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Cathy Zimmerman
Born
Cathy Lynn Zimmerman
Alma materLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
University of Paris
Scientific career
FieldsPublic health[1]
InstitutionsLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
ThesisThe Health of Trafficked Women in Europe : Conceptual, Qualitative and Quantitative Findings (2007)
Doctoral advisorCharlotte Watts
Websitewww.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/people/zimmerman.cathy Edit this at Wikidata

Cathy Lynn Zimmerman is a social scientist and professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).[2][1] She founded the LSHTM Gender Violence & Health Centre. Her research investigates migration, violence and health.

Early life and education[edit]

Zimmerman completed her undergraduate studies at UCLA.[3] She moved to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine for graduate research. From 1993 to 1998, Zimmerman worked in Cambodia, building the first non-governmental organisation that focussed on eliminating domestic violence.[4] Her PhD evaluated the health of trafficked women in Europe and was supervised by Charlotte Watts.[5]

Research and career[edit]

Zimmerman is a social scientist who studies human health in migration, violence and health.[6] She worked with Charlotte Watts and Heidi Stöckl to create the Gender Violence and Health Centre.[4][7] In the early days, they focussed on itnervention research. With a randomised control trial, they showed that by empowering and supporting women, and by giving them livelihood options, they more than halved their experiences of violence.[7] In particular, Zimmerman focussed on human trafficking and gender based violence.[8][9]

Between 2000 and 2003, Zimmerman led a qualitative study on women's trafficking in the European Union.[10] She followed this up with an investigation into over 200 women who had been forced into sex work through trafficking. These studies are the largest studies on human trafficking.[citation needed] She found that these women were injured and in pain, with almost 60% experiencing PTSD when they entered post-trafficking services.[citation needed] In an attempt to support the mental health of women who had been trafficked, Zimmerman worked with Amnesty International to provide more compassionate care to people in their "recovery period".[11][12] Specifically, she created policies supporting people who had been trafficked, giving them up to 90 days to cooperate with criminal investigations. In the United Kingdom, the Home Office extended the reflection time to 45 days.[12]

Zimmerman led a study into child domestic workers, looking to design new interventions to support young people involved in domestic work.[13] She developed a way to measure child domestic work, and a framework for domestic work interventions.[13] She worked with Department for International Development on the South Asia Work in Freedom Transnational (SWIFT) investigation, which ran alongside the International Labour Organization Work in Freedom programme.[14]

Selected publications[edit]

  • Charlotte Watts; Cathy Zimmerman (6 April 2002). "Violence against women: global scope and magnitude". The Lancet. 359 (9313): 1232–7. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(02)08221-1. ISSN 0140-6736. PMID 11955557. Wikidata Q28214797.
  • Cathy Zimmerman; Ligia Kiss; Mazeda Hossain (24 May 2011). "Migration and health: a framework for 21st century policy-making". PLOS MEDICINE. 8 (5): e1001034. doi:10.1371/JOURNAL.PMED.1001034. ISSN 1549-1277. PMC 3101201. PMID 21629681. Wikidata Q33918195.
  • Cathy Zimmerman; Mazeda Hossain; Charlotte Watts (30 June 2011). "Human trafficking and health: a conceptual model to inform policy, intervention and research". Social Science & Medicine. 73 (2): 327–335. doi:10.1016/J.SOCSCIMED.2011.05.028. ISSN 0277-9536. PMID 21723653. Wikidata Q39632291.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Cathy Zimmerman publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Cathy Zimmerman publications from Europe PubMed Central
  3. ^ "Cathy Zimmerman". Climate Rights International. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  4. ^ a b "Cathy Zimmerman | Human Rights Center". humanrights.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  5. ^ Zimmerman, Cathy (2007). Trafficking in women. The health of women in post-trafficking services in Europe who were trafficked into prostitution or sexually abused as domestic labourers. lshtm.ac.uk (PhD thesis). London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. doi:10.17037/PUBS.01343272. OCLC 1006139318. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.498767.
  6. ^ Definition, Beyond (2021-03-23). "Cathy Zimmerman, PhD - Global Fund to End Modern Slavery". Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  7. ^ a b History of GVHC, retrieved 2023-05-17
  8. ^ "Professor Cathy Zimmerman". MIDEQ - Migration for Diversity and Equality. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  9. ^ "Cathy Zimmerman". norc.org. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  10. ^ "Securing action to address the health needs of trafficked women | LSHTM". lshtm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  11. ^ "UK: Startling new report on trafficked Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights's health published, urgent call for protection of trafficked Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights". amnesty.org.uk. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  12. ^ a b "Trafficking: Convention ratification welcomed but more protection needed". amnesty.org.uk. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  13. ^ a b "Invisible Girls | LSHTM". lshtm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  14. ^ "SWiFT | LSHTM". lshtm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
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