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Written by Godfrey Siu and Carolyn Namutebi (Makerere University).

The SVRI Forum 2019 has just ended in Cape Town. We were privileged to be among the over 700 delegates who participated in the highly interesting and sometimes emotional 5-day program that had been carefully curated for us.

The Human Aspect of a Tech Intervention

Written by Emma Schlamm (YTH Initiative of ETR).

Everyone’s doing it. We’re talking about tech. The allure of technological solutions seems to permeate every sector, both public and private. Our lattes are made by robots, our doctors chat with us on FaceTime, and most recently, technology is being used in the global public health sphere.

SVRI Forum – ‘Networking working’

Written by Willie Manson (Lucy Faithfull Foundation).

In October 2019 I was lucky enough to be granted a bursary to attend the SVRI Forum in Cape Town, South Africa. I was not to be presenting at the event which removed some of the pressure that I might normally feel and afforded me the fantastic opportunity to learn about research and interventions from across the world.

SVRI Forum 2019: Perspectives from a young researcher

Written by Manuela Balliet

When I landed in Cape Town international airport on a lovely night and heard my suitcase was delayed with no clear prospect of return, I was frustrated. A week before traveling, I had planned carefully my outfit for each day of the conference and had wished to wear my favourite dress, a gift from my mother, to present at the prestigious SVRI conference.

Can gender transformative economic programmes reduce IPV?

Written by Manuel Contreras-Urbina and Elizabeth Rojas.

1 in 3 women worldwide have experienced physical or sexual violence in their lifetime. Despite an increasing evidence base, the exact impact of economic empowerment programs on violence – and particularly on IPV – is still not clear.

Are we doing enough for *D/deaf women and girls?

Written by Jaz Mann (DeafKidz International).

Are we doing enought to support D/deaf women and girls? Recently I had the privilege of attending the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) Forum 2019 in Cape Town, South Africa, for the first time. I’d like to begin by giving a special thank you to the Sexual Violence Research Initiative for facilitating my attendance at the conference, with interpreters, through the award of a bursary for which I am extremely grateful.

SVRI: Top 5 trends to help make violence against women and girls preventable

Written by Katherine Nightingale (CARE).

South Africa has some of the highest rates of GBV in the world. But it is also at the forefront of global efforts to understand more about GBV and specifically how to prevent it, hosting the 2019 conference of the SVRI.

Four ways to act NOW

Written by Jessica Zimerman and Diego Antoni (UNDP).

This blog highlights the discussions, debates, and ideas that emerged at the SVRI Forum 2019 on things that needs to be done in order to meet Sustainable Development Goal 5.2 on eliminating VAWG.

Workplace Coercive Control: More than a “Bad Boss”

Written by Lisa Aronson Fontes and Irena Grgona.

Feeling dominated, humiliated & isolated at work? Could it be coercive control?

Building Feminist Momentum to Prevent VAW in Africa

Submitted by Raising Voices.

“I remain hopeful despite the challenges we face. I am inspired when I experience and witness transformation in my life and in the lives of others. I am inspired when I dance, when I cry, and when I laugh. When I work with others to overcome a huge challenge or achieve a goal, it gives me the energy to move on.

The Time Is Now! Preventing Violence Against Women and Children Requires Quality Evidence

Written by Alessandra Guedes, Lusajo Kajula, Amber Peterman (UNICEF).

Reflections from the world’s premier conference on ending violence against women and violence against children from the Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum 2019.

Without the Global South, we fight child abuse in the dark

Written by Elizabeth Dartnall and Anik Gevers (SVRI).

Investing in local research is the best way to reduce and end abuse. For many of the practitioners and programmers who work to prevent child sexual abuse (CSA), research can seem time-consuming and costly. This is especially as there are often limited funds and an acute demand for services that respond to and prevent CSA.

Jimirebhar Says ‘NO’ to Violence

Written by Darshana Gauchan.

A couple rides on a bicycle through the village, grocery bags hanging on the handlebars. They reach their home and the wife takes the groceries and heads into the kitchen. The husband blows dust off the bicycle chain and oils it. He then heads to the kitchen and begins to help his wife cut and prepare the vegetables for lunch. After lunch, husband and wife work together to wash the dishes, chatting as they do so.

Building A ‘Violence-free’ Community!

Written by Prabin Nanicha Shrestha, Equal Access International

This was first published by The Rising Nepal National Daily. Permission to publish on the SVRI Blog was given by the author.

Lasting Trauma of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)

Written by Lisa Fontes

The trauma from FGM/C lasts throughout the lives of women and their communities. Let us not kid ourselves into thinking of FGM as a neutral or positive cultural practice: girls hemorrhage to death, and endure crippling infections for months or years after the cut.

Igniting change: Shifting harmful gender norms in the Pacific

Written by Tanushree Soni (Oxfam), Tomoko Honda (Monash University), Sarah Homan (The Equality Institute), and Loksee Leung (The Equality Institute)

The Solomon Islands consists of over 900 tropical islands and atolls, spread across 28,400 square kilometres of the South Pacific. The country has a rich and complex political and cultural history.