A podcast from the SVRI, the Sexual Violence Research Initiative, co-hosted by SVRI Executive Director Elizabeth Dartnall, and SVRI Grants Manager and Capacity Strengthening Specialist, Angelica Pino.
This podcast examines issues on violence driven by gender inequality - a profound and widespread global health problem that is likely to have personally touched the lives of our listeners. Listen with care and compassion, and please talk to someone should anything come up for you while listening to this episode. For more resources email svri@svri.org
Our vision is to see a world free of violence against women and violence against children. Hear from expert guests as we discover how to make that vision a reality.
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Latest EpisodeSeries 2 Episode 5: Engaging religious and spiritual leaders in addressing violence against women Faith and spiritual leaders are often deeply trusted and hugely influential people in the heart of their communities. In this episode, we consider the role religious leaders can play in ending violence against women and violence against children.Co-hosts, Elizabeth Dartnall, Executive Director, SVRI, and Angelica Pino, Grants Manager and Capacity Strengthening Specialist, SVRI speak to guests Dr Rafael Cazarin, Department of Sociology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Ghida Anani, Founder & Director at ABAAD, Resource Centre for Gender Equality, and Dr Sandra Pertek, Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology at the University of Birmingham, together they discuss how religious beliefs may contribute to violence, how the patriarchal nature of religious institutions can both condone and drive violence against women, as well as the healing role faith can play in the lives of survivors. They also discuss what needs to be done going forward to decolonise knowledge in this field. |
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Sexual Violence Research Initiative., & World Bank Group. (2021). Pretoria: SVRI.
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Wednesday, November 3, 2021
Sexual Violence Research Initiative., & World Bank Group. (2021). Pretoria: SVRI.
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Friday, November 19, 2021
The Sexual Violence Research Podcast Series 1
This important discussion invited Ayesha Mago, SVRI Technical Specialist, Katherine Belen from KCMB Consulting, and Annika Lysén, Senior Programme Manager at Sida who each share their
invaluable expertise and guidance on how to promote fair, equitable and effective funding in the field and advocate for more research funding on VAW and VAC in LMICs to be conducted by local researchers and guided by collaboratively set research agendas.
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022
This third episode explores the need for more focused research into violence prevention and the creation of the world’s first Global Shared Research Agenda. We hear from Tesmerelna Atsbeha, a senior programme officer on the women’s rights team at the Wellspring Philanthropic Fund, Tina Musuya, the then executive director of The Center for Domestic Violence Prevention in Uganda, and Emma Fulu, founder and executive director of The Equality Institute.
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Friday, December 10, 2021
In this episode, we talk about the research projects that are working to break the cycle of abuse and neglect by building positive and healthy family relationships. Hear from guests Dr Catherine Ward, clinical psychologist and research professor at the University of Cape Town, Gary Barker, CEO and founder of Promundo, and Professor Godfrey Siu from the Child Health and Development Centre at Makerere University.
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Friday, December 10, 2021
In this episode we explore the many great research projects that are changing male perspectives, addressing the root causes of violence and creating meaningful change. Hear from guests Laxman Belbase from the MenEngage Alliance, and Phiona Koyiet from World Vision.
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Friday, December 10, 2021
Our vision is to see a world free of violence against women and violence against children. Hear from expert guests as we discover how to make that vision a reality. Watch the official trailer of the podcast here.
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Link date:
Friday, December 10, 2021
In this episode we find out what complex trauma is and why it’s so important we understand it, we learn about the mental health symptoms that stem from sexual violence, including online sexual exploitation, and we find out about the importance of mind-body approaches to healing after sexual violence. Our guests are Adesty Dulawan, clinical supervisor of World Hope International in the Philippines and teacher, researcher and mental health counsellor Abbie Fields.
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Wednesday, February 2, 2022
Faith and spiritual leaders are influential, often deeply trusted members of their communities, with power to direct community attitudes on violence against women and violence against children. In this episode we find out why it’s critical that we engage faith and spiritual leaders to address these issues, we discuss the patriarchal nature of religion and faith, and the importance of bringing more women into the conversation. Hear from guests Shruti Majumdar, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist at the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, Elisabet Le Roux, Research Director at the Unit for Religion and Development Research at Stellenbosch University, and Prabu Deepan, Gender Equality Practitioner and Advocate at Tearfund.
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Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Throughout this podcast we’ve heard about many incredible programmes that have been taking place globally to prevent violence against women and violence against girls. But which of these interventions have proven most effective - what is the evidence telling us? This was a major question at the heart of the What Works To Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls’ programme, and in this episode we explore its findings. We also discover why feminism needs to be the core value at the centre of all interventions, we hear the amazing success story of a study in Nicaragua called Candies In Hell, and we learn about the impact of conflict and war on violence against women and violence against girls. Our guests are Rachel Jewkes, Manuel Contreras-Urbina and Mary Ellsberg.
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Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Research is only useful if it leads to meaningful change. So when assessing what works to end violence against women and violence against children, how can we ensure research is actionable and reaches those with the power to use to improve prevention and response programmes? This is called research impact, and is a process that is too often neglected. Despite its undeniable importance, it's often poorly funded, difficult to measure with little guidance on how to achieve it. In this episode we find out how to address these issues, and discover why it needs to be made a top priority. We find out what makes research impact effective.
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Wednesday, March 23, 2022
It is often the passion and activism of women’s movements that powers and transforms evidence to influence policy change. So how can we support activists and their movements and help create impact? Bringing activists together with researchers and other experts is key as effective research and action on violence against women and violence against girls requires a holistic approach to knowledge sharing.
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Friday, April 8, 2022
Researching violence against children is an essential, yet ethically challenging task. How do we balance the importance of involving children in research with safeguarding their health and well-being? In this episode we find out why a child’s perspective is so important when developing effective services and prevention programmes. We grapple with the issue of gaining informed consent from children.
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Wednesday, April 20, 2022
In this episode we learn about the connection between practise based knowledge and decolonisation, and how the two concepts can improve violence prevention programmes and outcomes. We find out how legal experts can play a part in ensuring the full inclusion of those with first-hand experience and knowledge. And we discuss how the funding of research and interventions needs to also be overhauled and decolonised.
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Tuesday, May 17, 2022
In this episode, the final in this series, we learn about some of the critical components of designing an ethical research programme. We find out about the unique risks and challenges faced in this field of research, and how to address them. And we discover how research is evolving and adapting to the growing use of remote studies, and online technology. Our guests are: Claudia Garcia Moreno, Coordinator of the WHO Multi-Country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence Against Women, Nancy Glass, Associate Director, Professor and Independence Foundation Chair, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, and Yandisa Sikweyiya, Specialist Scientist in the Gender and Health Research Unit at the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC).
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Tuesday, May 31, 2022
The Sexual Violence Research Podcast Series 2
In this episode, we learn about the power of connecting as the SVRI Forum which is taking place in Cancun in Mexico is getting under way. We find out about the real world impacts of knowledge sharing. And in our increasingly digital world, we consider some of the future challenges and opportunities in this area.
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Wednesday, September 21, 2022
In this episode, we learn more about what practise-based knowledge is, why it’s so important in the efforts to improve our prevention programming and how it helps tell a more inclusive story about addressing Violence Against Women.
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Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Engaging men and boys in violence prevention programmes can produce real world benefits. This strategy - to be successful - has to be implemented in an ethical and accountable way and centred on women and girls experiences and needs. In this episode, we hear about some of the projects that have contributed to building evidence in this area, and consider what we can learn from them. We also discuss some of the challenges facing researchers in this field.
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Thursday, November 3, 2022
Throughout this episode we consider the real-world impacts of technology facilitated violence against children, the research that is happening in this area and what tech platforms and governments can do to counter this threat. We also consider the links between online and offline experiences of violence and the specific impact on child survivors.
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Thursday, December 8, 2022
Faith and spiritual leaders are often deeply trusted and hugely influential people in the heart of their communities. In this episode, we consider the role religious leaders can play in ending violence against women and violence against children.
Featured:
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Link date:
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
The Sexual Violence Research Podcast Series 2
Faith and spiritual leaders are often deeply trusted and hugely influential people in the heart of their communities. In this episode, we consider the role religious leaders can play in ending violence against women and violence against children.
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2022-12-20 00:00:00
Throughout this episode we consider the real-world impacts of technology facilitated violence against children, the research that is happening in this area and what tech platforms and governments can do to counter this threat. We also consider the links between online and offline experiences of violence and the specific impact on child survivors.
1
2022-12-08 00:00:00
Engaging men and boys in violence prevention programmes can produce real world benefits. This strategy - to be successful - has to be implemented in an ethical and accountable way and centred on women and girls experiences and needs. In this episode, we hear about some of the projects that have contributed to building evidence in this area, and consider what we can learn from them. We also discuss some of the challenges facing researchers in this field.
1
2022-11-03 00:00:00
In this episode, we learn more about what practise-based knowledge is, why it’s so important in the efforts to improve our prevention programming and how it helps tell a more inclusive story about addressing Violence Against Women.
1
2022-10-05 00:00:00
In this episode, we learn about the power of connecting as the SVRI Forum which is taking place in Cancun in Mexico is getting under way. We find out about the real world impacts of knowledge sharing. And in our increasingly digital world, we consider some of the future challenges and opportunities in this area.
1
2022-09-21 00:00:00
The Sexual Violence Research Podcast Series 1
In this episode, the final in this series, we learn about some of the critical components of designing an ethical research programme. We find out about the unique risks and challenges faced in this field of research, and how to address them. And we discover how research is evolving and adapting to the growing use of remote studies, and online technology. Our guests are: Claudia Garcia Moreno, Coordinator of the WHO Multi-Country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence Against Women, Nancy Glass, Associate Director, Professor and Independence Foundation Chair, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, and Yandisa Sikweyiya, Specialist Scientist in the Gender and Health Research Unit at the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC).
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2022-05-31 00:00:00
In this episode we learn about the connection between practise based knowledge and decolonisation, and how the two concepts can improve violence prevention programmes and outcomes. We find out how legal experts can play a part in ensuring the full inclusion of those with first-hand experience and knowledge. And we discuss how the funding of research and interventions needs to also be overhauled and decolonised.
1
2022-05-17 00:00:00
Researching violence against children is an essential, yet ethically challenging task. How do we balance the importance of involving children in research with safeguarding their health and well-being? In this episode we find out why a child’s perspective is so important when developing effective services and prevention programmes. We grapple with the issue of gaining informed consent from children.
1
2022-04-20 00:00:00
It is often the passion and activism of women’s movements that powers and transforms evidence to influence policy change. So how can we support activists and their movements and help create impact? Bringing activists together with researchers and other experts is key as effective research and action on violence against women and violence against girls requires a holistic approach to knowledge sharing.
1
2022-04-08 00:00:00
Research is only useful if it leads to meaningful change. So when assessing what works to end violence against women and violence against children, how can we ensure research is actionable and reaches those with the power to use to improve prevention and response programmes? This is called research impact, and is a process that is too often neglected. Despite its undeniable importance, it's often poorly funded, difficult to measure with little guidance on how to achieve it. In this episode we find out how to address these issues, and discover why it needs to be made a top priority. We find out what makes research impact effective.
1
2022-03-23 00:00:00
Throughout this podcast we’ve heard about many incredible programmes that have been taking place globally to prevent violence against women and violence against girls. But which of these interventions have proven most effective - what is the evidence telling us? This was a major question at the heart of the What Works To Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls’ programme, and in this episode we explore its findings. We also discover why feminism needs to be the core value at the centre of all interventions, we hear the amazing success story of a study in Nicaragua called Candies In Hell, and we learn about the impact of conflict and war on violence against women and violence against girls. Our guests are Rachel Jewkes, Manuel Contreras-Urbina and Mary Ellsberg.
1
2022-03-09 00:00:00
Faith and spiritual leaders are influential, often deeply trusted members of their communities, with power to direct community attitudes on violence against women and violence against children. In this episode we find out why it’s critical that we engage faith and spiritual leaders to address these issues, we discuss the patriarchal nature of religion and faith, and the importance of bringing more women into the conversation. Hear from guests Shruti Majumdar, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist at the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, Elisabet Le Roux, Research Director at the Unit for Religion and Development Research at Stellenbosch University, and Prabu Deepan, Gender Equality Practitioner and Advocate at Tearfund.
1
2022-02-15 00:00:00
In this episode we find out what complex trauma is and why it’s so important we understand it, we learn about the mental health symptoms that stem from sexual violence, including online sexual exploitation, and we find out about the importance of mind-body approaches to healing after sexual violence. Our guests are Adesty Dulawan, clinical supervisor of World Hope International in the Philippines and teacher, researcher and mental health counsellor Abbie Fields.
1
2022-02-02 00:00:00
This important discussion invited Ayesha Mago, SVRI Technical Specialist, Katherine Belen from KCMB Consulting, and Annika Lysén, Senior Programme Manager at Sida who each share their
invaluable expertise and guidance on how to promote fair, equitable and effective funding in the field and advocate for more research funding on VAW and VAC in LMICs to be conducted by local researchers and guided by collaboratively set research agendas.
0
2022-01-18 00:00:00
This third episode explores the need for more focused research into violence prevention and the creation of the world’s first Global Shared Research Agenda. We hear from Tesmerelna Atsbeha, a senior programme officer on the women’s rights team at the Wellspring Philanthropic Fund, Tina Musuya, the then executive director of The Center for Domestic Violence Prevention in Uganda, and Emma Fulu, founder and executive director of The Equality Institute.
0
2021-12-10 00:00:00
In this episode, we talk about the research projects that are working to break the cycle of abuse and neglect by building positive and healthy family relationships. Hear from guests Dr Catherine Ward, clinical psychologist and research professor at the University of Cape Town, Gary Barker, CEO and founder of Promundo, and Professor Godfrey Siu from the Child Health and Development Centre at Makerere University.
0
2021-12-10 00:00:00
In this episode we explore the many great research projects that are changing male perspectives, addressing the root causes of violence and creating meaningful change. Hear from guests Laxman Belbase from the MenEngage Alliance, and Phiona Koyiet from World Vision.
0
2021-12-10 00:00:00
Our vision is to see a world free of violence against women and violence against children. Hear from expert guests as we discover how to make that vision a reality. Watch the official trailer of the podcast here.
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2021-12-10 00:00:00
Related resources
Sexual Violence Research Initiative., & World Bank Group. (2021). Pretoria: SVRI.
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2021-11-19 00:00:00
Sexual Violence Research Initiative., & World Bank Group. (2021). Pretoria: SVRI.
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2021-11-03 00:00:00