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Workstream 1: Evidence

Evidence

This Workstream is one of three iterative workstreams around which the work of GEMMS centres.

The objective of our first work stream is to evaluate existing evidence and service gaps to inform the design of research and intervention tools, and centres around three research questions:

  1. What is the existing evidence relating to the intersecting risks of gendered violence and poor mental health among migrants in precarious situations in India, Cambodia, South Africa and Zimbabwe?
  2. What tools exist to capture these risks in migrant populations over time and place, as they move across different precarious situations? and,
  3. What current services and approaches address gendered violence and mental health in India, Cambodia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, and how responsive are these to the needs of migrants?

Our Approach

To answer these questions we will be identifying, reviewing, and analysing existing literature, data, and research tools on the topic through a systematic review using the PRISMA approach. Existing literature includes work by GEMMS members, for example from research exploring approaches to understanding and addressing the health needs of precarious migrant agricultural workers (DE GRUCHY, VEAREY, KAPILASHRAMI); and more recent work exploring the impact of Covid-19 on migrants in precarious contexts (WORLD BANK, J. JESLINE,2021; SA Resource Watch, 2022, FC MUKUMBANG,2020). While a review of methodological tools will build on existing work by group members exploring the possibilities offered by surveys, arts-based and creative research methods, as research tools for understanding the health experiences of diverse migrant groups over time and in ‘hidden spaces.’ Secondary analysis will be undertaken of data collected in a recent cross-sectional survey exploring the health and psychosocial needs of migrants in Beitbridge and Musina (MSF and ACMS, 2021). In addition, during this exploratory process we hope to identify and analyse additional data sources and assess key gaps in this data by conducting a systematic review of published and grey literature.

The second part of this Workstream involves stakeholder and policy identification and analysis. This will include a desk review of relevant local, national, and global policies and processes, and semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders. Here we hope to use Intersectionality Based Policy Analysis Approach (IBPA) to examine the extent to which policies address interaction between social determinants of gendered violence and mental health, who are excluded and spaces for action.

Findings from this WP will inform the design of research tools for Workstream 2.

Country Profiles

Download the GEMMS Country Profile – India

Download the GEMMS Country Profile – Zimbabwe

Download the GEMMS Country Profile –South Africa (full report coming soon)

Download the GEMMS Country Profile –Cambodia (full report coming soon)