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Join us for an online launch event of the SVRI Forum 2024 to discuss why the Forum is so unique, announce Forum themes and key dates, and to hear more on how you can participate at the next conference.

The SVRI is seeking an individual to join our small, committed team to build our capacity strengthening and knowledge translation efforts globally.

The African Institute for Children Studies (AICS) in collaboration with the SVRI hosted a webinar to explore the status of research and publication by scholars and practitioners in Africa working in the child welfare sector, the benefits of publishing, funding among other issues.

We are conducting a survey to help us better understand capacity needs in child sexual violence research and evidence building.

The SVRI Update for the 21st of September 2023 is now available online!

The webinar introduced the ISPCAN ICAST tool for violence against children (VAC) research and provided examples from current researchers of where and how it has been used in VAC research in low and middle income countries.

Conflict related sexual violence (CRSV) is defined as any sexual violence that transpires directly or indirectly during a conflict. These include rape, sexual slavery, forced prostitution, forced pregnancy, forced abortion, enforced sterilization, forced marriage and any other form of sexual violence of comparable gravity perpetrated against people. Though CRSV mainly targets women and girls, men and boys are also victims.

In this episode we explore the concept of ‘collective care’ - the practice of taking responsibility for the wellbeing of each other, as individuals and as a community.

Thank you for joining our discussion on the report 'Feminist Research on Violence Against Women in Humanitarian and Development Settings: A Snapshot of Best Practices and Challenges'.

The SVRI is looking for a consultancy to develop and implement a Wellbeing, Self and Collective Care Strategy to ensure the SVRI Forum 2024 in South Africa is trauma informed.

From trolling to stalking to the sharing of intimate images, technology has facilitated a wide range of threats against women. But what implications does online violence have in the real-world? And how do we measure the impacts and gather data for research?

The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (also known as the Maputo Protocol) has been considered a ground-breaking instrument in terms of its recognition, protection, and promotion of African women’s rights in the areas of violence against women, governance, health, and reproductive rights.

Measuring the impact of violence prevention interventions is an incredibly important part of the process, as it allows us to understand what works and what doesn’t. But can the way we assess outcomes be improved?

In this webinar, delve into this project to learn how the project team used mathematical simulation to determine the most effective approaches to Measurement, Coding, and Analysis, enhancing our understanding of IPV intervention impacts, and to discuss how these measures can be adopted in new studies.

See how we’ve been disrupting, changing, strengthening the field for better evidence building in low- and middle-income countries. Read about the Forum 2022 in Mexico and what we learned, hear from researchers on how partnership with SVRI has created powerful and impactful networks for their research, check out our new online courses and learn more about our research priority setting processes that ensure the inclusion of diverse voices into research agendas on VAW and VAC.

Mark your calendars for SVRI Forum 2024 to be held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), Cape Town, South Africa.

The SVRI, in partnership with SIDA and Wellspring Philanthropic Fund, is proud to announce the opening of applications for The SVRI Research Grant 2024.

Webinar recordings now available!

No other gathering in our field can compare to the SVRI Forum. The SVRI Forum takes place in locations around the globe chosen to inspire innovation and creativity. It promotes learning, sharing, partnerships, healing, and caring. It transports delegates to another world where they can envision a life free of violence.

In this feature, Pixel Projects speaks to Elizabeth Dartnall, Executive Director of the SVRI and discusses SVRI’s impact in changing how research into violence against women is funded, produced, and disseminated – especially its efforts to direct research funds to lower and middle-income countries.