RT Article
T1 Appreciating the Complexity of Local Gender-Based Violence Needs Assessments: Some Key Considerations and Tensions in Context
JF Violence against women
VO 32
IS 1
SP 189
OP 214
A1 Rieger, Agnes
A1 Watkins, Dora N.
A1 Garthe, Rachel C.
A2 Watkins, Dora N.
A2 Garthe, Rachel C.
LA English
YR 2026
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1947562312
AB Needs assessments can be a pragmatic method to shape interventions addressing gender-based violence. They are complex endeavors even—or especially—at the local level (e.g., rape crisis centers, domestic violence shelters). Focusing on the US context, we highlight examples of the ways needs assessments can support the gender-based violence movement, and key tensions and considerations within needs assessment practice. We explore decisions that practitioners make when pursuing needs assessments and highlight conceptual and design considerations. We also provide a general discussion of needs assessment approaches. This paper aims to support nascent practitioner and researcher/evaluator work in gender-based violence needs assessments.
K1 Prevention
K1 Domestic Violence
K1 Sexual Violence
K1 gender-based violence
K1 needs assessment
DO 10.1177/10778012241303472