✨ 2025 has been a challenging year for the field, but our collective strength, solidarity, courage, and commitment have carried us forward. Thank you for being part of the SVRI community. ⚠️ Please note that the SVRI office will be closed from 22 December to 2 January. Warm regards, The SVRI Team

💥⚡ Gearing up for Bangkok, Thailand 2026! We are starting the new year with the second virtual launch of the SVRI Forum 2026, the world's largest conference on research to end violence. 📆 Join us on 14 January 2026 at 4pm SAST ➡️ Register now before the year ends: https://ow.ly/kYpt50XM8z1

📢 Are you an LMIC student looking for a doctoral or PhD opportunity on violence against women and children? If so, the SVRI Early Career Fellowships might be just for you! ⚠️ Apply before 31 January 2026! With support from the Kering Foundation. ➡️Learn more: https://ow.ly/2MH250XLm2j

SVRI Grant Partners in Asia are turning evidence into action to end gender-based violence. What makes their research truly impactful? 📝Priti Prabhughate, SVRI Grants Management and Impact Director, explains it in our latest blog ➡️https://ow.ly/XhQk50XKNwt

“Something about (male) supremacist ideology is that it makes it easier to accept other forms of supremacism.”, says Alex Di Branco. In S4E10 of the SVRI Podcast, we explore what male supremacism is and why confronting it is essential for preventing violence. 🎧 https://ow.ly/lMIM50XKc41

💡 A reminder: Violence against women and children is preventable. It's not inevitable, it's solvable.

🤝💜 Ending violence demands collective action—and that means protecting the spaces that make collaboration possible. 📢On this Human Rights Day, we invite partners and funders to help us sustain a space like the SVRI Forum, which brings us together to end violence. ➡️https://www.svriforum2026.org/

🌍 Join Us for a Global Learning Event on Participatory Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting Approaches with Spotlight Initiative! 🗓 15 Dec 2025 🕒 3pm SAST / 8am NYC 🔗 https://ow.ly/mnEe50XGa3c Hosted by SVRI and Spotlight Initiative in partnership with the Australian Volunteers Program.

✨ We’re excited to partner with the Kering Foundation and McGill University to strengthen evidence on the links between violence against women and violence against children. 🎓 New LMIC doctoral & postdoctoral fellowships now open. 🗓️ Apply by 31 Jan 2026. www.svri.org/svri-early-c...

📣 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁! 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆-𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿-𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 📆 9 Dec 2025 🕛 9:30am EST / 3:30pm CET 🙋‍♀️ In-person: UN Women Offices in New York 💻 Zoom ➡️ Register here: https://unwomen.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_a_QJNZrGTNCPhetF-pYXDg#/registration

📝 In this blog, Dr Jane Ndungu explains why intentionally including women with disabilities in research and programming on violence against women and girls is a must, not an option. 🔗 Read it here: https://www.svri.org/intentionally-including-women-with-disabilities-research/

📣 Launch of the TFGBV Evidence Gap Map - Join us this Thursday 4 December 2025 at 3pm SAST! 🔍 Developed by researchers at Emory University, the map highlights what works, what doesn’t, and where research gaps remain on TFGBV prevention and response. ➡️ Register here: https://ow.ly/sgZ050XAbKi

❓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

⚠️ 𝗪𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻, 𝘀𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁? Elizabeth Dartnall, Diana Arango, Craig Harding and Avni Amin have identified the root of the problem: A lack of long-term funding and political will. ➡️ https://ow.ly/BQvP50XyEy3

🌎Join us for the launch of the Practice-based Knowledge (PbK) Guidance Framework – a comprehensive guide designed for those working in childhood sexual violence prevention and response.🗓️ Tuesday, 9 December 2025 🔗Register 👉https://bit.ly/3LVCzIE

🚨 Join us for an upcoming webinar on 4 December 2025 at 3pm SAST that will unpack new findings from a systematic review and Evidence Gap Map led by Emory University on what works to prevent and respond to TFGBV. 💻 Register here: https://ow.ly/ZOj850XxrJI

On Friday, 21 November 2025, SVRI will participate in women's shutdown led by Women for Change and refrain from work and spending to demand an end to GBV and femicide in South Africa and worldwide. ➡️ www.svri.org/svri-joins-g... ✊Join us! #WomenShutdown

🧩 Right now, we don’t have enough data to truly understand GBV in universities. Studies are fragmented and inconsistent, and entire groups remain invisible. ➡️ There is an urgent need for research. Discover what can be done: https://www.svri.org/research-priorities-gbv-hei-africa-middle-east/

📢 Join us for the launch of the new Evidence Gap Map, led by Stellenbosch University, on school-based GBV prevention programmes next Tuesday 25 November 2025 at 3pm SAST. ➡️ Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mB_vfBMLQkOsIKlJYOOenA#/registration#/registration

🚨 New SVRI Early-Career Research Fellowships 🚨 SVRI is announcing doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships for ECR based in LMICs to conduct research at the intersection of violence against women and children. Apply by 31 January 2025 ➡️ www.svri.org/svri-early-c...

🌿 Webinar Alert! Moments of Faith and Courage: Stories from Our Community of Practice 🌿 🗓️ Date: Tuesday, 11 November 2025 ⏰ Time: 15:00 – 16:00 SAST 💻 Register here to listen: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/T4a6FWmWR7mr7DtuZRypnQ

Are you preparing an abstract for the next SVRI Forum 2026? Don’t miss this interactive workshop designed to support early-career researchers and practitioners in crafting compelling abstracts. 🔗 Join this event co-hosted with the Gender Violence Collaboration Network: https://ow.ly/tLFO50XkUlv

🌐 In an environment of political instability, spaces for collective learning and action are vital, yet too often are out of reach. ✍️ Elizabeth Dartnall & Lizle Loots reflect on how to make global gatherings more accessible ➡️ https://ow.ly/Ifjk50XkTJR

📣 Webinar Alert! Join us next 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟴 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝗮𝘁 𝟯p𝗺 𝗦𝗔𝗦𝗧 for an interactive webinar on how faith can transform intergenerational cycles of violence, hosted by SVRI's WG2 on Faith and Violence against Children. Find out the panel of experts! Register now: https://ow.ly/fX2N50XjaEB

#Feminist #Hiring Alert: Do you have strong knowledge of the NGO environment and multi-donor funding? @thesvri.bsky.social is seeking an experienced Director of Finance and Operations to join their leadership team.

⚠️ Finance Job Alert! We are seeking an External Auditor and a Director of Finance and Operations to join our Financial Team. ➡️ Check our career page for more information: https://www.svri.org/careers/

🚨Comms Job Alert! We are seeking a team or agency based or with experience in Asia to develop the communications and PR strategy of the SVRI Forum 2026. ➡️ Find out how to apply before 30 October 2025: https://www.svri.org/tor-forum-2026-comms-consultancy/

Rachel Jewkes outlines best practices for VAW prevention at @thesvri.bsky.social GIZ meeting in Cape Town. We have a strong global evidence base to draw on to develop culturally sensitive interventions targeting multiple risk drivers like gender inequality, poverty, marital conflict to be effective

📆 SAVE THE DATE! Join us on 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟴 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝟯-𝟰𝗽𝗺 𝗦𝗔𝗦𝗧 for an interactive webinar that will explore how faith can transform intergenerational cycles of violence, hosted by WG2 of Faith & GBV CoP. ➡️ Register now: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7rqUNE-KR8abDbjQ9IClSA#/registration

⚠️ 🎓 Gender-based violence in universities and colleges is pervasive —yet underresearched. To close this gap, SVRI led an 18-month study in higher education institutions across Africa and the Middle East. 👉 Access it here: https://www.svri.org/research-priorities-gbv-hei-africa-middle-east/

🎉 The #SafeFuturesHub is launching a seven-part webinar series focused on interventions to end childhood sexual violence, focusing on low- and middle-income countries. The first webinar is co-hosted with Parenting for Lifelong Health. 📅 October 29 - 3pm CEST 🔗 Register http://bit.ly/4q9wh8a#SafeFuturesHub

🚨 For those working on faith & gender-based violence: We have two upcoming webinars this week organised by the 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵 & 𝗚𝗕𝗩 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲. ➡️ Check them out: https://www.svri.org/learning-platform/webinars-and-workshops/

🌍 𝗦𝗩𝗥𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 & 𝗣𝗥 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗩𝗥𝗜 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 Assignment period: December 2025 – November 2026 Location: preferably based in Asia ⏰ 30 October 2025 👉 https://www.svri.org/tor-forum-2026-comms-consultancy/

The SVRI honours the life of Crystal Dicks - feminist, educator, & lifelong advocate for justice whose light touched many corners of our field. Crystal dedicated her life to advancing equality through education, collective learning, and solidarity. Our heartfelt condolences to all who loved her.

The SVRI Faith & GBV CoP is excited to launch the PBK, Faith & VAWG Series with a first session to explore the concept of practice-based knowledge (PBK) and why it matters to shape faith-responses to end violence. 📅 15 October 2025 🕒 3pm SAST 👉 Register now: https://ow.ly/ScUU50X7AUH

🚨 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 to join our leadership team and lead SVRI’s financial strategy. To be based in Pretoria or Cape Town, South Africa (hybrid) 📩 Find out how to apply before 27 October 2025: https://ow.ly/ORJL50X6UYt

🔈 We're excited to share '10 Ways to Engage Men & Boys to Counter Backlash,' a new guide from the Men, Masculinities and Countering Backlash Collective, including @thesvri.bsky.social and @ids.ac.uk. We launched this resource on the sidelines of #UNGA80. Read in full at www.menengage.org !

⚠️ Backlash against gender justice feels like the new norm, but how can we engage men and boys to be part of the solution? Here are 10 tips to do so! Men, Masculinities, and Countering Backlash Collective has designed a new guide. 👉 Access the resource: menengage.org/resources/10...

🚨 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗕𝗩 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻! This isn’t just another webinar—it’s a gathering of leading voices from Africa and the Middle East to unpack the realities and evidence on gender-based violence in higher education. Register now: ow.ly/zZXy50WPvPM

📢 𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀! The SVRI is seeking to appoint an external audit firm to conduct our annual financial audits for the fiscal years 2026–2030, as part of our commitment to accountability and transparency. 🔗 Find more info and apply before 31 October: www.svri.org/terms-of-ref...

🚀 𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗩𝗥𝗜 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲! Join us as we begin the road to SVRI Forum Bangkok on 5–9 October 2026 - the world’s largest conference on research and practice to end violence. 🗓️ Date: 2 October 2025 ⏰ Time: 10am Johannesburg / 3pm Bangkok / 4pm Manila 🔗 Register: bit.ly/forum2026launch

Male engagement in faith spaces it’s a central pillar of changing social norms and preventing GBV. @donnanyadete.bsky.social, @trocaire.bsky.social Zimbabwe, shares how faith-based programmes can equip men to become allies for equality. #EndGBV ➡️ Read more: www.svri.org/faith-mascul...

In this latest post of the #Faith & #GBV CoP series, Nicolás Esteban Panotto explores how faith-based communities can become spaces that welcome people of all gender identities and expressions. 👉 Read the full blog in English or in its original Spanish version: www.svri.org/religion-and...

❗Children under 18 displaying harmful sexual behaviour is a rising concern. 📣 As part of the #SafeFuturesHub partnership, @WeProtect will be launching a 🆕 report into these harmful behaviours👇 📅 25 September ⏰ 9h ET / 14h BST / 16h EAT 🔗 👉 bit.ly/46sSm8P 👈 #EndViolence

New episode: @annabull.bsky.social joins The Sexual Violence Research podcast to explore rates of #GBV in higher ed settings. "One of the reasons for this being seemingly so prevalent..is the lack of professional boundaries between staff & students." Listen bit.ly/4p0WhC8 @thesvri.bsky.social

Girls are taught to say no to sex — but what happens when their no is ignored, punished, or impossible to exercise? Joan Njagi writes this incredible piece for @girlsglobe.bsky.social on girls consent: "Do not put the burden on them in the name of agency" www.girlsglobe.org/2025/09/03/s...

Session 3 of the #TFGBV Policy Dialogue Series—organised by @unwomen.bsky.social and SVRI’s TFGBV CoP—aimed to discuss the impact of TFGBV on women human right defenders #WHRD, and the international and institutional protective mechanisms in place. ➡️ Read the webinar summary: ow.ly/A75y50WP2RQ

In partnership with @ispcan.bsky.social, we are co-hosting a webinar to discuss the research findings on the intergenerational continuity of violence from a longitudinal, multi-generational, mixed methods study. #EndViolence 📅17 September 2025 🕛 10am EDT / 4pm CEST/SAST ➡️ ow.ly/jkg550WLZmc

📝 In the fourth blog of the Faith & GBV CoP series, Palikena Kaude explores the intersection between #GBV, teenage pregnancy & #HIV in Malawi. #EndViolence 🚨"Addressing these interconnected challenges requires concerted multi-sectoral efforts", writes Palikena. ➡️ Read more: ow.ly/54V250WINeT

💫 This new research report and policy brief by Working Group 1 of the SVRI Faith & GBV Community of Practice offer a rich analysis of locally rooted, context-sensitive work. Read the key findings below 👇 🔗 Read the full report: www.svri.org/wp-content/u...