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In the fall of 2018, , director of the 人妻少妇专区鈥檚 Susan B. Anthony Center and the (LIVV), packed her suitcase to travel to India. Under the by the , Cerulli鈥攚ho is also a professor of psychiatry at the University鈥攚as going to spend the month of September teaching courses on the intersection of law, policy, and social science to students at the law school of , a central university in New Delhi.

A renowned researcher on domestic violence, the former assistant district attorney is well aware of the region鈥檚 acute problems with gender-based violence and the urgent need to improve women鈥檚 safety. Horrific , sometimes involving very young victims, continue to rock Indian society and keep worldwide. Once on the ground, Cerulli noticed immediately her students鈥� thirst for information on how to tackle the region鈥檚 most pressing public health problems.

Two students in particular stood out: not only did they sit in the front row and attend every class, but they also sometimes even repeated them. Toward the end of her stay, the two young men, , asked Cerulli for help in starting an academic journal. The duo had already created a not-for-profit called 鈥攖he Foundation for Academia, Innovation & Thought鈥攖o host a peer-reviewed journal, as well as colloquia and other pilot projects that would focus on the intersection of law, public policy, and evidence-based science to address pressing social justice issues.

When Cerulli returned to Rochester, the team continued to meet via Zoom for the next several months. Soon the group grew to include the assistant director of the University鈥檚 , , who has extensive editorial and academic writing experience. Together, Cerulli and Faurot became the editors-in-chief for the journal鈥檚 inaugural edition that was to focus on violence against women.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a harrowing situation for girls and women in South Asia,鈥� says Faurot. 鈥淚n the face of a patriarchal culture that devalues women profoundly鈥攖here are women, girls, men working to transform that culture, working to transform women鈥檚 lives. It鈥檚 is profoundly inspiring to see what these women and girls face just trying to get to school or trying to get to work.鈥�

Their hard work paid off: the of the is now out. Accessible online, the peer-reviewed journal focuses on how to respond to gender-based violence with articles ranging from navigating sexual harassment on the Delhi metro, to unpacking the role of women鈥檚 collectives in addressing intimate partner violence in South Asia, to engaging boys in a comprehensive model to address sexual and gender-based violence in schools.

A Rochester alumna, Sachi Inoue 鈥�19, a microbiology major who is now pursuing graduate studies at Columbia University, is one of the contributors, writing about the .

鈥楤ridging the communication gap鈥� on gender-based violence

Noting the imperative that research be accessible to policy makers at all levels of government in order to change approaches to pressing social problems, Cerulli says there is a tremendous amount of international research already available about gender-based violence.

鈥淗owever, there is also important research being conducted in Asia that can help shape interventions prior to their being created, implemented, tested, and refined. The journal provides an opportunity to bring together all kinds of different sectors,鈥� says Cerulli.

Pointing to the apparent gap in sharing research across South Asian countries, the FAITH founders Andrabi and Jafri say they wanted to create a mechanism to come together for 鈥渄ebate, discussion, and sharing ideas, and to contribute information backed by facts and sources to the world.鈥�

They write in the prologue of the first issue that 鈥渙ften a research gap can impede progress towards dialogue.鈥� According to Faurot, the two students sought to bypass the misinformation that鈥檚 being spread on social media and by a politically influenced press in the region. 鈥淲e believe that bridging the communication gap between the academicians of these countries, in partnership with legal practitioners and policy makers, through an interdisciplinary research platform, is a means to finding solutions to multiple regional issues,鈥� write Jafri and Andrabi.

Finding qualified authors was a surprisingly quick undertaking, recalls Faurot. As the team put out the call for submissions, they were overwhelmed with interest from authors across a variety of disciplines, despite a quick deadline. That鈥檚 why the Susan B. Anthony Center decided to host two inaugural issues instead of just one, says Faurot.

Pulling together an international editorial board and peer reviewers also went smoothly because people could get behind the focus of the issue鈥攖o move from an idea to direct implementation, adds Cerulli. In Rochester, 鈥攃urrently the SBAC鈥檚 acting director while Cerulli is in Washington, DC, as a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow鈥攁苍诲 , an internal medicine physician and researcher, along with medical students from the 聽pitched in, too.

Anchored in science, available to all

From the get-go the founders had an overriding principle in mind: not only was the journal to be firmly anchored in scientific, research-tested best practices鈥攊t was also to be widely accessible. Open access meant that everyone would have access to the articles while the authors maintained ownership over their work. But that was easier said than done.

Meanwhile, the Susan B. Anthony Center successfully applied for a grant to the University鈥檚 to host Jafri and Andrabi for a few weeks in Rochester, New York, in September 2019. That way the two students could attend research meetings, complete their human research subjects training, and meet with potential hosts for the journal.

鈥淥ur office was thrilled to see this work coming from the ground up and echoing on a global level,鈥� says , director of global affairs and engagement. 鈥淲e are delighted to provide support and can鈥檛 wait to see what continues to develop for this project.鈥�

While free access is important, there鈥檚 hardly ever such a thing as a 鈥渇ree lunch.鈥� Often, the online hosting charge is simply passed on to the authors. Yet academics in developing countries frequently lack the funds to pay such a fee. That鈥檚 where , originally founded in Rochester, stepped in and agreed to provide the online hosting for free. SSRN, formerly known as Social Science Research Network, is an Elsevier-owned repository for preprints and international journals devoted to the rapid dissemination of scholarly research in the social sciences and humanities.

Originally, the journal was set to be printed and officially launched in New Delhi in early March of this year. Cerulli and Faurot were already in India, still feverishly making last copy changes from their hotel rooms, when COVID-19 turned into a pandemic. The two returned home; the physical launch was scrapped. Five months later, however, the journal was ready for prime time.

Since its launch in late August, the journal has experienced tremendous responses: within a few days, the online publication had already climbed to SSRN鈥檚 top ten on three separate download lists. Indian news outlets were , too, on the journal.

Cerulli says there clearly is a need for this topic to be addressed in a thoughtful, academic way and then to be translated into effective policies and plans of action. 鈥淲e at the Susan B. Anthony Center are grateful that we were able to act as a catalyst to help launch this important initiative and offer our students and faculty a chance to partner with other international participants.鈥�

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