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Currently doing a PhD on women's understandings and experiences of reproductive coercion and related prevention and intervention strategies in England and in Italy, and how they might intersect with different sociocultural factors.
I am researcher (funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, UK) interested in how socially constructed gendered roles and norms influence gender power dynamics, hence gender-based violence.
It matters because gender-based violence is not only against human rights, and not only an obstacle towards achieving social sustainability (SDG 5.6), but also unfair and it has detrimental consequences on women and on the whole society.
I have acquired research skills throughout my undergraduate studies in Childhood and my master's studies in Policy Research. Amongst other things, the latter allowed me to acquire knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methods. My studies have also allowed me to gain a critical understanding of the intersection between different factors that might influence dynamics, understandings, and experiences of gendered-based violence.
I would like to make a difference to women and the entire society. None should decide who he/she wants to be or what she/he wants to do based on their biological sex or their (socially constructed) gender. None should be discriminated against because of their sex or gender.
As a woman who has grown up in a rather conservative environment, as a mother of two little girls, and as a feminist, I really want to make a contribution towards improving gender-related policy and practice. I would like to do this through research (such as my current PhD) and actions, such as campaigns. SDG 5.6 can be achieved if we join our forces. I want to be part of those forces.
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Poster presenter for the European Conference on Domestic Violence 2023 'Women's Understandings and Experiences of Reproductive Coercion'
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Speaker for the 'Gender and Power' Conference, 25 February 2023, with 'A Qualitative Study on Women’s Understanding and Experiences of Reproductive Coercion and Related Prevention and Intervention Strategies in England and in Italy, and How They Intersect with Different Socio-Cultural Factors'
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Castiglione, R. (2022) 'COVID-19 AND MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH', The Open Review, 7, pp. 31-38. Doi: http://doi.org/10.47967/TOR2022TRANS.VOL7.05
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Education/Academic qualification
MSc Policy Research, University of Bristol
1 Oct 2020 → 30 Sept 2021
Award Date: 13 Dec 2021
BSc Childhood, University of Bristol
Award Date: 5 Jul 2019
External positions
Casual Research Associate
4 Mar 2024 → 26 May 2024
UN Women UK Delegate CSW68, United Nations
2 Feb 2024 → …
Guest Lecturer - Reproductive Coercion and Young People
7 Dec 2022 → 8 Dec 2022
Member, Bristol Women's Voice
22 Nov 2022 → …
Year 6 guest lecturer - lecture on gender in/equality and how to challenge traditional socially constructed gendered roles/rules
3 Nov 2022
Acting Unit Convener/Associate Teacher - Youth Sexualities and Gendered Violence
4 Oct 2022 → 14 Nov 2022
Member of the Q&As Committee for 'Everything I didn't say' (show about coercive control), The Wardrobe Theatre
24 Apr 2022 → 25 Apr 2022
Graduate Teacher Level 2, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol,
25 Jan 2022 → …
Delivering workshops and Q&As on ‘using social media as data’ for undergraduate students
Nov 2021 → Nov 2022
Graduate Teacher Level 2, School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol
4 Oct 2021 → 31 Jan 2022
Research Groups and Themes
- SPAIS Gender Research Centre
- SPS Centre for Gender and Violence Research
Keywords
- MSc Policy Research
- BSc Childhood
- Gender & sexuality
- sexual health
- reproductive policy
- reproductive health
- sexuality education
- gender studies
- gender inequality
- gender roles
- gender role development
- reproductive coercion
- FGM/C
- qualitative research
- reflexive thematic analysis
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