July

This is the fifth year for the training course, which has to date trained and supported nearly 100 professionals working in the field of GBV in humanitarian contexts (and representing a diverse mix of INGO, NGO, CBO, UN, government and academic entities).  As with past years, the course will be held in beautiful and historical Ghent, Belgium from 7-18 November 2011.  It is a residential course, and all participants will be expected to pay a registration fee in addition to their travel and related expenses.  The deadline for all applications is 15 July 2011.  Late applications will not be considered.  Kindly refer to the attached announcement and application for further details.

Any questions regarding this course and all completed applications should be sent to Ms. Anke Van Vossole at ICRH-Ghent University (anke.vanvossole@ugent.be).

Local: Ghent, Belgium
Date: Jun/16/2011 - Jul/15/2011
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The course by Against Violence and Abuse (AVA) and Imkaan in the United Kingdom, is designed to increase participants' knowledge and awareness of forced marriage, so called 'Honour Based Violence' and to offer space for reflection on current and future work approaches in order to operate within a good practice framework.

The course looks at the overlapping issues of domestic violence, patriarchy, power and control and examines the impact of these. The course involves skill development on practice based issues such as safeguarding children and young people, safety planning and risk assessment, as well as providing an oversight of the relevant legislation, policies and procedures for staff working with women fleeing forced marriage or so called 'Honour Based Violence'.

The course is aimed at anyone working in environments where these issues may be presented including staff from schools, colleges, refuges, domestic violence projects, advice centres, health, social work settings, youth services, connexions and violence against women projects.

Local: Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London, EC2A 4LT (UNITED KINGDOM)
Date: Jul/12/2011
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Raising Voices welcomes applications from organizations in the Horn, East and Southern Africa that are interested in implementing a community mobilization program to prevent violence against women and HIV using the SASA! Activist Kit for Preventing Violence against Women and HIV. This is a 5 day intense, participatory learning event for 25 program managers/senior staff of organizations using or interested in using SASA!  The learning event will help participants understand the SASA! approach and build core competences necessary for implementing SASA! Participants are expected to train staff in their organizations on the SASA! approach upon their return and support their organizations to implement SASA!

Deadline for applications is 30^th May 2011

Local: Kampala, Uganda
Date: Jul/25/2011 - Jul/29/2011
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ln this web conference, participants will learn how to use the media effectively to move our work forward, and go from a downstream, reactive approach to an upfront, proactive approach. Join an insightful discussion with Berkeley Media Studies Group's Lori Dorfman and Prevention Institute's Larry Cohen as they discuss how to make the case for prevention in media using data and other forms of media messaging. We will discuss the broader media context as well as the most current opportunities and discussion focusing on media messaging and data analysis. Sexual and domestic violence advocates cannot change norms and environments without acknowledging and leveraging the critical role that media coverage has in shaping the understanding of, and conversations about, violence.

This ninety-minute (90 min) session will start at 11 AM Pacific Standard Time (2 PM Eastern) on July 25 and repeated at the same time on July 26.

 

Local: webinar
Date: Jul/25/2011 - Jul/26/2011
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