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Measuring taboo topics: List randomization for gender-based violence

(UNICEF/UN076725/Delil Souleiman; A community outreach volunteer meets with a woman and several children in a large tented space in the Ain Issa camp for internally displaced children and their families near Raqqa, Syria.)

This was first published by UNICEF - Innocenti. Permission to publish on the SVRI Blog was given by the authors.
Historic record shows universities like Rhodes failed female students

[Gallo images/ The Times / Fredlin Adriaan]

This was first published by Huffington Post South Africa. Permission to publish on the SVRI Blog was given by the author.
What’s family planning got to do with intimate partner violence? Exchanging with experts at the 2017 SVRI Forum

[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

[Photo: Simone D. McCourtie / World Bank]

Written by Elizabeth Dartnall, Morma Moremi and Laura Fitzhenry, Sexual Violence Research Initiative 
A gender-transformative approach to involving men in violence prevention in Uganda

[Photo: Rod Waddington]

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

By Jennifer Wagman, University of California San Diego 

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Supporting Men’s Mental Health to Reduce Gender-Based Violence in Kenya

A Community Health Volunteer facilitating a Men Group PM+ session (Photo: Jacinta Sila, World Vision Kenya)

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

Written by Phiona Naserian Koyiet, World Vision Kenya
Women’s resistance to sexual assault in the time of #MeToo: Why it is important for female university students in Swaziland

[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

[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

[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

Disrupting the intersection of technology and gender-based violence

[Image: Shutterstock]

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

Written by Laura Hinson, Jennifer Mueller, and Lila O’Brien-Milne, International Center for Research on Women
Podcasts to prevent intimate partner violence: Leveraging social networks in Somali refugee camps in Ethiopia

[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

[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
Data for policy: Building a culture of evidence-based policies to address violence against children (VAC)

[Photo: Violence Against Children Survey Training in Honduras, Led by CDC]

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

Written by Begoña Fernandez, Together for Girls
Adolescents, gender roles and intimate partner relationships in Moldova

[Photo: Liliana Istrate-Burciu]

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

By Daniela Misail-Nichitin, International Center for Women’s Rights Protection and Promotion "La Strada”
Working with the government and private sector to promote gender equity and prevent gender based violence (GBV) in Egypt

[Photograph: Egyptian Ministry of Manpower]

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

Written by Dr Ramadan Mohamed, the American University in Cairo
Let their voices be heard: Qualitative research approaches among Syrian refugees in Greece

Informal refugee camps in Greece. (Photo: Bridget Relyea)

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

Written by the Gender-Based Violence (GBV) research group at WAHA International
Gender-based violence, safety promotion and risk reduction for female sex workers in Thailand: Building the evidence for a marginalised population

[Image: Shannonpins]

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

Written by Michele R. Decker, Johns Hopkins University
Participatory action research: Making ethics work for violence prevention projects in small, rural communities

[Photo credit: DB Peru]

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

Written by Dr Geordan Shannon, University College London
JOIN OUR WEBINAR ON: ‘Being Heard’ - Involving Children and Young People in Participatory Research on Sexual Violence: Challenges and Approaches. 1 December 2017, 9am GMT/10am CET

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Written by Silvie Bovarnick, International Centre: researching child sexual exploitation, violence and trafficking, University of Bedfordshire
Professionals leave but the abuse and control continue

[Photo credit: Liz Bannish]

Written by Lisa Aronson Fontes, University of Massachusetts Amherst

This was first published by Psychology Today. Permission to publish on the SVRI Blog was given by the authors.

Abuse and control persist long after professionals think “the case” is closed.

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