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Nata Duvvury

Lecturer

Co-Director, Global Women’s Studies Programme
Co-ordinator, MA in Gender, Globalisation and Development

PhD (Economics) Jawaharlal Nehru University
MPhil (Economics) Jawaharlal Nehru University
MA (Economics) University of Alberta
BA (Economics) Rice University

Office: Aras Moyola 219
Telephone: 353 (0)91 495399
Email: nata.duvvurynuigalway.ie

Member of the Global Women's Studies Research Cluster
Leader of Gender and Public Policy research group of Gender ARC, a joint NUI Galway-UL research network, at the Institute of Business, Social Science and Public Policy

Profile

Dr. Nata Duvvury is development expert with research interests in, gender, livelihoods, governance and social mobilization. Dr. Duvvury has extensive international research and program experience in gender and development, with particular emphasis on gender inequality, domestic violence, rights-based approached to development, and civil society participation and accountability. She has authored numerous more than fifty research reports, peer-review publications and papers in edited books. Her most recent work focuses on the links between gender equality and economic growth as well as the gendered impacts of the current economic crisis in Ireland.

Research Interests

Current research interests include modelling impacts of gender equality on economic growth and poverty reduction, gender analysis of policy responses to economic crisis, dynamics of asset ownership and rural identity, and measuring costs of violence against women.

Teaching

Gender Perspectives on Globalisation
Feminist Epistemologies and Applied Gender Analyses
Women’s Agency and Power
Gender and Health Crises
Introduction to Research
Research Methods and Practice

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

“Mapping the Margins: Book Review”, S candinavian Journal of Management, 2013, 10.1016/j.scaman.2013.01.005

'I woke up after I joined Stepping Stones': meanings of an HIV behavioural intervention in rural South African young people's lives (with Rachel Jewkes and Kate Wood), Health Education Research, 2010

“Impact of stepping stones on incidence of HIV and HSV-2 and sexual behaviour in rural South Africa: cluster randomised controlled trial” with. R. Jewkes, M. Nduna, J. Levin, N. Jama, K. Dunkle, and A.Puren, BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2008: 337

“The Nexus of Gender Discrimination with Malnutrition: An Introduction” with Kavita Sethuraman, special edited volume of Review of Women's Studies, Economic and Political Weekly, November 3 2007

“Physical Spousal Violence Against Women in India: Some Risk Factors” with L. Jeyaseelan, Shuba Kumar, Nithya Neelakantan, Abhraham Peedicayil, and Raj Mohan Pillai, Journal of Biosocial Sciences, 2007

“Factors Associated with HIV Sero-status in Young Rural South African Women: Connections Between Intimate Partner Violence and HIV,” with R. Jewkes, K. Dunkle, M. Nduna, J. Levin, N. Jama, N. Khuzwayo, M. Koss, A. Puren, International Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 2006, September 28th.

“Perpetration of partner violence and HIV risk behavior among young men in the rural Eastern Cape, South Africa,” with Kristin Dunkle, R. Jewkes, M. Nduna, J. Levin, N. Jama, K. Dunkle, N. Khuzwayo, M. Koss, A. Puren, AIDS 20:2107-2114 (2006).

“A cluster randomized-controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of Stepping Stones in preventing HIV infections and promoting safer sexual behaviour amongst youth in the rural Eastern Cape, South Africa: trial design, methods and baseline findings,” with R. Jewkes, M. Nduna, J. Levin, N. Jama, K. Dunkle, N. Khuzwayo, M. Koss, A. Puren, K. Wood, Tropical Medicine and International Health, vol.11:1 (2006).

“How to Make the Law Work? Budgetary Implications of Domestic Violence Laws in Latin America, Central America, and the Caribbean,” with Dinys Luciano and Simel Esim in Journal of Women, Politics and Policy, (1/2) 2005.

“The Role of Men in Addressing Domestic Violence: Insights from India”, Development 46(2):45-50, 2003.

Chapter Contributions

“Forms, Consequences and Costs of Violence Against Women” with Caren Grown and Kate Weiland in UN Secretary General’s In depth study on all forms of Violence Against Women, presented to the General Assembly, 9 October, 2006

Papers in Edited Volumes

“Civil Society and Accountability Promotion in the Global Fund” with Carolyn Long ed ( Jan Scholte) Building Global Democracy? Civil Society and Accountable Global Governance Cambridge University Press, 2011

“Women’s Vulnerability, Risk and Social Protection: An exploration of Links between Property Ownership and Domestic Violence in South Asia” with Nandita Bhatla and Swati Chakraborty, Deficits and Trajectories: Social Protection (Naila Kabeer and Sarah Cook, eds), 2010

“Women-Initiated Community Level Responses to Domestic Violence in India: From Personal Suffering to Public Arbitration” in Gender Mainstreaming in Action: Successful Innovations from Asia and the Pacific, Interaction and International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, 2005

“Women and Agriculture in the New Economic Regime” in Maithreyi Krishnaraj, Ratna Sudharshan and Abusaleh Shariff (eds.), Gender, Population and Development, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998

Research Reports and Working Papers

Estimating the Costs of Domestic Violence Against Women in Vietnam, with Patricia Carney and Dr. Nugyen Huu Minh, UN Women: Hanoi, 2012

Older Women Workers Access to Pensions: Vulnerabilities, Perspectives and Strategies, with Aine Ni Leime, Aoife Callan, Linda Price and Mark Simpson NUIG and CARDI: Galway, 2012

Keeping Gender on the Agenda: Gender Based Violence, Poverty and Development (an issues paper from the Irish Joint Consortium on Gender Based Violence), 2009

Intimate Partner Violence: High Costs to Households and Communities with Aslihan Kes and Swati Chakraborty, International Center for Research on Women, 2009

Exploring the Links between Women's Property and Inheritance Rights, HIV and AIDS, and Domestic Violence: Research Findings from Amajuba District, South Africa and Iganga District, Uganda. HSRC Press, South Africa, 2008 (with Hema Swaminathan, Cherryl Walker, Margaret Rugadya, Michael Aliber, Kimberly Ashburn, Herbert Kamusiime, and Aslihan Kes)

Connecting Right to Reality: A Progressive Framework of Core Legal Protections for Women’s Property Rights, with Anna Knox and Noni Milici, International Center for Research on Women, 2008

Mending the Gap between Law and Practice: Organizational Approaches for Women’s Property Rights, with Anna Knox, Aslihan Kes, and Noni Milici, International Center for Research on Women, 2008

Supervision of Research

PhD

Emma Brannlund, Conflict and Democracy: Gendered Identities and Political Engagement in Kashmir (2008-2013)

Aura Lounasmaa, Social Movements and Legislative Processes: Violence against Women in Morocco (2008-2013)

Caroline Forde, Recovery from Sexual Violence: An Exploration of Rape Crisis Centre Support in Ireland (2008-2014)

Caroline Finn, Gender and Poverty Across the Lifecourse in Ireland (2012-2016)

MA

Samantha Holmes, To What Extent do Fair Trade Initiatives Adress Gender Equality and Womens Empowerment: A Case Study of the Kuapa Kokoo Cooperative in Ghana (2012)

Evelyn Moorehead, Gender Budgeting in Irish Aid, 2008-2010: An investigation into Gender Mainstreaming in Irish Aid through a Gender Budget Analysis of their Agricultural Sector Funding (2012)

Charles July Oloscni Chabuka, The Vulnerabily of Women to HIV and Aids due to Male Migration to South Africa from 2002 to 2012: A Case Study in Mangochi and Mzimba Districts in Malawi (2012)

Edith Bategnya, Exploring the Role of Agency in the Retention and Completion of Primary Education by Girls in Universal Primary Schools in Bugiri District, Uganda (2011)

Nicola Cosgrove, Investigating the Media Construction of Sex Workers in County Mayo Newspapers from 2000 to 2011 (2011)

Marika Corbett, Vernacularisation & Brideprice: An Exploration of One Organisation’s Attempt to Translate Human Rights Norms into Local Practice (2011)

Lauren Marino Parnell, Women's Employment and Health Seeking behaviour within coffee commodity chains: Comparing Eastern and Western Uganda (2010)

Jada Secone, Bringing men into gender equality A case study of Sonke Gender Jusice Network's One Man Campaign (2010)

Margaret Sheehan, An unequal agenda: A feminist critique of the community development sector in crisis (2010)

Avril Carr, "Continuing to mop the floor while the tap is still running" Gender Inequality and HIV Prevention: A case study of the female condom in Uganda (2010)

Sinead Bohan, The role of relationships and sexuality education (RSE) in the context of post-primary schools in Ireland. A context analysis of resource materials for teachers (2009)

Krystyna Skuzcinsky , The phenomenon of Polish Catholics converting to Islam presented in the Polish media (2009)

Bridget Barrett, Women's empowerment done with care (2009)
 

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