Duration: One Year (including a three-month probation period)

Research on Online Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) against Teens and Young People

The internet use is growing exponentially in Nepal and online forms of IPV are becoming more widespread and prominent. Knowledgebase on online risks and internet safety among Nepali children and young people is very low. In Nepal, a few research studies on offline IPV have been conducted in the past. However, there is a very limited knowledgebase on IPV experienced by teens and young people through the use of digital technology. The existing literature and research to date is pre-dominantly focused on married couples/adult partners living together, which often only cover the traditional and offline understandings of IPV. The increasing surge in internet use have opened ways in which the facilitation of digital technology plays a huge role in aggravating abuse, violence, and increasing one's susceptibility to IPV.  

Digital technologies, in this context, have been found to be used by teens and young people, not only for communicating and initiating new romantic relationships, but also for exerting abuse and control over  partners as relationships progresses. Exploring the continuum of abuse, existing literature seems to indicate that technology-assisted intimate partner violence and abuse does not happen in isolation, rather such behaviour is experienced or perpetrated both in person and/or through digital means. Therefore, it is suggested that there is an increasing use of the technology to perpetrate intimate partner violence and abuse representing a new form of sexual violence to exert control to partners already in a violent relationship. 

The main objective of the research is to assess and understand the context, practices and behaviour of teens and young people towards IPV through the use of digital technology and to provide appropriate policy recommendations to the government and other duty-bearers. The research will also use an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool for detection and prevention of online intimate partner violence.

Purpose

The Senior Research Officer, a crucial member of the organisation, will work as a senior member of the ChildSafeNet research team. The Senior Research Officer will develop research designs and plans; supervise, coach and manage the research team; coordinate collection of primary and secondary data; analyse collected data; and write research reports. 

Description of Duties

• Develop research designs
• Develop research instruments 
• Lead and ensure timely collection of secondary data, including through literature review
• Lead and ensure Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) are conducting in timely manner, using structured, semi-structured and open instruments in the field
• Coordinate collection of quantitative data through online and offline surveys, including through field visits 
• Supervise research assistants in collecting, tabulating and analysing data
• Prepare manuscripts and draft research reports
• Maintain accurate record of qualitative and quantitative data collection
• Develop a work plan and monitor progress against plans
• Regularly meet the supervisor & the research team to discuss the plans, progress and challenges
• Conduct and participate in trainings, meetings, workshops and seminars as necessary
• Perform other duties assigned by the supervisor

Salary and Benefits

• Rs. 60,000 – 100,000 according to the skills and experience plus benefits as per the organisational rules