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Pranab Dahal is a Researcher at the Department of Health and Caring Sciences within the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at Linnaeus University, Sweden. His work centers on gender-based violence, gender inequality, and women's health in South Asian contexts, particularly Nepal and Bangladesh, utilizing qualitative methodologies and innovative approaches like Forum Theater interventions.
Dahal completed his doctoral education at Linnaeus University in 2020 with the thesis Putting Scientific Research and Performing Arts Together: A Quest for Equality. His research interests span gender-based violence, sex trafficking, women's health disparities, and culturally responsive interventions. He specializes in qualitative analysis of social determinants affecting abused women's help-seeking behaviors and institutional experiences.
Analysis of his 2015-2022 publications reveals a consistent focus on Nepalese contexts with evolving methodological sophistication. Early work documented trafficking survivor experiences (2015), while recent studies evaluate Forum Theater interventions for reducing gender inequalities (2022). His research bridges public health, gender studies, and performing arts, emphasizing community-driven solutions to systemic violence.
Dahal leads significant research projects including the completed Sexual Trafficking and Gender based Violence: A Forum Theater Intervention to Promote Gender Equality in Nepal and the ongoing Social connectivity and help seeking behavior among abused women in rural Bangladesh. These projects demonstrate sustained grant funding and international collaboration with Nepalese researchers like S.K. Joshi and K. Swahnberg, though specific grant mechanisms aren't detailed in available materials.
His work operates within Linnaeus University's health research ecosystem, focusing on cross-cultural qualitative studies with immediate practical applications for gender equality initiatives in South Asia. Future research directions appear to expand his Bangladesh-based connectivity studies while refining arts-based intervention models for violence prevention.
