On 20 May 2025, we introduced the new 2025 SVRI Research Grant recipients. These outstanding researchers and practitioners from around the world have been selected for their innovative and impactful projects focused on preventing and responding to violence against women and violence against children.
The Faith & GBV CoP hosted a webinar on 30 April 2025 at 3pm SAST to examine how policymakers and faith leaders engage with religion in addressing gender-based violence, how they navigate questions of legitimacy, and how their knowledge and authority are both recognized and challenged within religious and policy frameworks.
SVRI hosted a four-month webinar series on the learnings from the SVRI Forum 2024, providing a platform for presenters to revisit their work, reflect on emerging developments since the Forum, and engage in thoughtful, interactive discussions with a global audience.
On 11 April 2025, the SVRI launched a self-paced online course focused on participatory approaches to childhood sexual violence research. During the launch webinar, attendees received an exclusive preview of the course modules and had the opportunity to pose their questions to the course development team, which included participatory research experts from the partner organisations.
Our aim for these sessions is to hold space for our community and we wouldn’t be able to do this work without our co-sponsors: the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women, Raising Voices, the Accelerator to Prevent GBV…
This webinar featured a panel of women contributors from Working Group 2 of the SVRI Faith & GBV Community of Practice (CoP). Each panelist had personal childhood experiences of violence or abuse that were shaped by faith settings and actors…
SVRI, in collaboration with Together for Girls, WeProtect Global Alliance, Safe Futures Hub, and the Brave Movement, has facilitated an 18-month co-creation process to identify research priorities for child sexual violence (CSV) over the next 5-10 years. This initiative draws…
Stopping global childhood sexual violence (CSV) requires bold action and the implementation of effective solutions. This online event hosted by To Zero and Safe Futures Hub highlights the first-ever global vision to end CSV, as well as practice- and evidence-based solutions to…
This event brought together leading experts in child protection, academia, and technology to explore the connections between offline and online child sexual exploitation and abuse. Webinar Recording
This seminar highlighted the urgent need for action and collaboration in addressing gender-based violence and its implications for HIV prevention and treatment. Activists, healthcare professionals, researchers, and others interested in gender health issues joined the conversation and contributed to a…
