Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI)
@thesvri
The SVRI is one of the largest global networks advancing research to end violence against women, violence against children, and other forms of violence driven by gender inequality in low- and middle- income countries. #EndViolence #GBVResearch #VAWG
🚨 New call for proposals! The Data to Evidence Grant 2027 will support researchers in low- and middle-income countries to analyse data that already exists on violence against women and/or child sexual violence. ⏰ Applications close on 17 September 2026. ➡️Find out more: https://bit.ly/4pwF9VC
✨ The SVRI Forum is far more than a conference. It is a vibrant, community-led global gathering to move from evidence to action to end violence against women and children. 👉 But don't just take our word for it. Hear from past attendees about what makes the Forum unique. https://ow.ly/nkMy50ZqqzO
📣 Do you work to end childhood sexual violence? Have you used any of the solutions or resources featured in the Safe Futures Hub in your work? Take the engagement and impact survey to tell us about your experience to help us guide our future work 👉 https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/P7F5CCR 👈
What matters most when scaling an intervention to prevent child sexual abuse? 🎙️ Amy Cuffley, Senior Programmes Manager, Spring Impact, shared some key lessons with us in our latest podcast episode. "It's really about co-ownership and co-designing," says Amy. 🎧 https://ow.ly/5mER50ZmP72
💡 How can we create safe spaces for children to be heard and seen within faith institutions? This brief explores ways in which faith traditions can offer positive resources for children’s voices and meaningful participation. ✍️ By Selina Palm & Sahlim Charles ➡️ https://ow.ly/wro250ZlqFQ
👥 The fourth session in the Safe Futures Hub series will focus on response and support services, and why they are central to addressing childhood sexual violence. 📅 July 16th ⏰ 9:00am EST | 3:00pm CEST | 4:00pm EAT 👉https://bit.ly/4vB9qom👈
🎉 Join us this Wed 8 July to congratulate the winners of the SVRI Research Grant 2026! During the webinar, we will host a panel discussion with former and current grant partners who will offer some lessons for conducting a successful research project. ➡️ Register now: https://ow.ly/w8ah50Zk206
🎉 Meet the winners of the SVRI Research Grant 2026! Join us for the webinar launch on 8 July 2026 at 3pm SAST and learn more about the awarded projects and what it means to be an SVRI grant recipient! 📅 8 July 2026 🕛 3pm SAST & CEST / 9am ET / 6:30pm IST ➡️ Register here: https://ow.ly/Obb350ZjakJ
📣 We are hiring a Programs Assistant! Join our team! SVRI is seeking a highly organised, proactive assistant to support in coordination, knowledge management, event production, and communications. ⏰ Application deadline is 25 July 2026 ➡️ https://www.svri.org/terms-of-reference-programs-assistant/
🚀 What does it take to prevent child sexual abuse at scale? In the latest episode, we explore what 'scaling' actually means in the context of child sexual abuse prevention with guests from Spring Impact and Peace Culture Foundation. ➡️ Listen to the full episode: https://ow.ly/5BsE50ZhwQv
🎉 Meet the winners of the SVRI Early-Career Research Fellowships 2026! Together with the Kering Foundation, SVRI is supporting two postdoctoral students from LMICs to conduct research on the intersections of violence against women and children. ➡️ https://ow.ly/GHH550ZgN0y
Heading to Bangkok for #SVRIForum2026? 🇹🇭✈️ ➡️We've put together a handy travel guide covering visa requirements, airport logistics, getting around the city, and what to pack. 🔗See the guide at: https://ow.ly/SC7w50ZeWO5
📣 Are you trying to adapt a violence against women prevention programme to a new context? This webinar on 24 & 30 June is for you! Together with Womanity, we will explore adaptation through real-life experiences and experts' reflections. Check the panelists and register: https://ow.ly/vkjM50Zb2Bg
📣 Consultant Opportunity! SVRI is looking for a research consultant to produce an evidence review on child sexual violence outcome measurement. ➡️ Apply by 15 July 2026: https://ow.ly/RvCF50ZbKhi
The Child Sexual Violence Partners’ Meeting – which brought together 37 researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and funders in Nairobi, Kenya – was frank in ways that field convenings rarely are. ➡️ Learn the key learnings and recommendations that emerged: https://ow.ly/ubez50Z8SAe
📱ParentApp Teen empowers caregivers with positive parenting strategies to address violence against children! The app had a transformative impact on parents, caregivers & children during its implementation in Tanzania 🇹🇿 Visit #SafeFuturesHub to learn more 👉https://bit.ly/4chiSnN 👈
Adapting a violence against women prevention programme to a new context can be challenging and complex. Join our webinar with Womanity to explore adaptation together! We will discuss insights from Adaptation Journeys, a tool about the complexities of adaptation. 🔗 https://ow.ly/YP5s50Z6zCK
🚨New data reveals that countries are only doing half of what they can to keep children and teens safe from sexual violence. 🔴The Out of the Shadows Index makes it clear: We are not doing enough to #EndChildhoodSexualViolence. 👉 Check it out: https://outoftheshadows.global/ 👈
Exhibit at SVRI Forum 2026! ➡️Swipe to see why the Exhibition Hall is where conversations shaping the global response to violence against women, violence against children, and GBV happen. Spaces are limited. Book your stand before: 📅 21 June 2026 🔗 www.svriforum2026.org/exhibition-hall/
📣 Consultancy Opportunity: SVRI Forum Longitudinal Analysis SVRI is seeking a consultant to compile, code, and analyse 17 years of SVRI Forum data into a longitudinal account of how the field of VAW & VAC research has evolved. ⏰ Apply by 25 May 2026 ➡️ https://ow.ly/6Lzf50Z2FOp
Host your own session at the SVRI Forum 2026! 🌍 Throughout the Forum, participant-led events create spaces for connection, bold conversations, strategy, learning, and action. 💫 Bring your ideas, community, and vision for change. 🔗 Submit your proposal before 14 June 2026: https://cutt.ly/UtThOkqf
📣 SVRI is seeking a wellness professional to design and lead the delivery of wellness and care support at SVRI Forum 2026 in Bangkok, Thailand, 5-9 October. ⏰ Apply by 19 May 2026. 🔗 Find more info: https://www.svriforum2026.org/call-for-wellness-coordinator/
📣 The SVRI Forum is the world's largest conference on research and practice to end violence against women and violence against children, held every two years. In 2026, the Forum will take place in Bangkok, Thailand, from 5-9 October. ➡️ Learn more about this global event: https://cutt.ly/btVf08YG
💡Adaptation Journeys is an interactive, online resource offering grounded, practice-based insights on how to adapt interventions on violence against women across contexts. ➡️ Learn more about this project and why adaptation matters in this blog by Womanity. https://ow.ly/XiM250YY6uR
📣 Join us this Wednesday, 13 May 2026, for the 3rd session of the Safe Futures Hub webinar series, to explore how shifting norms and values can help prevent childhood sexual violence. ➡️ Register here: https://ow.ly/rTIW50YXqTA
If we are truly committed to preventing intimate partner violence, we need to understand not only survivors but also those who use violence. 🎧 In our latest podcast we explore the complex and contested field of IPV perpetration prevention. ➡️ https://ow.ly/MRZV50YRJe6
This week, SVRI is attending the Women Deliver 2026 – an event gathering over 6,500 advocates in Australia for collective action to defend women's and girls' rights. Come and join us at the Booth I01 on Tuesday 28 April with the support of Minderoo Foundation and the Criterion Institute!
🥹🙏 Built by the field, for the field, the SVRI Forum 2026 programme is possible thanks to all our abstract reviewers. Thank you! 💫 For 2026, 193 independent reviewers from 44 countries have helped shape what evidence will be presented in Bangkok. ➡️ Meet them: https://ow.ly/1h5e50YNlXq
💡 𝘏𝘰𝘸 we fund GBV research matters as much as 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 we fund. The Murad Code Project, led by the Institute for International Criminal Investigations, launched a new guide for funders whose grant partners work on systematic and conflict-related sexual violence (SCRSV). 🔗 https://ow.ly/BqIN50YJNNJ
⚠️ In our latest podcast episode, we explore an underresearched, underfunded, and misunderstood area of sexual violence prevention – harmful sexual behaviour among children and how to prevent it by working with them. ➡️ Listen to the full episode: https://ow.ly/GvSl50YILTA