Tamsin Bradley

Biographic Data

ID218677
NAMETamsin Bradley
GIVEN NAMESTamsin
FAMILY NAMEBradley
SIGNATUREBRADLEY T
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Portsmouth
ORCID0000-0003-3472-5723
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS35
TOTAL CITATIONS52
AUTHOR COUNT35
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2005
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX5

  • ‘Pushed away at the door’: Learning to listen to survivors of gender-based violence

    Maddy Coy, Aisha K Gill et al.ARTICLEJournal of Gender-Based Violence2026

  • Somali/Somalilander Men in London Share Their Views on FGM—Towards a Male-Focused Continuum of Change

    Open AccessTamsin Bradley, Isha AbdulkadirARTICLESocieties2025References: 6

    This article is an attempt to go some way towards filling two critical gaps in understanding what works best to end FGM. Firstly, the views of men are still not commonly the focus of research, the assumption being, until relatively recently, that FGM is a practice conducted by women on girls. Secondly, research that does seek to capture a male perspective from so-called ‘cutting’ contexts has rarely focused on the views of men from the UK Somalia…

  • Towards a model for integrating end FGM/C efforts across sectors and systems: Reflections from The Girl Generation

    Open AccessTamsin Bradley, Samuel Kimani et al.ARTICLEDevelopment in Practice2025References: 37

    This article argues that if deep rooted sustainable change is to be made in the lives of girls vulnerable to FGM/C, then a gender transformative lens is critical. A further strand to the argument states that activities to end FGM/C cannot be siloed, but rather, every opportunity to act to end this and all forms of violence against girls and women, needs to be utlised. Integration, rather than mainstreaming, holds greater potential to trigger the …

  • The Role of Education in Promoting Empowerment as Agency in the Lives of Women and Girls in Somaliland

    Open AccessTamsin Bradley, Kate Conroy et al.ARTICLEJournal of Asian and African…2025Cited by: 1References: 24

    This article draws on 100 qualitative interviews with young women who participated in a girls' education programme known as SOMGEP (Somali Girls Education Programme). The underpinning research sought to explore the impact of SOMGEP education on and for the later life outcomes of the participating girls now women. Researchers were able to revisit former SOMGEP students 7 years after the end of the programme. The findings made links between higher …

  • Is Intergenerational Transmission of Violence a Strong Predictor of Intimate Partner Violence? Evidence from Nepal

    Open AccessTamsin Bradley, Jagriti TanwarARTICLEJournal of Asian and African…2024Cited by: 1References: 56

    Literature on women's economic empowerment argues that women's income builds resilience and leads to reduction in intimate partner violence (IPV). We challenge this by showing a positive (statistically) insignificant link between women's economic status and IPV, but significant positive links between women's economic contribution and IPV, and men's intergenerational violent behaviour and IPV. Based on a sample of 553 married women drawn from Nepa…

  • The Cultural Problematic in Narratives of Violence against Women and Girls in South Sudan

    Open AccessTamsin Bradley, Gailda Jima et al.ARTICLEJournal of Asian and African…2024Cited by: 1References: 15

    Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) is endemic in South Sudan. Approaches to end VAWG are barely making a dent in prevalence figures. Global evidence tells us that ending VAWG in conflict-ridden contexts is challenging on many levels. Our research points to the need for social and gender norm change approaches to be better contextualised within the political economy and through applying a nuanced critique of the role of culture in normalising…

  • Gender and Disaster: The Impact of Natural Disasters on Violence Against Women in Nepal

    Open AccessTamsin Bradley, Zara Martins et al.ARTICLEJournal of Asian and African…2023Cited by: 6References: 38

    In April 2015, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the Gorkha district of Nepal. This was followed in May by a second earthquake. Nepal experienced another natural disaster in 2017. Floods affected large swathes of the country from east to west. Using both qualitative and quantitative data, this article examines the impact of these climate disasters on violence against women. In doing so, it adds to a small but growing and fundamentally important body…

  • Religion and Gender-Based Violence: Global and Local Responses to Harmful Practices

    Brenda Bartelink, Chia Longman et al.BOOKReligion and Gender-Based Violence2022

    This book takes religion as an entry point for a deeper exploration into why practices of gender-based violence continue and what possible actions might help to contribute to their eradication. International donors are committed to reducing and ending gender-related harm, particularly violence against women, but clear answers as to why harmful practices persist are often slow to emerge. Theological research struggles to find strong links, yet rel…

  • Labia elongation and the experiences of Zimbabwean women in the UK

    Patience Mutunami, Tamsin BradleyARTICLEJournal of Gender-Based Violence2022

    Literature attempting to understand the extent to which labia elongation (LE) affects women is virtually non-existent. Twenty qualitative interviews were conducted with Zimbabwean women in the UK seeking to understand the extent to which the practice was seen as harmful. Currently LE is not considered as harmful as types 1–3 and is therefore absent in global campaigning against FGM/C. The findings from this study strongly argue that LE is indeed …

  • Religion and Gender-Based Violence: Global and Local Responses to Harmful Practices

    Brenda Bartelink, Chia Longman et al.BOOKReligion and Gender-Based Violence2022

  • The gendered impact of Covid-19 on FGM: 2021 Prize WinnerWe are delighted to announce the winner of our 2021 Practitioner and Early Career Researcher Prize in the category of Covid-19: Ottis Mubaiwa, …

    Open AccessOttis Mubaiwa, Tamsin Bradley et al.ARTICLEDevelopment in Practice2022Cited by: 1References: 14

    The gendered impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women and girls has deepened pre-existing gender inequalities and gender-based violence. Furthermore, the research highlighted the urgent need for responses to FGM and other forms of violence against women and girls to be integrated as part of the development response to pandemics. The article points to a need to look more closely at how and why changes in harmful mindsets happen. The findings revea…

  • Culture and domestic violence amongst ever-married women in Malawi: An analysis of emotional, sexual, less-severe physical and severe physical violence

    Open AccessLana Clara Chikhungu, Tamsin Bradley et al.ARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science2021

    Nearly 42% of ever-married women in Malawi have experienced some form of physical, sexual or emotional violence perpetrated by their current or most recent spouse – higher than the global estimate of 35%. This study used national-level data for ever-married women aged 15–49 years from the 2015 Malawi Demographic and Health Survey to explore the association between cultural factors and the likelihood of women experiencing sexual, physical and emot…

  • Conceptualising Subjectivities and Rationalities in Understanding Gendered Violence: Processes of Social and Cultural Change

    Open AccessTamsin Bradley, Zara Martins et al.ARTICLEProgress in Development Studies2021References: 11

    International development policy and programming that is geared towards women’s empowerment through reversing normalization around gendered violence tends to focus either on social norm change (in line with much social science research) or, more commonly, on increasing women’s paid work. In this article, we argue that neither exclusive focus on social norm/mindset change nor on women’s economic engagement can come to grips with what sustains or m…

  • Dowry, ‘Dowry Autonomy’ and Domestic Violence Among Young Married Women in India

    Open AccessSaseendran Pallikadavath, Tamsin BradleyARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science2019

    Dowry practice, women’s autonomy to use dowry (‘dowry autonomy’) and the association of these with domestic violence were examined among young married women in India. Data were taken from the ‘Youth in India: Situation and Needs Study’ carried out in six Indian states during 2006–07. A total of 13,912 women aged 15–24 years were included in the study. About three-quarters of the women reported receiving a dowry at their marriage, and about 66% re…

  • Vawg mainstreaming in access to justice programmes: A Framework for Action

    Tamsin Bradley, Janet GruberARTICLEDevelopment in Practice2018References: 19

    If we are finally to end violence against women and girls (VAWG), then this commitment needs to be embedded into all development programmes, regardless of sectorial focus. Women and girls are vulnerable across the board and recognition of this reality is the first step. This article proposes a VAWG mainstreaming framework that addresses how to centralise a VAWG lens into development programming, irrespective of programmatic priorities. The articl…

  • Women and Violence in India: Gender, Oppression and the Politics of Neoliberalism

    Tamsin BradleyBOOKWomen and Violence in India2017

    India’s endemic gender-based violence has received increased international scrutiny and provoked waves of domestic protest and activism. In recent years, related studies on India and South Asia have proliferated but their analyses often fail to identify why violence flourishes. Unwilling to simply accept patriarchy as the answer, Tamsin Bradley presents new research examining how different groups in India conceptualise violence against women, rev…

  • Mapping the complexities and highlighting the dangers: The global drive to end FGM in the UK and Sudan

    Open AccessNafisa Bedri, Tamsin BradleyARTICLEProgress in Development Studies2017Cited by: 2References: 8

    This article maps out the UK Department for International Development’s (DfID) global push to end the practice of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C). In particular, it looks at how the various components aim to link together filling evidence gaps and seeking to identify what works to finally end this brutal practice. Throughout the article, we voice a caution that if the numerous programmes emerging are not shaped by grass-roots experience…

  • Challenging ignorance: Why reproductive rights matter so much in Africa

    Tamsin BradleyARTICLEAfrican Identities2017References: 1

  • A critical reading of western newspaper narratives of rape in India and their implications for feminist activism

    Tamsin Bradley, Suti Sahariah et al.ARTICLEContinuum2016References: 6

    This article is based on a review of around 100 western English print press articles recording rape in India. No cases were reported prior to the tragic and brutal rape of Nirbhaya in Delhi on the 16 December 2012. The article presents a critical analysis of the dominant discourses running through the articles and highlights the extent to which the colonial lens is still present as the main perspective through which India is viewed. The article h…

  • The Post-Development Cautionary Note for Africa: Will the Free Sudan from Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting do Things Differently

    Tamsin BradleyARTICLEAfrican Identities2016References: 1

    Post development theorists have long written that African countries are the focus for international development donors determined to see resource and labour rich countries modernise in a way that s

  • What Happened When the Corporates Met the Artists of Rural West Bengal? A Critical Analysis into Art as Social Enterprise in India

    Open AccessTamsin Bradley, Avijit Chakravarti et al.ARTICLEJournal of South Asian Development2013Cited by: 1References: 3

    This article examines a significant shift that is taking place in the way social and economic development is funded and practised. The article acknowledges the emphasis within India on nurturing enterprise and entrepreneurship which marks a move away from the country as a recipient of direct foreign aid. The article seeks to consider what impact this shift from aid to enterprise may have for the lives of the rural poor. In order to do this it off…

  • Dowry and women's lives in Kerala: What has changed in a decade

    Tamsin Bradley, Saseendran PallikadavathARTICLEContemporary South Asia2013Cited by: 6References: 4

    This article presents new knowledge on the link between dowry and instances of abuse against newly married women. It draws on data collected during structured and in-depth interviews and focus groups involving 60 women in Kerala. The data argue that despite decades of campaigning by women's groups' dowry is still widely practised. Furthermore, the links between dowry, harassment and violence remain. The qualitative analysis of the data reveals ho…

  • The people know they need religion in order to develop’: Religion's Capacity to Inspire People in Pune's Slums

    Open AccessZara Bhatewara, Tamsin BradleyARTICLEEuropean Journal of Development…2012Cited by: 2References: 11

  • Religious values and beliefs and education for women in Pakistan

    Tamsin Bradley, Rubina SaigolARTICLEDevelopment in Practice2012Cited by: 6References: 4

    This paper explores the hypothesis that Islamic religious values and beliefs are antithetical to women's education in two cities in Pakistan: Lahore, generally believed to be a socially liberal city, and Peshawar, often regarded as the bastion of conservative values and norms. Leaders and members of selected religious organisations, and some members of women's rights and development organisations, were interviewed to ascertain their views. While …

  • Religion and Gender in the Developing World: Faith-Based Organizations and Feminism in India

    Tamsin BradleyBOOKReligion and Gender in the…2011

    Faith-based development organizations have become a central part of the lives of the women of rural Rajasthan, and have come to represent an important aspect of both individual and collective identities. And yet, religious teachings continue to be used to exclude women from public decision making forums and render them vulnerable to increasing levels of domestic violence. In a unique multi-disciplinary approach, combining a range of subjects, par…