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Gender; child and family policy; international development; human rights
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A native of Colombia, Greta Friedemann-Sánchez is a professor of international development in the global policy area. She is an economic and medical anthropologist interested in women's empowerment and gender equity.
Her research aims to understand how and why gender equity or inequity is generated inside of homes through the interlacing of family bargaining dynamics, policy, and cultural norms. Dr. Friedemann-Sánchez's research unravels the complex web of intrahousehold relationships through four strands of scholarship: paid labor, property ownership, domestic violence, and unpaid caregiving labor.
Professor Friedemann-Sánchez is currently engaged primarily in two research initiatives as principal investigator:
- The COLPAZ project evaluates the implementation of Colombia's 2008 intimate partner violence law, Law 1257. Despite model legislation fulfilling Colombia's UN and OAS human rights treaty obligations to prevent, sanction, and end violence against women, the law’s objectives remain unmet.
The evaluation is done from the perspective of frontline judicial service providers charged with protecting the fundamental human right of women to live free from violence. It seeks to understand the practical, legal, institutional, and cultural barriers and facilitators to the law's implementation. The project uses a rapid assessment process methodology. - IDREAM is an exploratory mixed-methods design study that seeks to understand challenges parents face while caregiving for their children who have type 1 diabetes (T1D), and how service provisioning may be enhanced to improve the financial and health outcomes of caregivers.
The case study takes place in Nagpur, India. Based on 33 in-depth interviews and a survey of 179 caregivers, IDREAM explores and characterizes the context of care; barriers and facilitators to care; the range of financial, social and instrumental resources available to families to care; and the health and financial outcomes of providing care for children with this chronic condition.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Anthropology, University of Minnesota
… → 2002
MA, Public Affairs, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
… → 1999
BA, Anthropology, Universidad de Los Andes Colombia
… → 1990
Research Interest Keywords
- gender, child and family policy
- international development
- Human Rights
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The Minnesota Model: Building Interdisciplinary Capacity to Defend Human Rights in Challenging Times
Allen, R. P. (Collaborator), Areba, E. M. (Collaborator), Baer, A. (Collaborator), Boyle, E. H. (Collaborator), Brown, K. (Collaborator), Creamer, C. D. (Collaborator), DeJaeghere, J. G. (Collaborator), Dell'Orto, G. (Collaborator), Ewig, C. (Collaborator), Fazal, T. M. (Collaborator), Forcinito, A. (Collaborator), Frey, B. A. (Collaborator), Friedemann-Sanchez, G. (Collaborator), Ganeshananthan, V. V. (Collaborator), Gerber, J. S. (Collaborator), Green, J. M. (Collaborator), Guisan, C. B. (Collaborator), Hakyemez, S. M. (Collaborator), Hilbink, L. (Collaborator), Hoffman, S. J. (Collaborator), Huszti Orban, K. (Collaborator), Jain, N. (Collaborator), Kuftinec, S. (Collaborator), Lando, H. A. (Collaborator), Levison, D. (Collaborator), Lyons Bolivar, A. M. (Collaborator), McNamara, P. J. (Collaborator), Miles, S. H. (Collaborator), Ni Aolain, F. (Collaborator), Payne, L. A. (Collaborator), Rider, G. N. (Collaborator), Roberts, C. N. (Collaborator), Robertson, C. L. (Collaborator), Savelsberg, J. J. (Collaborator), Stanton, J. A. (Collaborator) & Toscano, W. A. (Collaborator)
1/1/19 → 1/31/21
Project: Grand Challenges
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Human rights collaborative and faculty-student human rights laboratory to promote equitable civil society
Baer, A. (Collaborator), Boyle, E. H. (Collaborator), Creamer, C. D. (Collaborator), Forcinito, A. (Collaborator), Frey, B. A. (Collaborator), Friedemann-Sanchez, G. (Collaborator), Green, J. M. (Collaborator), Hilbink, L. (Collaborator), Lando, H. A. (Collaborator), Lyons Bolivar, A. M. (Collaborator), McNamara, P. J. (Collaborator), Miles, S. H. (Collaborator), Ni Aolain, F. (Collaborator), Payne, L. A. (Collaborator), Roberts, C. N. (Collaborator), Ron, J. (Collaborator) & Savelsberg, J. J. (Collaborator)
1/1/17 → 1/31/19
Project: Grand Challenges
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Using a Gender Lens to advance Gender Equity across Fiel
Fitzpatrick, D. H. (PI), Conners, K. (CoI) & Friedemann-Sanchez, G. (CoI)
INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE (USDS)
10/1/15 → 7/31/16
Project: Research project
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Understanding and Meeting the Needs of Informal Caregive
VETERANS ADMIN MED CTR MPLS, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
10/1/08 → 3/31/11
Project: Research project
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Antropología pública y comprometida: el legado de Nina S. de Friedemann
Friedemann-Sánchez, G., Jan 2022, In: Antipoda. 2022, 46, p. 23-50 28 p.Translated title of the contribution :Public and Engaged Anthropology: The Legacy of Nina S. de Friedemann Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Diabetes stigma, parent depressive symptoms and Type-1 diabetes glycemic control in India
Capistrant, B. D., Friedemann-Sánchez, G. & Pendsey, S., Nov 26 2019, In: Social Work in Health Care. 58, 10, p. 919-935 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Family caregiver satisfaction with inpatient rehabilitation care
Hanson, K. T., Carlson, K. F., Friedemann-Sanchez, G., Meis, L. A., Van Houtven, C. H., Jensen, A. C., Phelan, S. M. & Griffin, J. M., Mar 2019, In: PloS one. 14, 3, e0213767.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Caregiving for children with type 1 diabetes and clinical outcomes in central India: The IDREAM study
Friedemann-Sanchez, G., Capistrant, B. D., Ron, J., Novak, L., Zuijdwijk, C., Ogle, G. D., Anderson, B., Moran, A. & Pendsey, S., May 2018, In: Pediatric Diabetes. 19, 3, p. 527-533 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Impact of Stigma on Community Reintegration of Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury and the Well-Being of Their Caregivers
Phelan, S. M., Bangerter, L. R., Friedemann-Sanchez, G., Lackore, K. A., Morris, M. A., Van Houtven, C. H., Carlson, K. F., van Ryn, M., Harden, K. J. & Griffin, J. M., Nov 2018, In: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 99, 11, p. 2222-2229 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
22 Scopus citations
Fellowships, Honors, and Prizes
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Institute for Advanced Study Faculty Fellows, Fall 2020
Dubrow, G. L. (Recipient), Friedemann-Sanchez, G. (Recipient), Hardeman, R. R. (Recipient), Nagar, R. (Recipient) & Wrigley-Field, E. (Recipient), Sep 2020
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively