#PreventionPractitioners: Looking to strengthen your programmes to reduce VAW and VAC? Join the Violence Prevention Academy to discover strategies that address intersections of VAW and VAC. 🖋️ Enrol in the Academy today! https://prevent.short.gy/VPA

⚡ Want to spark conversations and action for a gender-just world? The Creating a Gender-Just World curriculum from the #StandWithHer campaign is a free resource for educators to help students imagine a world free of GBV. 👉🏽 http://bit.ly/standwithhercurriculum #PreventionPractitioners

✨ Celebrating our 2025 achievements and kicking off 2026 with momentum ✨ In 2025, we launched new courses, published key resources, and built meaningful partnerships to strengthen the violence prevention field. 🎥 Watch our highlights: https://prevent.short.gy/fwe5aB  #PreventionPractitioners

💪 Want to strengthen your efforts to prevent VAW or VAC alongside peers and experts?  Enrol in our free Violence Prevention Academy to deepen your understanding of essential concepts, models, and strategies. 🔗 https://prevent.short.gy/VPA  #PreventionPractitioners

🌍 Calling #PreventionPractitioners!  Our free, hybrid Violence Prevention Academy is open for applications!  🗓️ Apply by 31 January to connect, learn, and grow with peers and experts: https://prevent.short.gy/VPA

🎙️ In this episode of Social Norms Chat, @lheise1.bsky.social joins Cäcilia Riederer to discuss gender norms, violence prevention, and how #PreventionPractitioners can effectively design programmes for social change. 🎧 Listen: https://prevent.short.gy/EZLazN

🚨 Violence against women is preventable. Our Prevention Essentials series supports #PreventionPractitioners to design prevention programmes using a feminist approach. Explore the briefs: 1️⃣ https://prevent.short.gy/zwWkMe  2️⃣ https://prevent.short.gy/6Mgd5X  3️⃣ https://prevent.short.gy/2ixgir

Ready to meet our board? 🤝 We’re excited to introduce the people guiding our next chapter: Beatrice Ogutu, Clara Alemann, Prabu Deepan, and Lori Michau. Learn more: https://prevent.short.gy/board #PreventionPractitioners

🌐 Ready to connect, learn, and grow with #PreventionPractitioners around the world? 📅 Start the year with our free Violence Prevention Academy. Coming soon 👉 https://prevent.short.gy/VPA

As we step into 2026, we’re proud to share an important milestone 🎉 We’ve transitioned from fiscal sponsorship to an independent entity and are now incorporated as a non-profit organisation in Canada, guided by a new board. Thank you to all who helped make this possible 🌱 #PreventionPractitioners

Welcome to 2026 🎉 We are excited to continue strengthening the capacity of key actors to design and deliver violence prevention programmes informed by evidence, knowledge, and feminist principles. 🔗Join our digest to stay connected: https://prevent.short.gy/digest #PreventionPractitioners

Dear friends, Thank you for engaging with and supporting our violence prevention work. 🎉 We’ll be taking a short break from social media and will return on Monday, 5 January 2026. 😌 Wishing you a joyful start to 2026.

✍️ Planning for the year ahead? 📬 Sign up to the Prevention Collaborative Digest for the latest evidence, insights, and practical resources to strengthen violence prevention programming. Start the new year informed and ready to act: https://cutt.ly/vrMRCr9m  #PreventionCollaborative

🎞️ Watch our Insights series! Experts share lessons from violence prevention programmes like Becoming One in #Uganda, ChattyCuz in #SouthAfrica, Change Starts at Home in #Nepal, Indashyikirwa in #Syria, and more! ▶️ https://cutt.ly/0tyGpsJs #PreventionCollaborative

👪 Parent and caregiver support programmes are in a unique position to reduce violence in the family. In this short video, our Senior Associate, Jane Kato-Wallace, reflects on why gender-transformative parenting matters. 🖥️ Watch: https://cutt.ly/utyGejlC #PreventionCollaborative

💭 Our Content Producer @ana-nustes.bsky.social reflects on how gender-transformative parenting programmes can effectively shift gender inequitable norms and behaviours for families and those delivering the programmes. 📖 Read her blog: https://cutt.ly/ytyJRyhj #PreventionCollaborative

🔎 Stop searching, start implementing. The Prevention Collaborative Knowledge Hub curates the best evidence, programme examples, and strategies for effective VAW and VAC prevention. ⚒️ Find your next prevention resource: https://cutt.ly/ntojb0XM #PreventionCollaborative

Ready to specialise? 🧠 Our deep dive courses offer an in-depth look into best practices in violence prevention programming. Level up your prevention programming 👉 https://cutt.ly/TtojzFpv #PreventionCollaborative

Feminist inspired. Evidence driven. Self paced. 🧡 Prevention Collaborative’s self-paced courses allow you to examine your values, biases, and experiences and how they may impact your violence prevention work. Learn on your schedule: https://cutt.ly/EtojtRUM #PreventionCollaborative

✨ 2025 has been a year of collaboration, resilience, and impact.  Join us in celebrating this year’s milestones—from new courses and publications to meaningful partnerships that strengthen the violence prevention field. 🎥 Watch the highlights: https://cutt.ly/9tpBfdNG  #PreventionCollaborative

🎤 In Part II of her interview with @thepixelproject.bsky.social, our Senior Associate @bini2025.bsky.social shares how Prevention Collaborative has shaped the global conversation and practice around violence prevention and what’s next. 👉 https://cutt.ly/OtpBsIfb #PreventionCollaborative

Messaging matters in VAW prevention programmes, and effective messages are aspirational. That means they: ✨ Inspire positive change ✨ Prompt reflection ✨ Build solidarity Take Aspire! to learn more ➡️ https://cutt.ly/ZrF9mfbE #PreventionCollaborative

🤔 How can we bridge the gap between research and practice to drive real change in violence prevention? 🎤 Our Senior Associate @bini2025.bsky.social shares her insights in an interview with @thepixelproject.bsky.social. Read the conversation: https://cutt.ly/IrZlJx82 #PreventionCollaborative

✊ You can’t reach a feminist goal with a patriarchal process. Prevention Collaborative’s Communication Principles prioritise ethical storytelling, radical utility, and self-care as a political and personal act. 🌱 Discover how we work: https://cutt.ly/1rVS2Fxf #PreventionCollaborative

💡 What does feminist comms look like in practise? In this blog, we outline our approach to feminist comms—not just as a framework but as personal commitments. 👉 Read more here: https://cutt.ly/mrVS9khn #PreventionCollaborative

👏 Congratulations to our Senior Associate @bini2025.bsky.social for being featured as one of The Pixel Project’s 16 best interviews of 2025! ➡️ Explore the full list: tinyurl.com/16BestPixelI...

Prevention is a shared journey. 🤝 In this video, our partners across Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal share their experiences with Prevention Collaborative’s 2025 Asia Cluster Programme. 📺 Watch what it means to learn and collaborate to end VAW: https://cutt.ly/stiWMPdP #PreventionCollaborative

@who.int announced the 2nd edition of the RESPECT framework for preventing violence against women. It provides updated evidence for violence prevention, including from humanitarian contexts—closing a major gap in crises zones. 👉 cutt.ly/HtiWcLWM #PreventionCollaborative

On the eve of Human Rights Day, we pause to honor the memory of our dear friend and colleague, Crystal Dicks, whose life and work embodied equality and justice. Her dedication to creating a world free from violence continues to inspire us. Rest in power, Crystal 💜 #PreventionCollaborative #16Days

How can #edutainment prevent violence against women and children? 🤔  Watch our webinar with RAES and Soul City to: 🔍 Explore findings from an evidence review of 21 rigorous evaluations 🎬 Gain insights from innovative edutainment programmes https://cutt.ly/PtwT0ngh #PreventionCollaborative

📺 Edutainment is a promising strategy for scaling violence prevention efforts. 📚 Our brief reviews the effectiveness of #edutainment on anti-violence attitudes, norms, and behaviours and highlights key implications for practice and research. 👉🏾 https://cutt.ly/wtyJOPms #PreventionCollaborative

👨🏾‍👩🏾‍👦🏾 Through the gender-transformative Skilful Parenting Program, ICS-SP, Prevention Collaborative, UNICEF, and the Government of Kenya are equipping families to end cycles of violence and promote equality at home. Learn how: https://cutt.ly/NtyGdUlt #PreventionCollaborative

Imagine a world where women walk home without fear. A world #WithoutFear is possible—when women’s safety, dignity and wellbeing become a global priority. Join us this #16DaysOfActivism in raising awareness about violence against women and girls—and how we can all prevent it.

Gender-based violence is preventable. During these 16 Days of Activism and every day, let’s learn, listen, and take action because ending violence takes all of us. #16DaysofActivism

🚸 Strengthening the mental health of parents and caregivers can prevent family violence.  In this evidence review, @erinstern.bsky.social outlines how prevention programmes improve parental mental health to mitigate risks of child maltreatment. 🔗 https://cutt.ly/ftyF4KWM #PreventionCollaborative

❓Can policy reform help reduce intimate partner violence?  In this @thesvri.bsky.social podcast, @lizdarts.bsky.social, Dr. Rachael Pierotti, and Dr. Tara Cookson discuss how policy reform can shape safer, more equitable societies. 🎙️Tune in: https://cutt.ly/3ttpnorr #UnderutilisedStrategies

🔍 Want the latest insights on violence prevention? Sign up for the Prevention Collaborative Digest today and stay informed. 🌐 Join our community: https://cutt.ly/ZttpcghE #UnderutilisedStrategies

✨ Underutilised strategies—promising approaches that are not yet used widely—can scale and deepen the impact of traditional violence prevention programmes. 👉🏾 Learn more in our Knowledge Hub: https://cutt.ly/qr48xdYG #UnderutilisedStrategies

💡 Harmful alcohol use and poor mental health are key risk factors for IPV. Integrating strategies that address these factors in prevention programmes can deepen their impact. 📖  Read insights from experts in this report: https://cutt.ly/Pttpy9Af #UnderutilisedStrategies

💡 At Prevention Collaborative, we strengthen the prevention field so practitioners can innovate & implement a wider array of effective strategies. 🔎 Discover promising yet overlooked strategies that increase reach, expand scale, & deepen impact: https://cutt.ly/BtwCSwhT #UnderutilisedStrategies

As we mark the start of the #16Days, it’s vital to recognise the promise of policy change in helping prevent violence at scale.  Discover how we’re strengthening the evidence base on the most promising policy and legal reforms for violence prevention 👇 #UnderutilisedStrategies

❓ What can communities do about harmful alcohol use?   In South Africa, Sonke Gender Justice guides communities to: ✅ Learn about liquor laws and how to use them ✅ Form committees to tackle liquor-related issues 📖Learn how: https://cutt.ly/DtrkDpLo #UnderutilisedStrategies

Parental mental health isn't just an individual issue—it's a structural one, deeply tied to patriarchal norms, power, & violence. Join this #MenEngageCoLab featuring @erinstern.bsky.social to explore how to end family violence. 📅 24 November ⏰ 3:00 PM CET 🔗 https://bit.ly/24NovCoLab

🚨Harmful alcohol use is a common risk factor for IPV and VAC globally, yet violence prevention efforts rarely address it. 💻In this webinar, practitioners share ways to integrate alcohol reduction strategies in prevention programmes. Watch here: https://cutt.ly/wtrrZAUu #UnderutilisedStrategies

🧘 How can mind-body practice support collective healing for GBV survivors? 📉 Move with HaRT shows promising results, with reduced PTSD, anxiety, and depression among survivors in Uganda & the Philippines. Read the programme summary: https://cutt.ly/StrrFzq5 #UnderutilisedStrategies

💪Mental health interventions show striking potential to strengthen violence prevention. 🎙️In this episode of Prevention Collaborative Conversations, Lori Heise & Erin Stern unpack poor mental health as both a risk factor & outcome of VAWG. Tune in: https://cutt.ly/TteCQN7s #UnderutilisedStrategies

🌍 At Prevention Collaborative, we are working to reimagine violence prevention programming, with a focus on promising but underutilised strategies that can expand reach, operate at scale, and deepen impact. Read our blog to find out more 👉🏾 https://cutt.ly/BtwCSwhT #UnderutilisedStrategies

Dear Digest Community 🌷 The November #Digest is here! 💌 Explore curated resources and upcoming webinars featuring underutilised strategies that strengthen violence prevention programmes. 📖 Read here: https://cutt.ly/Ste1WENl

📜 Can reforming unequal inheritance rights reduce overall levels of violence against women (VAW)? ⚖️ In India, states that gave women equal inheritance rights saw a 36% drop in reported VAW over 28 years. 🔍 Explore the evidence: https://cutt.ly/CtwCvGZw #UnderutilisedStrategies

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