Vanessa do Nascimento Fonseca, PhD

Vanessa Fonseca is actively engaged in research and applied projects that address structural violence and harmful social norms, including school- and community-based violence prevention initiatives and programmes engaging men and boys in caregiving, education, and violence prevention. Her work includes qualitative and quantitative research, programme adaptation, and evaluation, with a strong grounding in participatory and rights-based approaches. She brings more than twenty years of experience in research and programme design, advising on sexual and reproductive health, HIV/AIDS prevention, parental care, masculinities, and gender-based violence. She is the author of “Precisamos falar com os homens?” (Do We Need to Talk to Men?), which explores coloniality and strategies for transforming masculinities. Vanessa holds a PhD in Psychology and is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.