On Friday, 21 November 2025, SVRI will participate in women's shutdown led by Women for Change and refrain from work and spending to demand an end to GBV and femicide in South Africa and worldwide.

➡️ www.svri.org/svri-joins-g...
✊Join us! #WomenShutdown

🧩 Right now, we don’t have enough data to truly understand GBV in universities. Studies are fragmented and inconsistent, and entire groups remain invisible.

➡️ There is an urgent need for research. Discover what can be done: https://www.svri.org/research-priorities-gbv-hei-africa-middle-east/

📢 Join us for the launch of the new Evidence Gap Map, led by Stellenbosch University, on school-based GBV prevention programmes next Tuesday 25 November 2025 at 3pm SAST.

➡️ Register here: #/registrationistration" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mB_vfBMLQkOsIKlJYOOenA#/registration

🚨 New SVRI Early-Career Research Fellowships 🚨

SVRI is announcing doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships for ECR based in LMICs to conduct research at the intersection of violence against women and children.

Apply by 31 January 2025 ➡️ www.svri.org/svri-early-c...

🌿 Webinar Alert! Moments of Faith and Courage: Stories from Our Community of Practice 🌿

🗓️ Date: Tuesday, 11 November 2025
⏰ Time: 15:00 – 16:00 SAST
💻 Register here to listen: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/T4a6FWmWR7mr7DtuZRypnQ

Are you preparing an abstract for the next SVRI Forum 2026? Don’t miss this interactive workshop designed to support early-career researchers and practitioners in crafting compelling abstracts.

🔗 Join this event co-hosted with the
Gender Violence Collaboration Network: https://ow.ly/tLFO50XkUlv

🌐 In an environment of political instability, spaces for collective learning and action are vital, yet too often are out of reach.

✍️ Elizabeth Dartnall & Lizle Loots reflect on how to make global gatherings more accessible

➡️ https://ow.ly/Ifjk50XkTJR

📣 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: #/registrationistration" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">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

🔈 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 !

⚠️ 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