Blog Walking the talk: Reflections of a young researcher “Hello, I am Jane, a researcher and activist advocating for prevention of VAWG.” You are probably thinking, “Okay, so am I. What’s new?” THIS! This is new and news; to me as well!… October 6, 2022
Blog SVRI Forum 2019: A Legal Practitioner’s Perspective In October 2019, I had the privilege of joining hundreds of researchers, government officials, and practitioners at the SVRI Forum in Cape Town, South Africa. Coming from a small non-profit… January 17, 2020
Blog Pathways to VAW research and SVRI Forum Through the years of our lives we are acquiring new ways of living and new experiences that help us strengthen ourselves as human beings with a clear vision of what… December 13, 2019
Blog The need to humanize the numbers 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… December 9, 2019
Blog SVRI Forum – ‘Networking working’ 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… December 2, 2019
Blog SVRI Forum 2019: Perspectives from a young researcher 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… December 2, 2019
Blog Are we doing enough for *D/deaf women and girls? 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,… November 29, 2019
Blog SVRI: Top 5 trends to help make violence against women and girls preventable 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… November 29, 2019
Blog Four ways to act NOW 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. Read… November 29, 2019
Blog The Time Is Now! Preventing Violence Against Women and Children Requires Quality Evidence Reflections from the world’s premier conference on ending violence against women and violence against children from the Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum 2019. On the heels of a packed week, including… November 15, 2019