Ms Ines Keygnaert
Director, Associate Professor
Ines Keygnaert is Assistant Professor in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Operational Director of the International Centre for Reproductive Health at the Department of Public Health and Primary Care of the Ghent University in Belgium. She is also the Team Leader of the "Gender & Violence" Team, coordinating the research line on violence prevention & response, sexual and reproductive health rights' violations, and on gender and sexual health promotion in hard to reach, vulnerable and minority groups.
Prof Keygnaert recently coordinated the European study on inclusive care for migrant victims of sexual violence (INHeRE), the first gender- and age-sensitive sexual violence prevalence study in Belgium (UN-MENAMAIS), the “Relationships, Stress and Aggression in times of Covid-19” study. On behalf of the Belgian government, Ines developed, piloted and evaluated the first three Belgian Sexual Assault Care Centres. She is also founding member of the Academic Network for Research on Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights Policy (ANSER), the Centre for Social Studies on Migration and Refugees (CESSMIR), the Human Rights Research Network (HRRN) and member of the different other commissions on a.o. diversity, respectful behavior, human rights and scholars at risk.
Ines is involved in a myriad of (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.
In 2020 she was granted the “Lucien De Coninck”-award for her outstanding research with high humanistic value and societal engagement. In 2021 she received the “Marie Popelin” award for her research on sexual and gender-based violence with extraordinary contribution to gender equity and women rights.
Publicaties van Ines
2024 ‘We hold on and have patience’ : perspectives and experiences of migrant fathers in Belgian asylum centresLeni Linthout, Ines Keygnaert, Massil Benbouriche, Caroline Desombre, Ilse Derluyn
2024 Factors related to police reporting in sexual assault care centers : are we underestimating the role of support persons?Saar Baert, Stefanie De Buyser, Sara Van Belle, Paul Gemmel, Charlotte Rousseau, Kristien Roelens, Ines Keygnaert
2024 'In the end you keep silent' : help-seeking behavior upon sexual victimization in older adultsAnne Nobels, Lotte De Schrijver, Mira Van Landuyt, Christophe Vandeviver, Gilbert Lemmens, Marie Beaulieu, Ines Keygnaert
2024 Coping with sexual violence as a post-assault formed couple : a dyadic phenomenological interview analysisDagmar Stockman, Hanna Van Parys, Kasia Uzieblo, Heather Littleton, Ines Keygnaert, Gilbert Lemmens, Lesley Verhofstadt
2024 Disability and sexual violenceLisa Fomenko, Lotte De Schrijver, Ines Keygnaert
2024 Sexual and gender-based violenceLisa Fomenko, Ines Keygnaert
2024 Survivors’ dating and romantic relationship experiences following adult sexual violence : a qualitative interview studyDagmar Stockman, Hanna Van Parys, Jan De Mol, Kasia Uzieblo, Heather Littleton, Ines Keygnaert, Gilbert Lemmens, Lesley Verhofstadt
2023 Ook mannelijke asielzoekers zijn kwetsbaarSaar Baert, Lotte De Schrijver, Ines Keygnaert, Emilie Peeters, Leni Linthout
2023 ‘Eerst vrouwen en kinderen, dan de honden. Pas daarna de mannen’Lotte De Schrijver, Saar Baert, Leni Linthout, Ines Keygnaert, Emilie Peeters
2023 Van ongepaste opmerkingen tot een knip zonder toestemming: geweld tijdens de bevalling ontrafeldAnna Galle, Ines Keygnaert, Kristien Roelens
2023 Mental health of sexual assault victims and predictors of their use of support from in-house psychologists at Belgian sexual assault care centresSaar Baert, Lisa Fomenko, Aurélie Machiels, Iva Bicanic, Sara Van Belle, Paul Gemmel, Christine Gilles, Kristien Roelens, Ines Keygnaert
2023 'Invisible hence inexistent?' : sexual violence in older adultsAnne Nobels, Gilbert Lemmens, Christophe Vandeviver, Nele Van Den Noortgate, Marie Beaulieu, Ines Keygnaert
2023 'Just something that happened?' : mental health impact of disclosure and framing of sexual violence in older victimsAnne Nobels, Charlotte Meersman, Gilbert Lemmens, Ines Keygnaert
2023 An ecological approach to understanding the impact of sexual violence : a systematic meta-reviewDagmar Stockman, Laura Haney, Kasia Uzieblo, Heather Littleton, Ines Keygnaert, Gilbert Lemmens, Lesley Verhofstadt
2023 Characteristics and associated factors of self-reported sexual aggression in the Belgian population aged 16–69Evelyn Schapansky, Ines Keygnaert, Christophe Vandeviver
2023 Disability and Sexual ViolenceLotte De Schrijver, Lisa Fomenko, Anne Nobels, Ines Keygnaert
2023 Exploring sociodemographic and mental health differences among constructed male victim severity profilesJoke Depraetere, Tom Vander Beken, Ines Keygnaert, Christophe Vandeviver
2023 Is there an association between level of attained education and help-seeking behaviour after sexual victimisation?Laura Peeters, Lotte De Schrijver, Ines Keygnaert
2023 LGBTQIA+ sensitive primary care in Flanders : preliminary results of a KAP-survey among general practitionersInes Keygnaert, Anke Vandenberghe, Lotte De Schrijver, Lisa Fomenko
2023 Personen met een beperking en seksueel geweldLisa Fomenko, Lotte De Schrijver, Ines Keygnaert