💔Survivors of GBV in university campuses don’t just face violence. They report depression & anxiety, and face losing their careers and risking their futures. ⚖️Survivors deserve more than silence; they deserve accountability and justice. ➡️ Find out what universities can do: https://ow.ly/bR8p50Yiaca

🌍Join us for the next online learning session of the SVRI Forum 2026! This session, with the support of the Australian Volunteers Program, explores how climate-related shocks intersect with risks of violence against women and children. 📅4 March 2026 🕛 11am SAST 🔗 https://ow.ly/RYl650Yi0nY

🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQI+ children face significantly higher risks of sexual violence than their non LGBTQI peers. Yet, they remain largely invisible in global evidence. In this paper, N. Makharashvili argues that this silence is not neutral. Rather, it actively places children at risk. ➡️https://ow.ly/PHcf50YcHBB

⚠️ AI must serve as an ally, not a threat, to children. On Safer Internet Day, we say NO to nudifying tools. 📣Join our partners' call for a global ban on nudifying tools: https://ow.ly/UIZu50Yc9Qw

✨ SVRI was thrilled to participate in the What Works II Annual Partner Meeting in Türkiye last week! Our grantees funded through this program are working to address and respond to TFGBV in their local contexts. We are so grateful to our grantees and partners from GWU! Keep up the good work 🙂

📊 How can we measure female genital mutilation accurately, and why does it matter? 💟 For the Int. Day of Zero Tolerance #EndFGM, we publish this blog from UNICEF, UNFPA and partners, who share emerging lessons on FGM measurement drawn from their work. 🔗 https://ow.ly/QJMa50Y9P0x

💡🤓Do you want to learn how to adapt IPV prevention programmes to new contexts? Enrol for free to the IPV-ADAPT+ Framework Online Course. 💻You’ll learn the key principles of adaptation to ensure adaptations are ethical, effective, and contextually relevant. ➡️https://ow.ly/kJ1U50Y8GWJ

✨We welcome three new members to the SVRI Leadership Council! Each brings a wealth of experience and leadership to ending violence against women and children. 🥹It is also time to say a farewell and a thank you to past LC members, Chi-Chi Undie, Kumudu Wijewardene and Joanna Wlodarczyk.

💫 What makes the SVRI Forum unlike any other event in the efforts to end violence, and why does it matter? In the 1st episode of the SVRI Podcast new series, we talk with 3 members who take us inside the world's largest conference on violence against women and children. 🎧 https://ow.ly/iYco50Y7tfQ

📊 How do we measure impact in child sexual violence prevention and response? This rapid review guided by the WHO INSPIRE framework brings together evidence from 362 studies to examine how CSV interventions are measured 👉 https://www.svri.org/outcome-measurement-child-sexual-violence/

📢 Do you want to learn how to improve IPV prevention efforts? Join us on 29 Jan 2026, for the launch of the IPV-ADAPT+ Framework Online Course! Join an amazing panel that will present the course and give examples of successful IPV interventions. 🔗 Register: https://ow.ly/Tp7T50Y4bnc

📚 Education is a key pathway to preventing childhood sexual violence! Join the second session of the Safe Futures Hub webinar We will learn about the latest evidence, promising practice-based approaches & where challenges remain to ensure schools are safe for all children! 👉 https://bit.ly/4pBXlvm

Sangeeta Rage and M. Sivakami reflect in this blog for SVRI on the women’s journeys to understand how psychosocial counselling can help women navigate and resist domestic violence. ✨ Read it here: https://www.svri.org/can-counselling-help-prevent-domestic-violence/

📢 Join us on 29 January at 3pm SAST for the launch of the IPV-ADAPT+ Framework Online Course, developed by Equality Insights Lab and SVRI. 👥 Perfect for researchers, practitioners and policymakers working to strengthen IPV prevention efforts. 🔗 Register here: https://ow.ly/14iw50Y0IjK

¿Está interesado en postular a las becas SVRI para investigadores/as en la etapa inicial de su carrera especializados en violencia contra las mujeres y la infancia? ¡Únete al webinar de este jueves 22 de enero para saber más! ¡No te lo pierdas! Inscríbete ya: https://ow.ly/o80850Y0z2B

⚠️Are you interested in child sexual violence (CSV) prevention and perpetration? This 22 January at 3pm SAST, we are hosting a webinar to explore how expanding our understanding of CSV perpetration can strengthen prevention efforts in LMICs. Discover more & register here: https://ow.ly/Rzyx50Y00HV

🌍 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

🔔 Join us on 21 Jan at 3pm SAST for a webinar exploring how expanding our understanding of childhood sexual violence (CSV) perpetration can strengthen prevention efforts in LMICs. With MOORE – Preventing Child Sexual Abuse, UNICEF Innocenti, and The #SafeFuturesHub 🔗 https://ow.ly/5mqH50XVzz9

📣 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁! We have two exciting webinars coming up this week! 𝗦𝗩𝗥𝗜 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 #𝟮: 14 January 2026, 4pm SAST 🔗 Register here: https://ow.ly/W3NU50XVrUU 𝗦𝗩𝗥𝗜 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵: 15 January 2026, 11am SAST 🔗 Register here: https://ow.ly/ZRP650XVrUV

⚠️ The Call for Abstracts for the SVRI Forum 2026 closes on 30 January 2026! Don’t miss your chance to present your research at the largest conference on violence against women, violence against children, and gender-based violence. ➡️ How to apply: https://www.svriforum2026.org/abstract-submission/

📢 Join the SVRI and the Kering Foundation on 15 Jan as we present the Early Career Research Fellowship, aimed at doctoral and postdoctoral researchers in LMIC interested in conducting research on the intersections between violence against women and children. 🔗 https://ow.ly/1UVc50XTjxX

✨ 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