Research study report : ‘victim support online improving support structures for victims of gender based violence GB-VSO’

Abstract

This document provides the reader with an overview of the reviewed literature particularly focusing on gender-based violence (GBV) at the workplace. It discusses phenomena pertaining to risk and mediating factors that promote GBV in a number of activity fields, that being spaces related to work. Also, a discussion on research rationale and the methods employed in the data gathering exercise follows. The latter involved the use of surveys that were either mailed out to an extensive list of entities or posted on various social media platforms, as well as the use of interviews. The findings emanating from this research will guide policy makers in view of potential training for workers and employers operating exercising their duties in the Maltese Islands