Ms Ines Keygnaert
Assistant Professor
Ines is Assistant Professor in Sexual and Reproductive Health at the International Centre for Reproductive Health, Department of Public Health and Primary Care at the Ghent University. She is also the Team Leader of the "Gender & Violence" Team, focusing on violence prevention & response, sexual and reproductive health rights' violations, and on gender and sexual health promotion in vulnerable populations.
On behalf of the Belgian government, Ines developed, piloted and evaluated the first three Belgian Sexual Assault Care Centres. She also coordinates the first gender- and age-sensitive sexual violence prevalence study in Belgium (UN-MENAMAIS), as well as the thematic working group on Gender, Rights and Interpersonal Violence of the ANSER network. In addition, she is founding member of the Centre for Social Studies on Migration and Refugees (CESSMIR), member of the Commission on Sexual Violence as well as member of the Commission on Human Rights of Ghent University.
Ines is involved in different (inter)national research projects on holistic care for victims of violence, on sexual and gender-based violence prevention and response, on migrant health and acceptability of care in vulnerable groups. She developed clinical guidelines, violence prevention tools and training programs for many different settings and regularly provides consultancies for UN organisations and several governments. Furthermore, Ines is lecturing and providing day-to-day assistance and supervision to several PhD-fellows and master students. As an acknowledged expert, she is frequently asked by oral and written press to explain scientific evidence on above mentioned topics to the general public.
Publicaties van Ines
2021 Eerste bevindingen omtrent Seksueel Geweld en COVID-19 in 2020 in België : kan een voorspellingsmodel helpen in vergelijkbare lockdown-situaties?Lotte De Schrijver, Ines Keygnaert, Anne Nobels
2021 Modello di Triage per l’identificazione, l’assistenza e il rinvio delle vittime di violenza sessuale presso le strutture di accoglienza e alloggioInes Keygnaert
2021 Outil de Triage pour l’identification, les soins et l’orientation des victimes de violences sexuelles dans le cadre des programmes européens d’accueil et d’hébergement des demandeurs de protection internationaleInes Keygnaert
2021 Triage Tool for identification, care and referral of victims of sexual violence at European asylum reception and accommodation initiativesInes Keygnaert
2021 Triage Tool voor identificatie, zorg en doorverwijzing van slachtoffers van seksueel geweld in Europese asielcentra en opvanginitiatievenInes Keygnaert
2021 Mental health and domestic violence in LGB+ persons during lockdown measures in BelgiumLotte De Schrijver, Ines Keygnaert
2021 Piloting sexual assault care centres in Belgium : who do they reach and what care is offered?Saar Baert, Ines Keygnaert
2021 'Breaking the silence' : sexual victimisation in an old age psychiatry patient population in FlandersInes Keygnaert, Anne Nobels
2021 'Time does not heal all wounds' : sexual victimisation is associated with depression, anxiety and PTSD in old ageInes Keygnaert, Anne Nobels
2021 Challenges in conducting sexual health and violence research in older adults beyond the General Data Protection Regulation : a Belgian case studyInes Keygnaert, Anne Nobels
2021 Older adults : forgotten in research, policies and health care practices regarding sexual violenceInes Keygnaert, Anne Nobels
2021 Past 12-months sexual violence in older adults - a Belgian prevalence studyInes Keygnaert, Anne Nobels
2021 Prevalence and nature of sexual violence in a gerontopsychiatric population in FlandersInes Keygnaert, Anne Nobels
2021 Sexual violence in older adults : a Belgian prevalence studyInes Keygnaert, Anne Nobels
2021 Sexual violence in older adults : a Belgian prevalence studyInes Keygnaert, Anne Nobels
2021 The elephant in the room : a critical interpretive synthesis of older adults’ sexualityInes Keygnaert, Anne Nobels
2021 Characteristics and associated factors of self-disclosed sexual aggression in a national representative sample of Belgian adults aged 16-69Ines Keygnaert
2021 Gender role norm conformity and sexual assault risk among male and female university studentsInes Keygnaert
2021 Improving medical students’ communication competencies to deal with intimate partner violence using clinical simulations in MozambiqueInes Keygnaert
2021 Patterns of crime during the COVID-19 pandemic in BelgiumInes Keygnaert