSGPH @heidistoeckl @rkfmiller @Isabellepson
https://t.co/5QrUQeyl1U
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Please consider reading and signing ANU's petition to persuade SOAS not to terminate the post of Professor of Burmese: https://t.co/XI885pRppU
@bbcburmese @MizzimaNews @ukinmyanmar @Myanmar_Now_Eng @RobinsonBKK
petitiononline.uk
This petition, an initiative of colleagues at the Australian National University (ANU), seeks to persuade SOAS, University of London, to reverse the decision to terminate the Professor of Burmese...
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“This is not just television – it is evidence for a future war crimes trial” Thanks @guardian for such a wonderful 5 star review of our @C4Dispatches on #Myanmar. I agree, we must protect Channel 4, the only broadcaster attempting journalism of this kind.
theguardian.com
As we watch young protesters become a guerrilla army with just one firearm between them, this startling film lays out the brutality of last year’s military coup. This is not just television – it is...
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#Myanmar @RapporteurUn Tom Andrews calls for humanitarian protection of 🚸from 🇲🇲 military junta's brutal attacks & #humanrights abuses vs. #children, which "constitute #crimesagainsthumanity and #war crimes.” https://t.co/S9HU7i74kd His report @UN_HRC 👉 https://t.co/VF5I8LDEqC
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⚠️Children whose mothers experience intimate partner violence suffer negative consequences throughout their lives... Find out the latest issues ➕ evidence on preventing violence against women and children 👇 📅Thursday 19th May 2 pm CET Register today https://t.co/zuz88GzIn7
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