This year, the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) and World Bank Group are granting competitive funds totaling US$1.14 million to the following 10 teams from around the world for innovations to prevent and respond to gender-based violence (GBV):
Building the evidence base to understand and prevent campus sexual assault in Swaziland
Lead agency: University of California, San Diego
PI: Rebecca Fielding-Miller
Project outputs:
- Blogs:
- Journal articles: Epidemiology of campus sexual assault among University women in Eswatini.
- SVRI Forum 2022 Presentations: Applying a Freirean framework to conceptualize a sexual assault resistance intervention; Online training to reduce sexual harassment at the University of Eswatini
- Posters:
Gender-based violence prevention in the Amazon of Peru (GAP) Project
Lead agency: University College London
PI: Jenevieve Mannell
Project outputs:
- Blogs:
- Journal articles: The role of participation and community mobilisation in preventing violence against women and girls: a programme review and critique
- Posters: Gender-based violence prevention in the Amazon of Peru (GAP) Project
- Conference presentations:
- Co-creating ethical frameworks for community-led approaches to GBV prevention: critical bioethics in practice
- How to Prevent Violence Against Women in Remote High-Prevalence Settings: A working theoretical model from the Peruvian Amazon
- Participatory Community-led Intervention Development (PCID) approach for preventing violence against women
- Gender-based violence in the Amazon of Peru (GAP): preliminary findings
- Manuals:
Development of standard measures to support gender-based cyber violence prevention
Lead agency: International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
PI: Dr. Laura Hinson
Project outputs:
- Blogs: Disrupting the intersection of technology and gender-based violence
- Briefs:
Defining and measuring technology-facilitated gender-based violence
Technology-facilitated gender-based violence: What is it, and how do we measure it? - Posters: Development of Standard Measures to Support Gender-Based Cyber Violence Prevention
Building the evidence base for ‘Safe Families’ - a comprehensive community-led model for violence prevention in Solomon Islands
Lead agency: Oxfam Australia
PI: Anna Trembath
Project outputs:
- Journal Article: Community mobilisation in the framework of supportive social environment to prevent family violence in Solomon Islands
- Blogs: Igniting change: Shifting harmful gender norms in the Pacific
- Posters: Building the evidence base for ‘Safe Families’— a comprehensive community-led model for violence prevention in Solomon Islands
- Reports: Transforming harmful gender norms in Solomon Islands: A study of the Oxfam Safe Families Program
- Conference presentations:
- SVRI Forum 2019: Transforming harmful gender norms in the Solomon Islands. A study of the Oxfam Safe Families Program
- SVRI Forum 2019: The challenges of conducting ethical and rigorous research on violence against women in small, isolated, high-prevalence communities
- Women in Asia conference paper 2019: Transforming harmful gender norms in the Solomon Islands. A study of the Oxfam Safe Families Program
Piloting a customizable, user-designed information and communication technology-based approach to reduce intimate partner violence among refugees
Lead agency: Fondation Hirondelle
PI: Vandana Sharma
Project outputs:
- Blogs: Podcasts to prevent intimate partner violence: Leveraging social networks in Somali refugee camps in Ethiopia
- Posters: Piloting a customizable, user-designed information and communication technology-based approach to reduce intimate partner violence among refugees
- Presentation: Podcasts to prevent intimate partner violence
Sexual harassment among Jordanian college students: Pilot testing a promising primary prevention intervention
Lead agency: Information and Research Center - King Hussein Foundation
PI: Aida Essaid
Project outputs:
Gender Equity Model, Egypt – Promoting women’s economic empowerment and fighting gender-based violence
Lead agency: The American University in Cairo
PI: Ramadan Mohamed
Project outputs:
- Blogs: Working with the government and private sector to promote gender equity and prevent gender-based violence (GBV) in Egypt
- Posters: Gender equity model, Egypt: Promoting women’s economic empowerment and fighting gender-based violence
Mapping for policy
Lead agency: The Urban Institute
PI: Yasemin Irvin-Erickson
Project outputs:
- Blogs: Using technology to improve women’s safety in Pakistan’s urban transit systems
- Posters: Mapping for Policy: A “Whole Journey” Approach to Tackling Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violent Victimization in Public Transit
Combatting sexual violence in Kyrgyzstan through innovative education and information technology
Lead agency: American University of Central Asia
PI: Elena Kim
Project outputs:
- Blogs:
- Journal articles:
- Posters: Combatting culturally-endorsed sexual violence in Kyrgyzstan through innovative education and information technology
- Presentations: Combatting culturally-endorsed sexual violence in Kyrgyzstan through innovative education and technology (2017-2019).
- Reports: Combatting Sexual Violence in Kyrgyzstan through Innovative Education and Information Technology (Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia)
- Website Updates
Building research capacity and data use for gender-based violence prevention and response in adolescents/ young adults
Lead agency: Together For Girls
PI: Daniela Ligiero
Project outputs:
- Blogs: Data for policy: Building a culture of evidence-based policies to address violence against children (VAC)
- Posters: Building research capacity and data use for gender-based violence prevention and response in adolescents/ young adults
The first four projects are supported by funding funneled through the SVRI.
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