February

This webinar focuses on a network approach developed by the Population Council to respond to SGBV in low-resource settings in the East and Southern Africa region. It describes the components of the approach, its rationale, the associated results of the approach, and scale-up strategies.

Time: 9am EST

The project will explore the social and economic impacts of violence against women and girls in the Global South and will provide a framework for estimating the overall costs for national economies. The project is part of DFID's global development initiative,  'What Works: A Global Programme to Prevent Violence against Women and Girls'.

Speakers

Jim Browne, President, NUI Galway

Katie Chapman, Social Development Advisor, UK Department for International Development

Liz Ford, Deputy Editor, Global Development, The Guardian

Anne Byrne, Head, School of Political Science & Sociology

Nata Duvvury, Project Leader, Centre for Global Women’s Studies

Time: 5:00 – 6:00 pm

This webinar will explore sexual assault prevention in rural communities.

The learning objectives are:

• Identify dynamics specific to prevention work in rural communities  
• Capitalize on positive attributes of community work in rural environments
• Trouble-shoot obstacles specific to rural communities
• Measure and convey success

Time: 3pm (EST)

This is a specialised course that aims to strengthen participants’ knowledge and skills to conduct or commission technically rigorous, ethical, policy- and service-relevant and action-oriented research on various forms of violence against women. Last year, participants included, for example, academic and professional researchers and students, evaluation teams from international or non-governmental organizations, and donors who commission or need to understand the concepts and technical aspects behind strong research-based evidence. The course will cover topics such as:

• Conceptualising gender-based violence;
• Understanding the burden of disease and violence
• Masculinities and violence
• Human trafficking
• Ethics and safety in research on violence
• Impact evaluation of complex social interventions
• Questionnaire design for survey research;
• Qualitative data analysis;
• Using research for impact on policies, services and beneficiaries

During the week-long course, we draw from examples and the research needs of participants and also provide one-to-one consultation sessions to offer input on participants’ current or upcoming research.

Through three days of discussions about theory, interactive group exercises, role-playing, and multi-media presentations, the training institute presents participants with a framework to positively con​struct masculinity and to motivate men’s engagement in challenging the attitudes and behaviors that support violence against girls and women. This training is ideal for staff from universities, middle and high schools, law enforcement agencies, the US armed forces, statewide and local coalitions, service agencies, and government agencies.

Comprehensive prevention practices must include culturally competent components. Preventionists do not need to be experts on these beliefs, but must have a foundational understanding of the intersections of child sexual abuse, cultural norms, and societal pressures, to create community centered programing. In this web conference, we will highlight Indigenous communities and the work community members are doing to end child sexual abuse.

This web conference is a part of PreventConnect and Ms. Foundation for Women's third year of the #PowerInPrevention: Ending Child Sexual Abuse Web Conference Series.

Time: 11 am Pacific/2pm Eastern Time

This timely International Symposium will analyse the existing challenges in shaping a truly comprehensive and holistic strategy and toolkits for tackling the gender dimension of intimate partner violence. The Symposium will examine the role of organisations at all levels, and of society in general, in moving to eliminate all forms of domestic and gender-based violence. The Symposium will also support the exchange of ideas and encourage delegates to engage in thought-provoking topical debate with local and regional practitioners and policymakers at EU level.

This web conference will engage participants in a discussion of popular education as a community mobilization approach rooted in social justice. We will explore the use of popular education in statewide prevention capacity building, in addition to exploring the Texas Assosication Against Sexual Assault’s (TAASA) support of rape crisis centers in using the methodology themselves. The presenters will explore the benefits and challenges of using this methodology for sexual violence prevention work at both the state and local level.

Time: 2:00pm – 3:30pm EST

This webinar will provide an overview of the resources available at the newly launched www.seethesigns.org. Learn how local domestic violence programs and rape crisis centers can partner with employers to offer:

• Online bystander intervention courses with certificate of completion
• Video vignette trainings for both managers and employees
• Onsite training materials (including downloadable PowerPoint presentations, facilitator's guide/script, and Quick Start guide)

Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EST