In 2016, the SVRI and World Bank Group partnered to create the SVRI and World Bank Group Development Marketplace which provides grants of up to US$1.2 million for innovations to prevent gender based violence in low and middle income countries. Grants are awarded to selected applicants for projects including research, interventions, or other activities related to gender-based violence prevention. View SVRI and World Bank Group Development Marketplace grant guidelines here.
SVRI and WBG Development Marketplace 2016 winners are:
Lead agency: International Food Policy Research Institute
Research Team: Shalini Roy, Melissa Hidrobo, Akhter Ahmed and John Hoddinott
Reports:
- Discussion Paper: Transfers, Behavior Change Communication, and Intimate Partner Violence Postprogram Evidence from Rural Bangladesh
- Summary Brief: Economic empowerment interventions to reduce genderbased violence
Poster:
Webinar:
- Cash transfer programs and intimate partner violence – Lessons from 3 case studies around the globe
- Transfers, behavior change communication, and intimate partner violence: Post-program evidence from rural Bangladesh
Blog posts:
- Cash or food transfers paired with behavior change communication can reduce intimate partner violence even after transfers end
- Can transfers and training reduce intimate partner violence?
Lead Agency: International Center for Women Rights Protection and Promotion “La Strada”
Research Team: Daniela Misail-Nichitin, Valentina Olaru and Diana Cheianu.
Reports:
- Research Report: Changes caused by the optional course “Harmonious family relationships”, at the level of perceptions, stereotypes and attitudes
- Summary Report: Changes caused by the optional course “Harmonious family relationships”, at the level of perceptions, stereotypes and attitudes
- Summary Brief: Reducing gender-based violence through investments in education
Manuals:
- Relatii armonioase in familie: Curriculum pentru clasele a X-a – a XII-a
- Relatii armonioase in familie: Ghidul profesorului
- Relatii armonioase in familie: Suport informaționa
- Relatii armoniase in familie: Caietul elevului
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Lead agency: World Vision Kenya
Research Team: Phiona Koyiet, Kevina Power, Mary Mugo, Catherine Omenda, William Marwanga, Margaret Njenga and Alison Schafer
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Reports:
- Summary Brief: Reducing violence against women through psychological interventions targeting men
- Pilot Process Evaluation Report
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Blog posts:
- Mental health and intimate partner violence in Kenya
- Supporting Men’s Mental Health to Reduce Gender-Based Violence in Kenya
Lead Agency: Rakai Health Sciences Program, Uganda
Research Team: Jennifer A. Wagman, Fred K. Nalugoda, Paul Fleming, Gertrude Nakigozi and Neema Nakyanjo
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- A gender-transformative approach to involving men in violence prevention in Uganda ; Engaging men and boys in the prevention of violence against women in Uganda
Double vulnerabilities of violence and HIV among women in Brazil: A latent class analysis
Lead Agency: The Regents of the University of California, San Diego
Research Team: Jamila K. Stockman, Kiyomi Tsuyuki, Regina Maria Barbosa and Daniela Knauth
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Conference Presentations:
- Double vulnerabilities: violence against women and HIV in south and southeastern, Brazil
- Violence against women is associated with HIV among women in Brazil
- Social ecological determinants of violence among HIV+ women in Sao Paulo and Porto Alegre, Brazil: a step beyond latent class analysis
Blogs:
- Examining violence against women and the intersecting HIV epidemic in Brazil
- Gender Based Violence and HIV Infection: Overlapping Epidemics in Brazil
Trauma-informed, community-engaged violence prevention for FSWs in Thailand
Lead Agency: Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Research Team: Michele Decker, Dusita Phuengsamran and Surang Janyam
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Blog:
- Ending the invisible violence against Thai female sex workers ; Gender-based violence, safety promotion and risk reduction for female sex workers in Thailand: Building the evidence for a marginalised population
Masculinidades Y Prevención De La Violencia Sexual
Lead Agency: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University)
Research Team: Nancy Palomino and Miguel Angel Ramos Padilla
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Book:
Making sense of early marriage among Syrian refugee girls
Lead Agency: Queen's University at Kingston
Research Team: Susan Bartels, Colleen Davison, Nour Bakhache, Annie Bunting, and Saja Michael
Journal Articles:
- Making sense of child, early and forced marriage among Syrian refugee girls: a mixed methods study in Lebanon
- Positive worry and negative hope: paradoxical perceptions of the experiences of Syrian refugee girls in Lebanon
- A pilot study of family planning perspectives and practices among Syrian child brides in Lebanon
- Implementation of a SenseMaker® research project among Syrian refugees in Lebanon
- A qualitative analysis of knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of family planning among Syrian refugees in Lebanon
- Continuum of sexual and gender-based violence risks among Syrian refugee women and girls in Lebanon
- Displacement and emotional Well-being among married and unmarried Syrian adolescent girls in Lebanon: An analysis of narratives
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Lead Agency: Women and Health Alliance International
Research Team: Women and Health Alliance (WAHA) International, Relief Society for Syrian Refugees in Izmir, Harvard Medical School, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Journal Articles:
- Feasibility and acceptability of mobile phone platforms to deliver interventions to address gender-based violence among Syrian adolescent girls and young women in Izmir, Turkey
- Altered social trajectories and risks of violence among young Syrian women seeking refuge in Turkey: a qualitative study
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The first five projects were supported by funding funnelled through the SVRI.
Grants by Year:
Grant guidelines are available in English, Spanish and French,
For more information about the SVRI Grant and the SVRI and WBG Development Marketplace Awards, please visit: http://www.svri.org/what-we-do/research-support/svri-grant