September

This course is planned to be the first of several focusing on gender based violence. We will provide a core curriculum and then, given the wide variability in local circumstances among countries, both in regard to the organization of their health systems and the availability of resources to deliver the recommended interventions, contextualize that content to specific geographical regions of the world. This first offering provides a case study on India and is guided towards participants working in the health care sector.  A core curriculum introduces a global perspective on gender based violence (GBV), including global epidemiology of GBV, health outcomes, relevant research, policy and ethical guidelines, and clinical best practices for GBV prevention, support and management, including review of the new World Health Organization guidelines on responding to violence with Dr. Claudia García-Moreno.  Our colleagues who work in India, Dr. Bushra Sabri, Prof. Anuradha Kapoor, Dr. Ravi Verma, Dr. Anita Raj and Dr. Suneeta Krishnan, and Padma Bhate-Deosthali will provide expertise around these issues in the context of India.  

Local: Online
Date: Sep/07/2015 - Oct/17/2015
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Having access to reliable cost data is critical for national governments invested in addressing the burden of GBV, their funding partners and program managers as they design, plan and scale up GBV programs. Cost data is valuable for advocating for investment in GBV programs, and understanding clinical costs help governments plan for allocation of health resources and better inform the national budget.

During this webinar the presenters will reflect on the methodology used for these studies, overall lessons learned and implications for data use in support of Government efforts to scale up GBV programming.  

Time: 9-10am EST

 

Local: Online
Date: Sep/09/2015
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This national conference will be conducted by A Call to Men and is sponosred by the Carolina Panthers.

 

For more information contact Danielle Erwin - danielle@acalltomen.org

Local: Charlotte, North Carolina
Date: Sep/10/2015 - Sep/11/2015

During this webinar, HPP will give participants a guided tour of the web site and its features, which include:  

• Short summaries of global best practice in VAW prevention (with links to more information).
• Global, national and subnational examples of prevention-specific policies.
• Guidance on governance structures, policy language, and multi-sectoral strategies that support violence prevention.
• Sample advocacy messages and other materials for you to adapt.
• Guidance on finding data about your country, including existing polices and statistics. 

Time: 9-10am EST

Local: Online
Date: Sep/16/2015
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Following a successful sexual violence conference hosted by Middlesex University in 2011, the University is inviting proposals for papers, symposia and posters addressing topics in all areas of Sexual Violence. Some broad themes include (but are not limited to) sexual offences on public transport, community activism against sexual violence, preventing sexual violence, and new technology and sexual violence. We especially welcome proposals that are empirically based and those that involve new and emerging topics within Sexual Violence. The conference aims to facilitate the exchange of ideas between practitioners, academics and policy makers.

Submissions are due by 17th April 2015.

Local: Middlesex University, London, UK
Date: Sep/17/2015 - Sep/18/2015
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The American Journal of Preventive Medicine has recently released a special issue titled "Beyond the Individual: Family, Neighborhood, and State-level Influences on Dating Violence examining approaches to adolescent dating abuse prevention at the community, neighborhood, and societal levels."  In this web conference, authors of three of the articles in that issue will share the findings of their work and explore implications for prevention practice.  Join this conversation as we examine how research contributes to improving prevention practice.  

Time: 2-3:30pm EST

Local: Online
Date: Sep/21/2015
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In this webinar, sexual violence survivor advocates Julie Lalonde and Nicole Pietsch will discuss the following topics, and make concrete recommendations for positive change:

1. Seeing beyond the individual incident or harasser:
   - Learn how sexual harassment is connected to a greater social context – one in which the targeted victim, the violation itself, and the harasser − exist in a larger system of social relations and expectations
   - Learn how sexual harassment regulates and segregates public space: for example, by gender, race or age
   - Consider strategies on how to prevent this; and intervene to create safer spaces at work
2. Taking Leadership:
   - Learn how your workplace culture can actually work to reduce – or foster – workplace harassment
   - Discuss the usefulness and limitations of sexual harassment policies
3. Drawing The Line on Sexual Harassment:
   - Learn strategies for challenging sexual harassment through bystander intervention
   - Learn strategies for challenging sexual harassment by offering better supports for survivor-victims
   - Bystander intervention can occur on a continuum – it’s not as hard as you might think!

Time: 10-11am (EST)

Local: Online
Date: Sep/24/2015
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