The Prevention Collaborative works with partners to reduce violence against women and children by improving prevention practice, fostering innovation, and strengthening the global prevention ecosystem.
STRATEGIES
Violence prevention is possible. But no single strategy is enough—effective prevention requires multiple, overlapping approaches, sustained long enough to create real impact. Our work across four strategies is designed to improve practice, synthesise evidence, foster innovation, and strengthen the connections that help the field move forward together.
Intimate partner violence and harsh discipline share the same roots and reinforce each other across generations. Faith communities, whose moral authority shapes the norms that sustain or challenge violence, remain largely outside the prevention ecosystem. Governments, equipped with the resources to act at scale, often lack an evidence-backed set of policy options. The potential of technology to transform prevention delivery also remains largely unexplored. Our four work streams respond to these gaps because the evidence and the urgency demand it.
Our offerings are built on the conviction that knowledge alone does not change practice. Designing and implementing effective prevention requires opportunities to apply new knowledge, ongoing mentoring, and sustained, context-specific support. We offer free online courses through our Learning Lab, peer co-learning through our Cluster Programme, long-term one-on-one mentoring through our Accompaniment Programme, and bespoke support through our Strategic Advisory Services.
Over the years, we have focused our work at the intersection of intimate partner violence and violence against children. Impact happens at the margins, where disciplines and worldviews collide: between research and practice, between public health and feminism, between community-level programming and systems change. Our work spans Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America—and reaches a global network of practitioners, activists, researchers, and institutions committed to making prevention a reality, not just a possibility.
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