6th Global Conference on Violence Against Women | CTICC, South Africa | 21-25 October 2019

Conference Programme

  • Monday, 21 October
  • Tuesday, 22 October
  • Wednesday, 23 October
  • Thursday, 24 October
  • Participant driven events
  • Networking & wellness activities

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09:00 – 12:30 Pre-conference workshops

Measuring violence against women (VAW): Challenges, tools and methods
Venue: Bluebell
Presenters: Henriette Jansen, kNOwVAWdata, UNFPA Asia-Pacific; Kristin Diemer and Cathy Vaughan, University of Melbourne

Integrating Feminist Self-care into VAW Programming and Organizations
Venue: Daisy
Presenters: Natsnet Ghebrebrhan, Wangechi Wachira and Lori Michau, Raising Voices

Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation of Violence Against Women and Girls Programs
Venue: Orchid

Presenters: Manuel Contreras-Urbina, Maureen Murphy, Alina Potts and Mary Ellsberg; Global Women’s Institute, George Washington University

Understanding ‘Safety’ for Women and Girls: Measuring the effectiveness and outcomes of gender-based violence (GBV) risk mitigation in humanitarian settings
Venue: Watsonia
Presenters: Sonia Rastogi, IASC GBV Guidelines; Christine Heckman, UNICEF and Dr. Michelle Hynes, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Emory University

Innovations in Addressing Economic Abuse
Venue: Freesia
Presenters: Sonya Passi, FreeFrom; Nicola Sharp-Jeffs, Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA) UK


12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 17:00 Pre-conference workshops

Elevating Practice-based Knowledge within Prevention Programming
Venue: Bluebell
Presenters: Lyndsay McLean and Lina Digolo, Kathy Durand, Lori Heise, The Prevention Collaborative

Telling stories through data: Harnessing the power of visual representations for violence research
Venue: Daisy
Presenter: Abigail M Hatcher, University of the Witwatersrand

Statistics “101” on VAW for practitioners: Understanding and Interpreting the Numbers   
Venue: Orchid
Presenters: Kristin Dunkle and Esnat Chirwa, Shibe Mhlongo, SA Medical Research Council

Costing your interventions for the prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) – a practical session to get you started and help you collect relevant data                           Venue: Watsonia
Presenters: Giulia Ferrari, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; Sergio Torres Rueda, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; Stacey Orangi, KEMRI-Wellcome; and Rachel Kwizera, Care Rwanda

Feminist Approaches to Building Evidence and Knowledge on VAWG: Experiences and reflections
Venue: Freesia
Presenters: Heather Cole, De Montfort University Leicester UK; Alina Potts, Global Women’s Institute at George Washington University; Dr. Emma Fulu, The Equality Institute; Loujine Fattal, CARE International; Rassil Barada, ABAAD - Resource Centre for Gender Equality; Harriet Kolli, International Rescue Committee

18:00 – 20:00 SVRI Forum Opening and Welcome Venue: Exhibition Hall 10

Facilitator: Alessandra Guedes, UNICEF, SVRI Leadership Council Co-Chair

Opening and welcome: Chi-Chi Undie, Population Council, SVRI Board Chair and SVRI Leadership Council Co-Chair

Video message: Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway, member of The Elders

SVRI Strategy: Elizabeth Dartnall, SVRI Executive Director

Well-being and networking @SVRI Forum: James Lang, SVRI Leadership Council

Thanks and closing: Claudia Garcia-Moreno, WHO and SVRI Founding Member

Entertainment: Claire Philips, Singer and Songwriter

 

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09:00 – 11:00 Opening plenary

09:00 – 11:00 The time is now: uniting activism and research - Venue: Exhibition hall 10

Facilitator: Lisa Witter, Apolitical

Josina Machel, Kuhluka Movement, South Africa / Mozambique

Malebogo Molefhe, disability justice activist, Botswana

Glenda Gray, President South African Medical Research Council, South Africa

Claudia Garcia-Moreno, World Health Organization


11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 – 13:00 Parallel sessions

11:30 – 13:00 Economic empowerment and IPV

Venue: Exhibition hall 10
Chair:  Emily Esplen, Department for International Development (DFID)


11:30 – 13:00 Conflict and humanitarian settings

Venue: Exhibition hall 8.1
Chair: Mendy Marsh, VOICE


11:30 – 13:00 Leave no-one behind

Venue: Exhibition hall 8.2
Chair: Rachel Jewkes, South African Medical Research Council


11:30 – 13:00 Campus based sexual assault and programmes

Venue: Exhibition hall 8.3
Chair: Naeemah Abrahams, South African Medical Research Council


11:30 – 13:00 Understanding mechanisms of change

Venue: Daisy and Freesia
Chair: Dina Deligiorgis, UN Women


11:30 – 13:00  Sex work and transactional sex   

Venue: Orchid
Chair: Yandisa Sikweyiya, South African Medical Research Council

13:00 – 14:30  Lunch (Hall 9)

Lunchtime event: Power Within
Presenter: Niyati Shah
Venue: Exhibition hall 8.3 (13:15 - 14:15)

14:30 – 16:00 Parallel Sessions

14:30 – 16:00  Early interventions – parenting and primary school   
Venue: Exhibition hall 10
Chair: Oswaldo Montoya, MenEngage


14:30 – 16:00  VAW and mental health
Venue: Exhibition hall 8.1
Chair: Chi-Chi Undie, Population Council


14:30 – 16:00  Intervention content panel
Venue: Exhibition hall 8.2
Chair: Chandre Gould, Institute for Security Studies


14:30 – 16:00  Impact of instability
Venue: Exhibition hall 8.3
Chair:  Jeanne Ward, COFEM


14:30 – 16:00  LGBTIQ+
Venue: Daisy and Freesia
Chair: Amber Loomis, Sydney Bi Network


14:30 – 16:00  Prevention programmes
Venue: Orchid
Chair: Tesmerelna Atsbeha, Wellspring Philanthropic Fund


16:00 – 16:30  Coffee break

16:30 – 18:00 Parallel sessions

16:30 – 18:00  VAW help-seeking and legal responses
Venue: Exhibition hall 10
Chair: Grace Malera, Coffey


16:30 – 18:00  Family-based interventions
Venue: Exhibition hall 8.1
Chair: Michal Avni, USAID


16:30 – 18:00  Masculinities and change
Venue: Exhibition hall 8.2
Chair: Angelica Pino, Sonke Gender Justice


16:30 – 18:00  GBV in emergency settings
Venue: Exhibition hall 8.3
Chair: Jeannie Annan, International Rescue Committee


16:30 – 18:00  Integration of GBV into health and development programmes
Venue: Daisy and Freesia
Chair: James Lang, Consultant


16:30 – 18:00  SDGs: measuring progress
Venue: Orchid
Chair:  Manuel Contreras-Urbina, Global Women’s Institute


18:00 - 18:50  Speed networking event
Venue: Exhibition Hall 9

19:00 - 21:00 Participant driven events

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07:30 – 08:30  SVRI networking event: Sharing our stories breakfast
Venue: Exhibition hall 9

9:00 – 11:00 Plenary II

09:00 – 11:00  The science of VAW research and interventions
Venue: Exhibition hall 10
Chair: Avni Amin, World Health Organization


11:00 – 11:30  Coffee break

11:30 – 13:00 Parallel sessions

11:30 – 13:00  Men and Masculinities
Venue: Exhibition hall 10
Chair: Gary Barker, Promundo


11:30 – 13:00   Economic interventions and IPV in CHS
Venue: Exhibition hall 8.1
Chair: Kalliopi Mingeirou, UN Women


11:30 – 13:00  Parenting, child abuse and violence
Venue: Exhibition hall 8.2
Chair: Blain Teketel, Oak Foundation


11:30 – 13:00  Mental health
Venue: Exhibition hall 8.3
Chair: Sarah Martin, Independent Consultant


11:30 – 13:00  Working with violence and trauma: prevention and response
Venue: Daisy and Freesia
Chair: Alessandra Guedes, UNICEF


11:30 – 13:00  Sexual harassment
Venue: Orchid
Chair: Heidi Stöckl, London School for Hygiene and Tropical Medicine


13:00 – 14:30  Lunch (Exhibition hall 9)

14:30 – 16:00 Parallel sessions

14:30 – 16:00  People with disabilities and GBV programmes
Venue: Exhibition hall 10
Chair: April Pham, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)


14:30 – 16:00  Violence and technology
Venue: Exhibition hall 8.1
Chair: Shaheda Omar, Teddy Bear Clinic


14:30 – 16:00  Intervention content panel 
Venue: Exhibition hall 8.2
Chair: Nadine Wathen, Western University

  • Indashyikirwa intervention
    This intervention works with couples to build healthy relationships and prevent intimate partner violence
    Mary Balikungeri, Erin Stern, Lori Heise, K. Dunkle, Lyndsay McLean, Robyn Yaker
  • Common Elements Treatment Approach (CETA)
    This intervention is an evidence-based multi-problem transdiagnostic approach for all ages
    Elizabeth Kunda Mupinde, L. Murray, S. Skavenski, J. Kane
  • MediCapt: harnessing the power of forensic medical evidence to support accountability for sexual violence
    MediCapt shows promise for supporting sexual violence survivors’ access to justice by strengthening the way clinicians document forensic medical evidence of sexual violence, preserve chain of custody, and transmit the data from the medical to the law enforcement and legal sectors.
    Karen Naimer, K. Johnson, T.  McHale, R. Mishori, S. Obanda Kidenda, J. Mushekuru Mugeni, G. Kuzma

14:30 – 16:00  Engaging men
Venue: Exhibition hall 8.3
Chair: Cleopatra Mugyenyi, International Center for Research on Women


14:30 – 16:00  GBV response and prevention in fragile and vulnerable communities
Venue: Daisy and Freesia
Chair: Niyati Shah, USAID


14:30 – 16:00  HIV and GBV
Venue: Orchid
Chair:  Brian Heilman, Promundo


16:00 – 16:30  Coffee break

16:30 – 18:00 Parallel sessions

16:30 – 18:00  Understanding VAW
Venue: Exhibition hall 10
Chair: Diana Arango, World Bank Group


16:30– 18:00  Leave no one behind
Venue: Exhibition hall 8.1
Chair: Catherine Maternowska, Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children


16:30 – 18:00  Child marriage
Venue: Exhibition 8.2
Chair: Mercilene Machisa, South African Medical Research Council


16:30 – 18:00  Prevention interventions
Venue: Exhibition hall 8.3
Chair: Erin Kenny, Spotlight Initiative


16: 30 – 18:00 Homicide and femicide
Venue: Daisy and Freesia
Chair: Shanaaz Mathews, Children’s Institute


16:30 – 18:00  Measuring SDGs in Asia Pacific
Venue: Orchid
Chair: Kristin Diemer, University of Melbourne


19:00 - Gala Dinner at Gold Restaurant

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09:00 – 11:00 Parallel sessions

09:00 – 11:00  Costing of programmes
Venue: Exhibition hall 10
Chair: Mary Ellsberg, Global Women’s Institute


09:00 – 11:00  GBV care and support
Venue: Exhibition hall 8.1
Chair: Nina George, Oak Foundation


09:00 – 11:00  Violence against children and adolescents
Venue: Exhibition hall 8.2
Chair: Amelia Peltz, USAID


09:00 – 11:00  Complex research
Venue: Exhibition hall 8.3
Chair: Nancy Glass, Johns Hopkins University


09:00 – 11:00  Building the violence against children prevention infrastructure: globally, nationally and locally
Venue: Daisy and Freesia
Chair: Begoña Fernandez, Together for Girls


09:00 – 11:00  Faith-based interventions
Venue: Orchid
Chair: Prabu Deepan, Tearfund


11:00 – 11:30  Coffee break

11:30 – 13:00: Four Minute Presentations

11:30 – 13:00 Humanitarian and conflict settings
Venue: Exhibition hall 10
Chair: Julienne Corboz, Research Consultant


11:30 – 13:00  Leave no one behind
Venue: Exhibition hall 8.1
Chair: Elisabet Le Roux, Stellenbosch University


11:30 – 13:00  VAC and AYW
Venue: Exhibition hall 8.2
Chair: Alice Kerr-Wilson, Social Development Direct


11:30 – 13:00  Response
Venue: Exhibition hall 8.3
Chair: Tirhani Manganyi, What Works to Prevent Violence against Women and Girls


11:30 – 13:00  Methods and tools
Venue: Daisy and Freesia
Chair: Leane Ramsoomar, What Works to Prevent Violence against Women and Girls Global Programme


11:30 – 13: 00  Prevention
Venue: Orchid
Chair: Aník Gevers, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)


13:00 – 14:30  Lunch (Exhibition hall 9)

14:30 – 16:00 Parallel sessions

14:30 – 16:00  IPV Prevention
Venue: Exhibition hall 10
Chair: Lori Heise, Prevention Collaborative


14:30 – 16:00   Mitigating GBV risk in humanitarian settings                  
Venue: Exhibition hall 8.1

Chair: Henriette Jansen, kNOwVAWdata, UNFPA Asia-Pacific


14:30 – 16:00   Intervention content panel
Venue: Exhibition hall 8.2
Chair: Abbie Shepard Fields, Universidad Centroamericana UCA


14:30 – 16:00  Ethics and GBV work in practice
 Venue: Exhibition hall 8.3
Chair: Siobán Harlow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor


14:30 – 16:00  Tech-based interventions
Venue: Daisy and Freesia
Chair: Diego Antoni, UNDP


14:30 – 16:00  Economic abuse and responses for survivors
Venue: Orchid
Chair: Saja Michael, ABAAD - Resource Centre for Gender Equality

16:00 – 17:00 Plenary III

16:00 – 17:00  Closing ceremony                                                     
Venue: Exhibition hall 10
Chair: Claudia Garcia-Moreno

Chair: Claudia Garcia-Moreno

SVRI Forum 2019 Prize Giving – Rachel Jewkes, SVRI Leadership Council

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Friends of SVRI: reflections and future directions

  • Emily Esplen, DFID
  • Tesmerelna Atsbeha, Wellspring Philanthropic Fund
  • Tvisha Nevatia, Innovations for Poverty Action

Thanks and farewell – Elizabeth Dartnall, SVRI Executive Director

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