Hameed Shaffa, Tyabashe-Phume Babalwa, Tunggal Eunice, Hunt Xanthe, Ned Lieketseng, Soldatić Karen
Global Health, Stellenbosch University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa.
Global Health, Stellenbosch University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa
BMJ Open. 2025 Mar 25;15(3):e093988. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-093988.
Women with disabilities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) face heightened risks of experiencing gender-based violence (GBV). The rapid growth of digital technologies has introduced new forms of violence, such as technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV), which disproportionately affects marginalised groups. Despite growing awareness, the intersection of disability, gender and TFGBV is under-researched. This scoping review aims to map and synthesise the evidence on TFGBV against women with disabilities in LMICs, exploring the manifestations of violence, its key vulnerabilities and protective factors within these settings.
This scoping review will be conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analysis extension for Scoping Reviews guidelines. A systematic search of peer-reviewed and grey literature will be performed in six databases, including CINAHL, Scopus, Web of Science, Social Sciences Citation Index, PubMed and PsycINFO. Studies published from 2010 onwards, focusing on women with disabilities in LMICs and involving any form of TFGBV, will be included. The search strategy includes broad query terms to capture diverse experiences of TFGBV. The identified literature will be screened and double-checked for relevance by independent reviewers. Data extraction will focus on key themes such as study design, forms of TFGBV and the risks and protective factors reported. We will conduct basic content analysis, and results will be presented in tables and narratives, providing a descriptive map of the evidence.
This review will synthesise previously published studies and publicly available grey literature; therefore, ethical approval is not required. The findings will be disseminated through a peer-reviewed publication, presentations at relevant conferences and knowledge-sharing sessions with stakeholders working in the field of disability and GBV prevention. The review will inform future research and interventions aimed at addressing TFGBV in LMICs.
Open Science Framework (https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/GZ2UR).
低收入和中等收入国家（LMICs）的残疾女性面临基于性别的暴力（GBV）的风险更高。数字技术的迅速发展带来了新的暴力形式，如技术助长的基于性别的暴力（TFGBV），这对边缘化群体的影响尤为严重。尽管人们的认识不断提高，但残疾、性别与TFGBV之间的交叉领域仍未得到充分研究。本范围综述旨在梳理和综合关于低收入和中等收入国家针对残疾女性的TFGBV的证据，探索这些背景下暴力的表现形式、关键脆弱性和保护因素。
本范围综述将按照系统评价和元分析扩展的范围综述首选报告项目指南进行。将在六个数据库中对同行评审文献和灰色文献进行系统检索，包括护理学与健康领域数据库（CINAHL）、Scopus数据库、科学引文索引数据库（Web of Science）、社会科学引文索引数据库（Social Sciences Citation Index）、医学期刊数据库（PubMed）和心理学文摘数据库（PsycINFO）。将纳入2010年以后发表的、关注低收入和中等收入国家残疾女性且涉及任何形式TFGBV的研究。检索策略包括宽泛的查询词，以涵盖TFGBV的不同经历。独立评审人员将对识别出的文献进行筛选和相关性复查。数据提取将聚焦于关键主题，如研究设计、TFGBV的形式以及报告的风险和保护因素。我们将进行基本的内容分析，结果将以表格和叙述形式呈现，提供证据的描述性图谱。
本综述将综合先前发表的研究和公开可得的灰色文献；因此，无需伦理批准。研究结果将通过同行评审出版物、在相关会议上的报告以及与残疾和预防GBV领域的利益相关者的知识共享会议进行传播。该综述将为未来旨在解决低收入和中等收入国家TFGBV问题的研究和干预提供参考。
