Rachel Jewkes is Executive Scientist: Research Strategy in Office of the President and former Unit Director of the Gender and Health Unit of the South Africa Medical Research Council, based in Pretoria, South Africa.^[1] She also serves as Director of the What Works to Prevent Violence Global Programme, as well as of the Secretary of the Sexual Violence Research Initiative. She has been a member of the National Council Against Gender-Based Violence in South Africa and the PEPFAR Scientific Advisory Board ^[2] and the WHO's Strategic and Technical Advisory Committee for HIV-AIDS (STAC-HIV).^[1] Jewkes studied Medicine, receiving a Masters in Community Medicine (MSc) and a Doctorate in Medicine (MD) from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of London.^[1] She is an Honorary Professor in the faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and is an A-rated researcher with the South African National Research Foundation.^[3] Jewkes moved from England to South Africa in 1994.^[4]

A UN-sponsored study coauthored by Jewkes on male violence against women in Asia and the Pacific reported that a high number of men admitted to sexual violence.^[5][6] Survey researchers have questioned the plausibility of some of the findings of this study.^[7] In 2013 Jewkes also published on depressive symptoms after sexual assault,^[8] the epidemiology of child homicides^[9] and intimate femicide-suicide.^[10]

• Fulu, Emma; Warner, Xian; Miedema, Stephanie; Jewkes, Rachel; Roselli, Tim; Lang, James (2013). Why Do Some Men Use Violence Against Women and How Can We Prevent It? Quantitative Findings from the United Nations Multi-country Study on Men and Violence in Asia and the Pacific. Bangkok: UNDP, UNFPA, UN Women and UNV. ISBN 978-974-680-360-1.
• Jewkes, Rachel; Sen, Purna; Garcia-Moreno, Claudia (2002). "Sexual violence" (PDF). In Krug, Etienne G.; Dahlberg, Linda L.; Mercy, James A.; Zwi, Anthony B.; Lozano, Rafael (eds.). World report on violence and health. Geneva: World Health Organization. pp. 147–82. ISBN 978-92-4-154561-7.
• Abrahams N, Jewkes R, Hoffman M, Laubsher R (May 2004). "Sexual violence against intimate partners in Cape Town: prevalence and risk factors reported by men". Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 82 (5): 330–7. PMC 2622838. PMID 15298223.
• Jewkes R, Christofides N, Vetten L, Jina R, Sigsworth R, Loots L (October 2009). "Medico-legal findings, legal case progression, and outcomes in South African rape cases: retrospective review". PLOS Medicine. 6 (10): e1000164. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000164. PMC 2752115. PMID 19823567.

• Mathews S, Abrahams N, Jewkes R, Martin LJ, Lombard C, Vetten L (July 2008). "Intimate femicide-suicide in South Africa: a cross-sectional study". Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 86 (7): 552–58. doi:10.2471/blt.07.043786 (inactive 5 December 2024). PMC 2647481. PMID 18670666.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of December 2024 (link)
• Abrahams N, Jewkes R, Martin LJ, Mathews S, Vetten L, Lombard C (2009). "Mortality of women from intimate partner violence in South Africa: a national epidemiological study". Violence and Victims. 24 (4): 546–56. doi:10.1891/0886-6708.24.4.546. PMID 19694357. S2CID 33535951.

• Abrahams N, Jewkes R, Mvo Z (2001). "Health care-seeking practices of pregnant women and the role of the midwife in Cape Town, South Africa". Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health. 46 (4): 240–7. doi:10.1016/S1526-9523(01)00138-6. PMID 11603639.
• Jewkes, Rachel; Flood, Michael; Lang, James (18 April 2015). "From work with men and boys to changes of social norms and reduction of inequities in gender relations: a conceptual shift in prevention of violence against women and girls" (PDF). The Lancet. 385 (9977): 1580–1589. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61683-4. PMID 25467578. S2CID 18597874. Pdf.