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 Prevalence and Nature of Sexual Violence in a Gerontopsychiatric Population in FlandersInes Keygnaert, Anne Nobels
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 Aggressie (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
2020 Challenges in conducting sexual health and violence research in older adults beyond GDPR: a Belgian case studyInes Keygnaert, Anne Nobels
2020 Big boys don’t cry : a critical interpretive synthesis of male sexual victimizationInes Keygnaert
2020 Gender role norm conformity and sexual assault risk among male and female university studentsInes Keygnaert
2020 Medical curricula on intimate partner violence in MozambiqueInes Keygnaert
2020 Partner and domestic violence during the COVID-19 crisisInes Keygnaert
2020 PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION: FINDINGS FROM A NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF BELGIAN ADULTS AGED 16-69Ines Keygnaert
2020 Separating newcomers : pragmatism or ideology? Schools’ responses to newly arrived migrants in FlandersInes Keygnaert
2020 The critical interpretive synthesis : an assessment of reporting practicesInes Keygnaert
2019 A theory-driven evaluation of Belgian sexual assault care centersSaar Baert, Ines Keygnaert
2019 Do no harm : patient-centered forensic examinations upon sexual assaultSaar Baert, Ines Keygnaert
2019 Piloting sexual assault care centers in Belgium : who do they reach and what care is offered?Saar Baert, Ines Keygnaert
2019 Piloting sexual assault care centers in Belgium : who do they reach and what care is offered?Saar Baert, Ines Keygnaert