65th ISI World Statistics Congress 2025

65th ISI World Statistics Congress 2025

Challenges of Reporting Gender-Based Violence in Conflict Settings

Conference

65th ISI World Statistics Congress 2025

Format: CPS Abstract - WSC 2025

Keywords: armed-conflict, ethics, survey-methodology

Session: CPS 32 - Gender Equality and Social Policy

Tuesday 7 October 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. (Europe/Amsterdam)

Abstract

Collecting data on gender-based violence (GBV) is difficult due to its sensitive nature. In international conflict, the challenges are exacerbated by multiple factors: forced displacement renders typical sample frames obsolete, different cultural expectations require extra care during questionnaire design and interviewer training, and the nature of GBV changes in the context of war. This talk will discuss methods for ameliorating these challenges, using a study based in Ukraine to illustrate.