Sociology and Social Work Review  

Sociology and Social Work Review

CALL FOR PAPERS — SPECIAL ISSUE ON

Gender-Based Violence: Responsibility, Prevention, Response, Actions

Special Issue Editor
Prof. Giuseppina Cersosimo, University of Salerno, Italy

Aims & Scope

This special issue invites original research, reviews, and practice reports that interrogate the drivers, forms, and consequences of gender-based violence (GBV) and that propose actionable strategies for responsibility, prevention, response, and system-level change. We especially welcome interdisciplinary work connecting research, practice, and policy across health, social care, education, justice, and community settings.

Survivors frequently present with intertwined health and protection needs requiring coordinated, cross-sectoral responses. We seek contributions that avoid minimization and victim-blaming, foreground accountability, and offer evidence-based approaches to prevention and survivor-centred care.

Suggested Research Questions (include but are not limited to)

• Men’s violence: from responsibility to prevention; engaging men and boys; accountability models
• Women and girls as survivors: victimization, recovery, identity/agency; intergenerational dynamics
• Sexual orientation, gender identity, and violent discrimination; homo/transphobic violence
• Peer-to-peer and youth-led approaches: assumptions, actions, outcomes
• Workplaces: abuse, mistreatment, harassment; organizational culture and remedies
• Power and violence in gender relations; institutional and cultural dimensions; intersectionality
• Health services: detection, referral, trauma-/violence-informed and survivor-centred care; best practices
• Law and policy: gaps, contradictions, and unintended effects for girls and women
• Symbolic and systemic violence; media, curricula, and stereotype reproduction
• Discrimination, violence, and health across the life course
• Digital environments and technology-facilitated abuse
• Generations, violence, and culture; norms, resistance, and change
• Pornography and violence: evidence, debates, and implications
• Territories and violence: urban/rural, migration, (post)conflict contexts

Article Types & Length (guidance)

•       Please follow the journal’s Author Guidelines for final limits and formatting.

Important Dates

• Abstract submission deadline: January 31, 2025
• Full manuscript submission deadline: May 1, 2025
• Editorial decisions made and authors informed of the decisions: July 15, 2025
• Revised manuscripts resubmitted: September 30, 2025
• Final decision: October 15, 2025
• Target online publication (OnlineFirst): October 2025

Submission

• Submit via the journal’s online system: https://globalresearchpublishing.com/sswr/ or via e-mail: sswr@globalresearchpublishing.com
• When prompted, select the collection “Special Issue: Gender-Based Violence: Responsibility, Prevention, Response, Actions.”
• All submissions must be original and not under consideration elsewhere.

Peer Review

• All manuscripts will undergo double-blind peer review in accordance with journal policy.

Ethics & Reporting

• Submissions must meet ethical standards (e.g., approvals where applicable), outline risk-mitigation and referral procedures, and ensure confidentiality/anonymization for participants in sensitive contexts. Use appropriate reporting guidelines (e.g., PRISMA, CONSORT, COREQ/SRQR, as relevant).

Open Science

• Where feasible and safe, we encourage preregistration and the sharing of data/materials consistent with confidentiality and survivor protection.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

• We welcome submissions from a wide range of regions and disciplines, including early-career researchers and collaborations with survivor-led and community organizations.

Pre-submission queries: Prof. Giuseppina Cersosimo — gcersosi@unisa.it

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Posted: 2024-11-22