Matthew R. Sydes, Melissa Spears, Malcolm D. Mason, Noel W. Clarke et al.
Background: Adding abiraterone acetate with prednisolone (AAP) or docetaxel with prednisolone (DocP) to standard-of-care (SOC) each improved survival in systemic therapy for advanced or metastatic prostate cancer: evaluation of drug efficacy: a multi-arm multi-stage platform randomised controlled pr...
Neel Sengupta, Christopher Yau, Anuratha Sakthianandeswaren, Dmitri Mouradov et al.
BACKGROUND: Prevalence of colorectal cancer (CRC) in the British Bangladeshi population (BAN) is low compared to British Caucasians (CAU). Genetic background may influence mutations and disease features. METHODS: We characterized the clinicopathological features of BAN CRCs and interrogated their ge...
Andrew Gibbs, Kristin Dunkle, Leane Ramsoomar, Samantha Willan et al.
Background: Understanding the drivers of intimate partner violence (IPV), perpetrated by men and experienced by women, is a critical task for developing effective prevention programmes.Objectives: To provide a comprehensive assessment of the drivers of IPV.Methods: A comprehensive review of the driv...
Ruchira Tabassum Naved, Tabassum Rahman, Samantha Willan, Rachel Jewkes et al.
The ways in which women's engagement in paid work shapes their experiences of violence in the home and workplace is widely debated, particularly in Bangladesh, but rarely considered together. We undertook 23 in-depth interviews with female garment workers living in slums in Bangladesh, and nine inte...
Ruchira Tabassum Naved, Mahfuz Al Mamun, Kausar Parvin, Samantha Willan et al.
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a huge public health, development and human rights issue worldwide. Despite the fact that working women in patriarchal contexts commonly report higher level of IPV, literature on this subject is still scanty. This paper assessed the magnitude of different types of ...
Kausar Parvin, Mahfuz Al Mamun, Andrew Gibbs, Rachel Jewkes et al.
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) is high (54%) in Bangladesh. Moreover, female garment workers report higher rates of IPV and are also vulnerable to workplace violence (WPV). Experience of violence puts women at increased risk of developing depressive symptoms, which are...
Andrew Gibbs, Rachel Jewkes, Samantha Willan, Mahfuz Al Mamun et al.
Workplace violence (WPV) is widely reported in the Bangladeshi garment industry, impacting women workers' health and wellbeing. We explore factors associated with female workers experience or witnessing of WPV and perpetration by managers, in eight Bangladeshi garment factories. We hypothesise worke...
Mahfuz Al Mamun, Kausar Parvin, Marat Yu, Jessica Wan et al.
BACKGROUND: Women in Bangladesh experience high rates of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). IPV is more prevalent against income earning women compared to their non-earning counterparts, and Workplace Violence (WPV) is also common. Such violence is a violation of women's rights, and also constrains th...
Ruchira Tabassum Naved, Mahfuz Al Mamun, Kausar Parvin, Samantha Willan et al.
Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) and workplace violence (WPV) against women are widespread globally, and we set out to establish whether an intervention on gender-transformative programming delivered to Bangladeshi garment factory workers could reduce women’s experience of IPV and WPV. We...
M. Pillas, S. Antier, K. Ackley, Tomás Ahumada et al.
Neutron star-black hole (NSBH) mergers, detectable via their gravitational-wave (GW) emission, are expected to produce kilonovae (KNe). Four NSBH candidates have been identified and followed-up by more than fifty instruments since the start of the fourth GW observing run (O4), in May 2023, up to Jul...
Rachel Jewkes, Ruchira Tabassum Naved, Naeemah Abrahams, Nwabisa Shai et al.
Trauma exposure and witnessing intimate partner violence (IPV) in childhood are recognised risk factors for IPV. Using the UN Multi-country Study on Men and Violence in Asia and the Pacific dataset, we describe the pathways through which they influence adult IPV perpetration. In nine sites, from six...
Kausar Parvin, Mahfuz Al Mamun, Andrew Gibbs, Rachel Jewkes et al.
Rate of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is high (54%) in Bangladesh. Moreover, female garments workers reports higher rate of IPV and are vulnerable to different forms workplace violence (WPV). Experience of violence put women at increased risk of developing depressive symptoms which is related with...