focus / Advocacy
Webinars
‘COMBAT’ing violence against women: A success story from rural Ghana
The Gender Studies and Human Rights Documentation Centre (Gender Centre) in Ghana developed the Community-Based Action Teams (COMBAT) programme as a Rural Response System to...
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Community
Towards Decolonising Knowledge in the Violence Prevention Field
For many decades, women’s movements around the world have challenged knowledge hierarchies that have (re)produced ideas of gender, masculinity, security and bodily integrity rooted in...
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Viewpoint
Versions of Violence: Intimate Partner Violence in Gay Male Relationships in South Africa
Gay male relationships are often imagined to be violence-free based on the assumption that a man can not be the victim of intimate partner abuse...
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Evidence Syntheses
Guidance for DFID Country Offices on Preventing and Responding to VAW and VAC
This is a brief guidance note prepared by DFID of the UK Government to inform their country offices on the intersections between violence against women...
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Multimedia
Will You Be My Mother? (VAC Advocacy Video)
Will You Be My Mother? is part one of ‘Will You Ever Forgive Me?’ a feature length film that documents four poignant stories told from...
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Viewpoint
“Why did you not call the police?” Intimate Partner Violence in Same Sex Relationships in South Africa
The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa is heralded as one of the most progressive legal documents in the world. It recognises and protects...
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Viewpoint
Caring for the Carers: Support Systems for GBV Fieldworkers
The importance of “self-care” has been recognised for many years in social work and women’s rights organisations in the Global North. It has also recently...
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Prevention Stories
Lessons from Oxfam’s Bano Nayi Soch: Buno Hinsa Mukt Rishtey Campaign to Prevent Violence in India
Against the backdrop of India’s high rates of violence against women (VAW) and insufficient efforts to prevent it, in November 2016, Oxfam India launched the...
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Multimedia
Webinar: Tackling Gender Norms through Media
The power of the media to influence gender norms both towards greater equality and reinforcing discriminatory attitudes and behaviour has long been recognised. This webinar...
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Multimedia
What is Practice-Based Knowledge? Video
This video by the Prevention Collaborative sets out why we believe that practitioner learning and everyday experiences in designing and implementing programmes form an important...
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Multimedia
SASA! Video
This short video introduces the SASA! approach that mobilises communities to address power imbalances between women and men to reduce risks of violence and HIV.
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Evidence Syntheses
A Review of Communication Initiatives Addressing GBV, Gender Norms, and Harmful Traditional Practices in Crisis-Affected Settings
This is a review of development communication initiatives across the world to prevent gender-based violence (GBV), harmful traditional practices (HTP), related health concerns, and promote positive gender...
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Multimedia
Wilton Park Deliberations: How to Radically Reduce VAWG by 2030? (Part 2)
In March 2019, Wilton Park in partnership with the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Wellspring Philanthropic Fund (WPF) gathered 50 diverse actors in...
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Multimedia
Wilton Park Deliberations: How to Radically Reduce VAWG by 2030? (Part 1)
In March 2019, Wilton Park in partnership with the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Wellspring Philanthropic Fund (WPF) gathered 50 diverse actors in...
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Working Papers and Reports
Building a Shared Agenda on the Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls
In March 2019, Wilton Park in partnership with the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Wellspring Philanthropic Fund (WPF) gathered 50 diverse actors in...
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Multimedia
‘Tea Consent’ – Sexual Consent Explained
In this short advocacy video, sexual consent is explained using ‘tea’ as a metaphor.
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Working Papers and Reports
Global Scoping of Advocacy and Funding for the Prevention of VAWG
This report by the Equality Institute presents findings from a global scoping on funding and advocacy within the Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) prevention...
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Multimedia
The Man Box – The Pressures of a ‘Real Man’
This short video summarises the findings of a survey by The Men’s Project that asked 1,000 Australian men, aged 18 to 30, about the pressures...
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Multimedia
‘The Mask You Live In’ Trailer on Harmful Masculinities
Research shows that compared to girls, boys in the United States are more likely to be diagnosed with a behaviour disorder, prescribed stimulant medications, fail out...
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Viewpoint
Survivor-centred approaches to eradicating GBV: Centring survivor experiences, intersectionality and restoring power
The term ‘survivor-centred’ has gained significant traction among those working to eradicate gender-based violence (GBV). As activists, organisations and movements put this term to work, ...
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Multimedia
Unpacking Resistance
This video by the Domestic Violence Resource Centre Australia delves into the experience of resistance from the perspective of practitioners working in the violence prevention...
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Multimedia
On the Nature of Intimate Partner Violence
Sudha Shetty at the Hague Domestic Violence project unpacks the nature of Intimate Partner Violence in the United States, and as well as globally, with entrenched...
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Multimedia
How a Lack of Accountability Undermines Work to Address Violence Against Women and Girls
This video by COFEM brings forth the issue of a lack of accountability in the violence prevention field that undermines work towards addressing violence against...
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Working Papers and Reports
Preventing Childhood Violence in the Home: A Prevention Collaborative Position Paper
A core objective of the Prevention Collaborative is to address violence in families, affecting both women and children. This paper outlines the Prevention Collaborative’s analysis...
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Working Papers and Reports
Towards More Effective Strategies to Prevent Violence Against Women and Children: A Prevention Collaborative Analysis
This paper outlines the analysis that informed the founding of the Prevention Collaborative, and locates our efforts within the wider violence prevention field. Specifically, it...
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Prevention Basics
Why does GBV programming focus on women and girls?
This Tip Sheet is part of the COFEM Feminist Pocketbook (www.cofemsocialchange.org) . The Feminist Pocketbook is a resource to support practitioners, researchers and others working...
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Prevention Basics
Why does a feminist perspective matter in work to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls?
This Tip Sheet is part of the COFEM Feminist Pocketbook (www.cofemsocialchange.org) . The Feminist Pocketbook is a resource to support practitioners, researchers and others working...
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Multimedia
Once Upon a Boy
This video by Promundo tells the story of a boy and his experiences growing up, including peer pressure, his first sexual relationship, his first job,...
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Viewpoint
Addressing violence against children and women in the family: A call for an integrated approach
Violence against children (VAC) and violence against women (VAW) are global epidemics with prolonged impacts on the health, well-being, and safety of individuals and societies....
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Tools and Guidance
Addressing Social Norms to Prevent Gender-Based Violence [infographic]
This infographic was developed by CARE to communicate about the work they are doing to change social norms around intimate partner violence in Sri Lanka....
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