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Nicola Sharp-Jeffs (BSc, MSc, MA) is a Research Fellow within the Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit (CWASU) at London Metropolitan University. Her research interests include: economic/financial abuse as a form of coercive control; rebuilding lives after domestic violence; coordinated community responses to domestic violence; and ‘going missing’ in the context of woman and child abuse.

Nicola is also a Professional Doctorate student of the International Centre researching child sexual exploitation, violence and trafficking at the University of Bedfordshire. She has published book chapters and journal articles on her doctorate studies which explore the links between forced marriage, going missing and child sexual exploitation. 

Before moving into academia in 2013, Nicola held research, policy and advocacy positions within academic, government and non-governmental settings at local, national and international levels. She has worked in the violence against women and girls sector since 2006.

In 2016, Nicola was made a Winston Churchill Fellow (www.wcmt.org.uk) and was awarded a grant to carry out research on financial abuse overseas. The objective of funding overseas research is to exchange ideas and best practice, and build greater understanding between peoples and different cultures, in order that professions and communities in the UK can benefit from these shared experiences.


Dr. Nicola Sharp-Jeffs

[English Version] Dr. Raquel Méndez, is a researcher in the Industrial University of Santander in Bucaramanga, Colombia. Dr. Méndez's  research interests include child sexual abuse, Child Sexual Exploitation, Unwanted Pregnancy in teenage women and another ways of violence based on gender in familiar and educative contexts.

Dr. Raquel Méndez - English Version

[Spanish Version] Dr. Raquel Méndez, is a researcher in the Industrial University of Santander in Bucaramanga, Colombia. Dr. Méndez's  research interests include child sexual abuse, Child Sexual Exploitation, Unwanted Pregnancy in teenage women and another ways of violence based on gender in familiar and educative contexts.

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