December 2017

What’s family planning got to do with intimate partner violence? Exchanging with experts at the 2017 SVRI Forum

Thu, 2017/12/14 15:16

[Photo credit: IRH]

Written by Courtney J. McLarnon-Silk, Esther Spindler (IRH); Francesca Quirke (Tearfund) 

This was first published by the Institute for Reproductive Health, Georgetown University. Permission to publish on the SVRI Blog was given by the authors.

The SVRI and World Bank Group funds innovation to prevent and respond to #GBV

Fri, 2017/12/08 09:20

[Photo: Simone D. McCourtie / World Bank]

Written by Elizabeth Dartnall, Morma Moremi and Laura Fitzhenry, Sexual Violence Research Initiative 

As this year’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence (GBV) campaign comes to an end, we have taken the time to reflect on the importance of funding research to prevent and respond to GBV worldwide.

Women’s resistance to sexual assault in the time of #MeToo: Why it is important for female university students in Swaziland

Thu, 2017/12/07 09:12

[Image: Rawpixel]

SVRI World Bank Group Development Marketplace #16Days 2017 Blog Series

Written by Rebecca Fielding-Miller, Center on Gender Equity and Health, University of California, San Diego

Cash or food transfers paired with behavior change communication can reduce intimate partner violence even after transfers end

Thu, 2017/12/07 09:09

[Photo: Mohammad Aminul Islam Khandaker]

SVRI World Bank Group Development Marketplace #16Days 2017 Blog Series

Shalini Roy and Melissa Hidrobo (drafted in coordination with Smita Aggarwal), International Food Policy Research Institute

Using technology to improve women’s safety in Pakistan’s urban transit systems

Tue, 2017/12/05 10:07

[Photo: Urdu News World]

SVRI World Bank Group Development Marketplace #16Days 2017 Blog Series

Written by Ammar A. Malik, Yasemin Irvin-Erickson, Urban Institute; Faisal Kamiran, Data Science Lab, Information Technology University Punjab

Sexual harassment and violence in urban public spaces

Podcasts to prevent intimate partner violence: Leveraging social networks in Somali refugee camps in Ethiopia

Tue, 2017/12/05 09:42

[Photo credit: Samuel Tewolde]

SVRI World Bank Group Development Marketplace #16Days 2017 Blog Series

Written by Anne Bennett, MA1 and Vandana Sharma, MD, MPH1,2

1Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Cambridge, United States
2Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, United States

Hackathons and mobile apps: Developing innovative responses to sexual violence in Kyrgyzstan

Tue, 2017/12/05 09:22

[Photo: Dr Frank Karioris]

SVRI World Bank Group Development Marketplace #16Days 2017 Blog Series

By Dr Elena Kim, Dr Elena Molchanova, Aigerim Bakubatova, and Dr Frank G. Karioris, American University of Central Asia

This was first published by the American University of Central Asia. Permission to publish on the SVRI Blog was given by the authors.