On 5 November 2026 (9am GMT / 11am SAST), the SVRI TFGBV Community of Practice will host this webinar to explore the growing overlap between romance baiting and other forms of relationship-based cyberfraud, economic abuse, coercive control, sexual exploitation and TFGBV.
On 22 September 2026 (3pm BKK / 1:30pm IST / 10am SAST), a media briefing was held to provide journalists with an overview of the SVRI Forum 2026 (5-9 October 2026, Bangkok), the largest global conference bridging research and practice on violence against women, violence against children, and other forms of gender-based violence.
On Wednesday, 16 September 2026 (10am SAST / 3pm ICT), SVRI held an online briefing for session Chairs ahead of the SVRI Forum opening in Bangkok, Thailand. The briefing had two purposes: to take the guesswork out of chairing and to give Chairs an opportunity to meet the SVRI team and each other before arriving in Bangkok.
On 3 September 2026 (6am EDT / 11am BST / 12pm SAST / 5pm BKK), join SVRI, in partnership with the Gender Violence Research and Collaboration Network (GVRCN), hosted a one-hour online workshop designed to help you create an engaging and impactful conference poster for SVRI Forum 2026.
On 25 August 2026 (9am EDT / 3pm SAST), the SVRI TFGBV Community of Practice (CoP) hosted a webinar on 'Defining Intimacy, Consent and Harm in the Digital Age'. As digital technologies reshape how intimacy is created and shared, legal systems, platforms, and policymakers are grappling with a fundamental question: what does meaningful consent look like online?
On 19 August 2026 (3:30pm SAST/CEST), SVRI hosted an information session for persons thinking of applying for the SVRI Data to Evidence Grant 2027, to explain how best to go about applying for this new funding opportunity.
Meet the winners of the SVRI Research Grant 2026 and learn more about their awarded projects! Also hear from some of our former SVRI Grant Partners, who reflect on what it means to be an SVRI grant recipient.
On 24 June 2026 (Africa & the Americas: 9am EST) and 30 June 2026 (Asia: 2pm ICT), SVRI and Womanity hosted the Adaption Journeys webinar. Adaptation Journeys explores the learnings of practitioners, researchers and funders who have grappled with the complexities of adapting a violence against women prevention programme to new contexts.
On 16 April 2026 (2:30pm SAST), this webinar brought together experts from Innovations for Poverty Action, WHO, and Equimundo to explore how technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) can be measured in ways that are ethical, contextually grounded, and globally comparable.
On 04 March 2026 (11am SAST) SVRI explored how climate-related shocks, displacement, economic stress, and environmental change intersect with risks of violence against women and violence against children. Explore emerging evidence and practical approaches for strengthening prevention and response in climate-affected contexts.
