Rachel Jewkes Explained

Rachel Jewkes is Executive Scientist: Research Strategy in Office of the President and former Unit Director of the Gender and Health Unit of the South Africa Medical Research Council, based in Pretoria, South Africa.^[1] She also serves as Director of the What Works to Prevent Violence Global Programme, as well as of the Secretary of the Sexual Violence Research Initiative. She has been a member of the National Council Against Gender-Based Violence in South Africa and the PEPFAR Scientific Advisory Board ^[2] and the WHO's Strategic and Technical Advisory Committee for HIV-AIDS (STAC-HIV). Jewkes studied Medicine, receiving a Masters in Community Medicine (MSc) and a Doctorate in Medicine (MD) from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of London. She is an Honorary Professor in the faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and is an A-rated researcher with the South African National Research Foundation.^[3] Jewkes moved from England to South Africa in 1994.^[4]

Recent research

A UN-sponsored study coauthored by Jewkes on male violence against women in Asia and the Pacific reported that a high number of men admitted to sexual violence.^{[5] [6]} Survey researchers have questioned the plausibility of some of the findings of this study.^[7] In 2013 Jewkes also published on depressive symptoms after sexual assault,^[8] the epidemiology of child homicides^[9] and intimate femicide-suicide.^[10]

Publications

Sexual violence

• Book: Emma . Fulu . Xian . Warner . Stephanie . Miedema . Rachel . Jewkes . Tim . Roselli . James . Lang . 2013 . Why Do Some Men Use Violence Against Women and How Can We Prevent It? Quantitative Findings from the United Nations Multi-country Study on Men and Violence in Asia and the Pacific . Bangkok . UNDP, UNFPA, UN Women and UNV . 978-974-680-360-1.
• Book: Rachel . Jewkes . Purna . Sen . Claudia . Garcia-Moreno . Sexual violence . https://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/global_campaign/en/chap6.pdf . 147–82 . Etienne G. . Krug . Linda L. . Dahlberg . James A. . Mercy . Anthony B. . Zwi . Rafael . Lozano . 2002 . World report on violence and health . Geneva . World Health Organization . 978-92-4-154561-7 .
• Abrahams N, Jewkes R, Hoffman M, Laubsher R . Sexual violence against intimate partners in Cape Town: prevalence and risk factors reported by men . Bulletin of the World Health Organization . 82 . 5 . 330–7 . May 2004 . 15298223 . 2622838.
• Jewkes R, Christofides N, Vetten L, Jina R, Sigsworth R, Loots L . Medico-legal findings, legal case progression, and outcomes in South African rape cases: retrospective review . PLOS Medicine . 6 . 10 . e1000164 . October 2009 . 19823567 . 2752115 . 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000164 . free .

Homicide and femicide

• Mathews S, Abrahams N, Jewkes R, Martin LJ, Lombard C, Vetten L . Intimate femicide-suicide in South Africa: a cross-sectional study . Bulletin of the World Health Organization . 86 . 7 . 552–58 . July 2008 . 18670666 . 2647481 . 10.2471/blt.07.043786.
• Abrahams N, Jewkes R, Martin LJ, Mathews S, Vetten L, Lombard C . Mortality of women from intimate partner violence in South Africa: a national epidemiological study . Violence and Victims . 24 . 4 . 546–56 . 2009 . 19694357 . 10.1891/0886-6708.24.4.546. 33535951 .

Women's health

• Abrahams N, Jewkes R, Mvo Z . Health care-seeking practices of pregnant women and the role of the midwife in Cape Town, South Africa . Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health . 46 . 4 . 240–7 . 2001 . 11603639 . 10.1016/S1526-9523(01)00138-6.
• Jewkes . Rachel . Flood . Michael . Lang . James . Michael Flood . From work with men and boys to changes of social norms and reduction of inequities in gender relations: a conceptual shift in prevention of violence against women and girls . . 385 . 9977 . 1580–1589 . 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61683-4 . 18 April 2015 . 25467578. 18597874 . Pdf.

Notes and References

1. Web site: South African Medical Research Council Contact Page . 25 November 2013.
2. Web site: On the Record: Professor Rachel Jewkes. Gould. Chandre. Institute for Security Studies. ISS. 25 November 2013.
3. Web site: Prof Rachel Jewkes receives NRF 'A' rating . University of Witwatersrand . 25 November 2013.
4. News: Shea. Rachel. UN Study Looks at High Rate of Rape. https://web.archive.org/web/20130916011153/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/09/130914-rape-asia-pacific-un-men-violence-women/. dead. 16 September 2013. 12 November 2014. 14 September 2013.
5. News: Almost a quarter of men 'admit to rape in parts of Asia'. BBC News. 10 September 2013 . 25 November 2013.
6. News: Alexander. Ruth. How Many Men in Asia Admit to Rape?. BBC News. 2 November 2013 . 25 November 2013.
7. Gutbrod H, Erlich A . Implausible incarceration data need to be addressed . The Lancet Global Health . 1 . 6 . e334–5 . December 2013 . 25104595 . 10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70142-6. free .
8. Abrahams N, Jewkes R, Mathews S . Depressive symptoms after a sexual assault among women: understanding victim-perpetrator relationships and the role of social perceptions . African Journal of Psychiatry . 16 . 4 . 288–93 . July 2013 . 24051569 . 10.4314/ajpsy.v16i4.39. free .
9. Mathews S, Abrahams N, Jewkes R, Martin LJ, Lombard C . The epidemiology of child homicides in South Africa . Bulletin of the World Health Organization . 91 . 8 . 562–8 . August 2013 . 23940403 . 3738312 . 10.2471/BLT.12.117036.
10. Mathews S, Abrahams N, Jewkes R, Martin LJ, Lombard C, Vetten L . Intimate femicide-suicide in South Africa: a cross-sectional study . Bulletin of the World Health Organization . 86 . 7 . 552–58 . July 2008 . 18670666 . 2647481 . 10.2471/blt.07.043786.