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 'Breaking the silence' : sexual victimisation in an old age psychiatry patient population in FlandersInes Keygnaert, Anne Nobels
2021 Older adults : forgotten in research, policies and health care practices regarding sexual violenceInes Keygnaert, Anne Nobels
2021 Prevalence and nature of sexual violence in a gerontopsychiatric population in FlandersInes Keygnaert, Anne Nobels
2021 Seksualiteitsbeleving bij 50-plussers: Hebben huisartsen hiervoor voldoende aandacht?Ines Keygnaert, Anne Nobels
2021 Sexual violence in older adults : a Belgian prevalence studyInes Keygnaert, Anne Nobels
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 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 Seksueel geweld in België : aard, omvang en risicofactoren van slachtofferschap van seksueel geweld in een nationaal representatieve bevolkingssteekproefInes Keygnaert
2021 Sexual violence in medical students and specialty registrars in Flanders, Belgium: a population surveyInes 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
2020 Universal cervical cancer control through a right to health lens : refocusing national policy and programmes on underserved womenOlivier Degomme, Ines Keygnaert, Katrina Perehudoff, Heleen Vermandere
2020 Mental Health, aggression, and COVID-19 : impact of lockdown measures on mental health and domestic violence victimization in older adultsLotte De Schrijver, Ines Keygnaert, Anne Nobels
2020 Onderzoek naar Relaties, Stress en Agressie (RSA) ten tijde van COVID-19 in België : eerste resultaten mei 2020Lotte De Schrijver, Ines Keygnaert, Anne Nobels
2020 Relaties, Stress en Agressie in tijden van corona in België : voornaamste bevindingen over de eerste vier weken van de coronamaatregelen : rapport 1 : 13 mei 2020Lotte De Schrijver, Ines Keygnaert, Anne Nobels
2020 Relations, Stress et Agressivité en période de corona en Belgique : principaux résultats des quatre premières semaines des mesures sanitaires prises pour lutter contre le coronavirus : rapport 1 : le 13 mai 2020Lotte De Schrijver, Ines Keygnaert, Anne Nobels
2020 Slachtofferschap van geweld tijdens de COVID-19-lockdown in België : eerste resultaten van een lopend nationaal cohorteonderzoekLotte De Schrijver, Ines Keygnaert, Anne Nobels
2020 'Too grey to be true?' Sexual violence in older adults : a critical interpretive synthesis of evidenceInes Keygnaert, Anne Nobels