The influence of gender-based violence on women’s career development: Perspectives from higher education career guidance practitioners in Ireland

Authors

• Lianne Rooney, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

ORCID

• Lianne Rooney: 0009-0005-0652-8951

Abstract

Women and girls are disproportionately subjected to GBV and the effects for victim-survivors are multiple and long-lasting. An under-considered dimension is the profound influence GBV has on the careers of the women who experience it.This qualitative study aimed to explore this issue from the perspective of career practitioners. The research set out to understand how career practitioners working in Irish Higher Education institutions understand GBV, how they identify this in a career context and the professional competencies they require to support female clients who may be affected by it.

Keywords

Career guidance, gender-based violence, gender equality, advice and guidance, Higher education

DOI Link

10.20856/jnicec.5510

Publication Date

2025-10-29

Publication Title

Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling

Volume

55

Issue

1

First Page

138

Last Page

148

Deposit Date

2026-10-28

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Rooney, L. (2025) 'The influence of gender-based violence on women’s career development: Perspectives from higher education career guidance practitioners in Ireland', Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling, 55(1), pp. 138-148. Available at: 10.20856/jnicec.5510