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Sexual violence is a violation of human rights and a serious public health problem. It has a profound impact on physical and mental health, both immediately and many years after the assault. To date, sexual violence has received insufficient attention from researchers, policy-makers and programme designers and it has been a long struggle to have it recognised as a legitimate public health issue. The SVRI is an important contribution to eliminating sexual violence by simultaneously addressing the lack of research on the different aspects of sexual violence as well as drawing attention of a wide range of people including policy makers and the media, to this important public health issue.
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SVRI Online Event, 1- 28 February 2010:
The SVRI would like to invite you to participate in our new moderated online discussion on “Developing effective therapeutic and programming strategies for the care and support of male survivors of conflict-related sexual violence”. The aim of this discussion is to explore the following questions:
Question 1: What are the greatest challenges that you have faced in helping male survivors?
Question 2: What do you think are the greatest challenges faced by the male survivors you have helped?
Question 3: What can facilitate or hinder disclosure of sexual assault of men?
This discussion will form the basis of a briefing paper on this topic and will be moderated by Alastair Hilton, a social work consultant, based in Cambodia and Michael Peel, formerly of the Medical Foundation for the Care of Torture Victims, assisted by Wynne Russell, an independent researcher into this topic. To participate in the discussion please register at: http://www.svri.org/forums/ and click on the discussion topic. Invitations are available in English, French, Spanish and Russian. For any questions or more information on this discussion please email svri@mrc.ac.za. We look forward to seeing you there!
- SVRI & Partner Events at GFHR Forum 2009 Havana Cuba, 16 and 18 November 2009
The Sexual Violence Research Initiative, Ipas and UNFPA hosted a series of meetings at the Global Forum for Health Research annual event in Havana, Cuba. The meetings brought together key thinkers from Latin America and the Caribbean in the area of sexual violence research and explored the extent of sexual violence in LAC and how research can be used to strengthen health services and reduce violence. SVRI Activity Report: GFHR Forum 2009, Havana Cuba.
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Regional Training Programme for the Care and Support of Sexual Assault Survivors
2 - 13 February 2009
2008 Medico-Legal Convening in Response to Sexual Violence, The Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya, 2 – 5 June 2008: Liverpool, VCT, Care and Treatment, and the Sexual Violence Research Initiative recently co-hosted a meeting in Kenya. The workshop aim was to strengthen the medico-legal response to sexual violence through multi-disciplinary collaboration among organisations and partners in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa. Over 50 participants attended the workshop. Access the workshop materials.
Promoting and Strengthening Research Skills/Networks On Sexual Violence, New Delhi, India, 24-28 September 2007: the SVRI facilitated a very successful workshop in India. The workshop aim was to strengthen research capacity among SVRI members to develop evidence based, locally relevant research agendas in the area of sexual violence, and to promote research on sexual violence through the creation of regional research networks and research proposals. 19 participants from across the world came together to discuss and share their ideas and experiences regarding research on sexual violence. The workshop agenda and associated presentations can be accessed here.
- Primary-Level Mental Health Care for Common Mental Disorder in Resource-Poor Settings: Models and Practice. A Literature Review. Lazarus, R and Freeman, M. 2009. (pdf format, 369 kb)
- SVRI Forum 2009: Conference Report (pdf format, 410 kb)
- African Regional
Training Programme For
Care And Support Of
Sexual Assault Survivors, Training Report, 2009 (pdf format, 1014 kb)
- Rape: How women, the community and the health sector respond (pdf format, 1305 kb)
- Background Paper on Guidelines for Researchers on Doing Research with Perpetrators of Sexual Violence (pdf format, 916 kb) Appendices (pdf format, 111 kb)
- Consumer Health Informatics study report to evaluate the technologies used by the SVRI. (pdf format, 2811 kb)
 Join us on Facebook! To provide you with another opportunity to interact with others working in the area of sexual violence the Sexual Violence Research Initiative has created its own Facebook page. Become a fan of the Sexual Violence Research Initiative. We look forward to seeing you online!- Research Priorities for Strengthening the Medico-Legal Response to Sexual Violence in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa. A briefing paper. Sexual Violence Research Initiative, Liverpool VCT, 2008 (pdf format, 165 kb)
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Workshop Report on Medico-Legal Responses to Sexual Violence, Strengthening The Medico-Legal Response To Sexual Violence Through Multi Disciplinary Collaboration Among Organizations And Partners In Eastern, Central And Southern Africa. Nairobi, Kenya. LVCT, SVRI, 2-6 June 2008 (pdf format, 2083 kb)
Strengthening the Medico-Legal Response to Sexual Violence through Multi Disciplinary Collaboration among Organizations and Partners in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa - Overview of a Regional Meeting, presentation by Carol Ajema, Liz Dartnall. 1st SV CONFERENCE, 29th Sept-1st Oct. 2008, Nairobi. (pdf format, 227 kb)
Global Review Of The Role Of Medico-Legal Evidence In Sexual Assault Cases, Janice Du Mont & Deborah White, presentation made at the “Women’s Worlds”, Madrid, Spain, July 8, 2008 (pdf format, 1011 kb)
Research Summary - Rape: How women, the community and the health sector respond, Sexual Violence Research Initiative, 2008. (pdf format, 138 kb)
Sexual Violence Research Initiative Annual Report 2007 (pdf format, 1503 kb)
- Mujeres Adelante, Newsletter on Women’s Rights and HIV – SVRI Forum 2009. AIDS Legal Network & Athena Network, Monday 6 July 2009.
- Mujeres Adelante, Newsletter on Women’s Rights and HIV – SVRI Forum 2009. AIDS Legal Network & Athena Network, Thursday 9 July 2009.
- Sexual abuse behind bars. IRIN News, 13 July 2009. Sexual abuse is widespread in South Africa's prisons, but the provision of health services to this vulnerable population remains problematic.
- Orphaned and Vulnerable Children (OVC) may be at greater risk of sexual abuse. IRIN News, 10 July 2009. Girls who have been orphaned may be twice as likely to experience sexual abuse, according to research from child-friendly clinics in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare.
- The slang of sexual networks. IRIN News, 9 July 2009. Risky sexual behaviour has a language of its own on the University of Zimbabwe's (UZ) campus in the capital, Harare.
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