Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI)

🚀 As part of the preparations towards the SVRI Forum 2026 (5-9 Oct, Bangkok), we are organising a regional dialogue so everyone can be part of the conversation!

🔗 Know more and register: https://unwomen.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vg2TqVJ_QGmQ5RenFaqTJw#/registration

📣 Webinar Alert! Join us next 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟴 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝗮𝘁 𝟯p𝗺 𝗦𝗔𝗦𝗧 for an interactive webinar on how faith can transform intergenerational cycles of violence, hosted by SVRI's WG2 on Faith and Violence against Children.

Find out the panel of experts! Register now: https://ow.ly/fX2N50XjaEB

#Feminist #Hiring Alert:

Do you have strong knowledge of the NGO environment and multi-donor funding?

@thesvri.bsky.social is seeking an experienced Director of Finance and Operations to join their leadership team.

⚠️ Finance Job Alert! We are seeking an External Auditor and a Director of Finance and Operations to join our Financial Team.

➡️ Check our career page for more information: https://www.svri.org/careers/

🚨Comms Job Alert! We are seeking a team or agency based or with experience in Asia to develop the communications and PR strategy of the SVRI Forum 2026.

➡️ Find out how to apply before 30 October 2025: https://www.svri.org/tor-forum-2026-comms-consultancy/

Rachel Jewkes outlines best practices for VAW prevention at @thesvri.bsky.social GIZ meeting in Cape Town. We have a strong global evidence base to draw on to develop culturally sensitive interventions targeting multiple risk drivers like gender inequality, poverty, marital conflict to be effective

📆 SAVE THE DATE! Join us on 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟴 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝟯-𝟰𝗽𝗺 𝗦𝗔𝗦𝗧 for an interactive webinar that will explore how faith can transform intergenerational cycles of violence, hosted by WG2 of Faith & GBV CoP.

➡️ Register now: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7rqUNE-KR8abDbjQ9IClSA#/registration

⚠️ 🎓 Gender-based violence in universities and colleges is pervasive —yet underresearched.

To close this gap, SVRI led an 18-month study in higher education institutions across Africa and the Middle East.

👉 Access it here: https://www.svri.org/research-priorities-gbv-hei-africa-middle-east/

🎉 The #SafeFuturesHub is launching a seven-part webinar series focused on interventions to end childhood sexual violence, focusing on low- and middle-income countries. The first webinar is co-hosted with Parenting for Lifelong Health.

📅 October 29 - 3pm CEST
🔗 Register http://bit.ly/4q9wh8a

🚨 For those working on faith & gender-based violence: We have two upcoming webinars this week organised by the 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵 & 𝗚𝗕𝗩 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲.

➡️ Check them out: https://www.svri.org/learning-platform/webinars-and-workshops/

🌍 𝗦𝗩𝗥𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 & 𝗣𝗥 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗩𝗥𝗜 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
Assignment period: December 2025 – November 2026
Location: preferably based in Asia
⏰ 30 October 2025
👉 https://www.svri.org/tor-forum-2026-comms-consultancy/

The SVRI honours the life of Crystal Dicks - feminist, educator, & lifelong advocate for justice whose light touched many corners of our field. Crystal dedicated her life to advancing equality through education, collective learning, and solidarity. Our heartfelt condolences to all who loved her.

The SVRI Faith & GBV CoP is excited to launch the PBK, Faith & VAWG Series with a first session to explore the concept of practice-based knowledge (PBK) and why it matters to shape faith-responses to end violence.

📅 15 October 2025
🕒 3pm SAST

👉 Register now: https://ow.ly/ScUU50X7AUH

🚨 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 to join our leadership team and lead SVRI’s financial strategy. To be based in Pretoria or Cape Town, South Africa (hybrid)

📩 Find out how to apply before 27 October 2025: https://ow.ly/ORJL50X6UYt

10 Ways to Engage Men & Boys to Counter Backlash: Factsheet and guidance for activists, academics and practitioners in gender equality, human rights, democracy and climate justice.

🔈 We're excited to share '10 Ways to Engage Men & Boys to Counter Backlash,' a new guide from the Men, Masculinities and Countering Backlash Collective, including @thesvri.bsky.social and @ids.ac.uk. We launched this resource on the sidelines of #UNGA80. Read in full at www.menengage.org !

10 Ways to Engage Men and Boys to Counter Backlash: Fact sheet and guidance for activists, academ... An introduction to the connections between men, masculinities, and backlash – co-authored by the Men, Masculinities, and Countering Backlash Collective. Engaging men and boys is crucial for countering...

⚠️ Backlash against gender justice feels like the new norm, but how can we engage men and boys to be part of the solution? Here are 10 tips to do so!

Men, Masculinities, and Countering Backlash Collective has designed a new guide.

👉 Access the resource: menengage.org/resources/10...

🚨 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗕𝗩 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻!

This isn’t just another webinar—it’s a gathering of leading voices from Africa and the Middle East to unpack the realities and evidence on gender-based violence in higher education.

Register now: ow.ly/zZXy50WPvPM

📢 𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀!
The SVRI is seeking to appoint an external audit firm to conduct our annual financial audits for the fiscal years 2026–2030, as part of our commitment to accountability and transparency.

🔗 Find more info and apply before 31 October: www.svri.org/terms-of-ref...

🚀 𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗩𝗥𝗜 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲! Join us as we begin the road to SVRI Forum Bangkok on 5–9 October 2026 - the world’s largest conference on research and practice to end violence.

🗓️ Date: 2 October 2025
⏰ Time: 10am Johannesburg / 3pm Bangkok / 4pm Manila
🔗 Register: bit.ly/forum2026launch

Faith, masculinity, and the fight against gender-based violence - SVRI Blog by Donna Nyadete, Women's Empowerment Advisor, Trocaire Zimbabwe, on how to use faith to engage men on shifting gender norms.

Male engagement in faith spaces it’s a central pillar of changing social norms and preventing GBV.

@donnanyadete.bsky.social, @trocaire.bsky.social Zimbabwe, shares how faith-based programmes can equip men to become allies for equality. #EndGBV

➡️ Read more: www.svri.org/faith-mascul...

In this latest post of the #Faith & #GBV CoP series, Nicolás Esteban Panotto explores how faith-based communities can become spaces that welcome people of all gender identities and expressions.

👉 Read the full blog in English or in its original Spanish version: www.svri.org/religion-and...

❗Children under 18 displaying harmful sexual behaviour is a rising concern.

📣 As part of the #SafeFuturesHub partnership,
@WeProtect will be launching a 🆕 report into these harmful behaviours👇

📅 25 September
⏰ 9h ET / 14h BST / 16h EAT
🔗 👉 bit.ly/46sSm8P 👈
#EndViolence

New episode: @annabull.bsky.social joins The Sexual Violence Research podcast to explore rates of #GBV in higher ed settings.
"One of the reasons for this being seemingly so prevalent..is the lack of professional boundaries between staff & students."

Listen bit.ly/4p0WhC8
@thesvri.bsky.social

Saying ‘no’ in a world that doesn’t listen - Girls' Globe "Girls are raped all the time." "Girls as young as 10 are raped in the community." "Girls get pregnant as early as 13 – mostly due to rape." These were the matter-of-fact statements I heard, over and ...

Girls are taught to say no to sex — but what happens when their no is ignored, punished, or impossible to exercise?

Joan Njagi writes this incredible piece for @girlsglobe.bsky.social on girls consent: "Do not put the burden on them in the name of agency"

www.girlsglobe.org/2025/09/03/s...

Mitigating online violence against Women Human Rights Defenders - SVRI Mitigating online violence against Women Human Rights Defenders - TFGBV Policy Dialogues Series - Session 3

Session 3 of the #TFGBV Policy Dialogue Series—organised by @unwomen.bsky.social and SVRI’s TFGBV CoP—aimed to discuss the impact of TFGBV on women human right defenders #WHRD, and the international and institutional protective mechanisms in place.

➡️ Read the webinar summary: ow.ly/A75y50WP2RQ

In partnership with @ispcan.bsky.social, we are co-hosting a webinar to discuss the research findings on the intergenerational continuity of violence from a longitudinal, multi-generational, mixed methods study. #EndViolence

📅17 September 2025
🕛 10am EDT / 4pm CEST/SAST
➡️ ow.ly/jkg550WLZmc

Exploring the intersection between gender-based violence, teenage pregnancy and HIV in Malawi - SVRI Blog by Palikena Kaude, SVRI Faith & GBV CoP, explores the intersection between gender-based violence, teenage pregnancy and HIV in Malawi

📝 In the fourth blog of the Faith & GBV CoP series, Palikena Kaude explores the intersection between #GBV, teenage pregnancy & #HIV in Malawi. #EndViolence

🚨"Addressing these interconnected challenges requires concerted multi-sectoral efforts", writes Palikena.

➡️ Read more: ow.ly/54V250WINeT

💫 This new research report and policy brief by Working Group 1 of the SVRI Faith & GBV Community of Practice offer a rich analysis of locally rooted, context-sensitive work.

Read the key findings below 👇
🔗 Read the full report: www.svri.org/wp-content/u...

COMBATING INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is becoming more common in Botswana, but responses are often shaped by stigma, affecting both survivors and those accused. Some sur... COMBATING INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is becoming more common in Botswana, but responses are often shaped by stigma, affecting both survivors and those accused. Some...

🙌 Our SVRI Grant Partner from Botswana appeared on national TV to explain the results of their research project, which explores how stigma prevents both survivors and perpetrators from seeking help. We are so proud of our grantee! #EndViolence

Watch the video 👇
www.facebook.com/615560069823...

Surviving research and survivor researchers: Breaking barriers and building support - Raising Voices

This report is by @thesvri.bsky.social, @raising-voices.bsky.social and @universityofleeds.bsky.social

Have you read it yet? Check it out now: raisingvoices.org/resources/su...

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