The Sidhast Foundation and Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice (2023-2024): Menstrual Health and Hygiene as a Human Right in the North-Indian state of Uttarakhand

Role: Principal Investigator and Workshop Lead

This two-year project began in August 2023 to explore the issue of menstrual health as a human right in the North-Indian state of Uttarakhand. A workshop was organised by the partner NGO in collaboration with the Chief Medical Officer's (CMO) office, the local Panchayat and with Pink Leaf - a sanitary company started by two young men. Participants were local village women and girls as well as two Government Self Help Groups (SHGs). After the workshop, a focus group was conducted to discuss the challenges with menstrual health and stigma around menstruation. In June 2024, a similar workshop was organised at the local school and two villages. The partner NGO pledged the donation of free sanitary pads for the school and further awareness workshops are being planned targeting more villages. Research Report and Book Chapter are forthcoming.

National Organisation for Treatment of Offenders (NOTA) Project (2021): Service User desistance narratives post-treatment

Role: Co-Investigator

This one-year funded research project is a collaboration between a former service user, a graduate of the Northumbria Sex Offender Treatment Programme (SOTP), a current Horizon programme facilitator and academics from Sheffield Hallam University. The aim of this collaborative project, is to highlight the voice of service users who have committed sexual offences and have completed the SOTP. The broader context is to emphasize how interviews of ex-service users of the programme, who have experienced the 'pains of desistance', can lead to rich insights into how men who have committed sexual offences transition back into society and whether this can be sustained long-term.

Sheffield Hallam University and Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Festival of Social Sciences (2021)

Role: Event Lead

Funding is received to deliver the event “Through the Gates: Continued Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Men who commit Sexual Offences” at the Festival of Social Sciences for two consecutive years. The aim of this event is to bring together the voices of experts and service users in order to create a dialogue around the need for continued and sustainable rehabilitation to prevent future harm and victimization. This year, we will also welcome a short theatre performance by ex-prisoners led by Dr Rowan Mackenzie who is the Co-Chair of Shakespeare Beyond Borders Alliance and the Artistic Director of Shakespeare UnBard.

Social and Economic Research Institute (SERI), Sheffield Hallam University (2021-22)

Role: Early Career Research and Innovation Fellow

This award of the ECR&I fellowship came in the form of research time allocation of 0.4FTE for the academic year 2021-22. Under the fellowship scheme, four main research and scholarship deliverables were identified, which included completion of an edited volume as a part of Springer's new book series – Advances in Prevention and Treatment in Violence and Aggression; submission of journal articles from previous research; development of new manuscripts from the current research project and expansion of the successful GCRF India project through more external funding.

Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) India Project (2018-19): Justice for Her

Role: Co-Investigator

This two-year funded project was based in India and was led by the Principal Investigator Dr Sunita Toor. It involved collecting narratives from survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) along with focus groups with stakeholders such as Police, NGOs, Social Workers, Representatives of the Women and Child Commission etc. who are working on the ground to shape future policy and advocate for change in combatting GBV in the tribal communities of India concentrated in the state of Madhya Pradesh and Telangana. An extension of the project also involved documenting the narratives of survivors of GBV at India’s first One Stop Centre (OSC) Gauravi along with interviewing the members of staff in order to create a best practice model.

Essex Police Project (2017): Child Sexual Exploitation

Role: Research Assistant

This one-year project funded project was a collaboration between Policing Institute for the Eastern Region (PIER) of Anglia Ruskin University and Essex Police to combat the problem of child sexual exploitation. Her role involved assisting the Principal Investigator Dr Samantha Lundrigan and undertaking a Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) to understand CSE offender characteristics and offending patterns.