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Date of training: 2 - 4 July 2012
Deadline for applications: 8 June 2012
Partners for Prevention is accepting applications from practitioners in the Asia-Pacific region to participate in a regional learning event focused on the primary prevention of gender-based violence.
This three-day workshop will highlight promising global and regional approaches to primary prevention, and how to integrate prevention activities into ongoing programming. The workshop is targeted at practitioners and policy makers from Asia and the Pacific region who have an interest to learn about primary prevention or plan to have a primary prevention project/intervention.
Local: Bangkok, ThailandDate of training: 5 - 6 July 2012
Deadline for applications: 8 June 2012
Partners for Prevention is accepting applications from practitioners in the Asia-Pacific region to participate in a regional learning and knowledge-sharing event focused on enhancing gender-based violence primary prevention interventions. This two-day meeting is for project managers of existing interventions that have a substantial GBV prevention focus. The clinic will involve one-on-one sessions with prevention experts and small group discussions to highlight what is working well and challenges faced by specific prevention projects. The one-on-one sessions will help enhance the projects on an individual basis.
Local: Bangkok, ThailandPartners for Prevention is accepting applications from practitioners in the Asia-Pacific region to participate in a regional learning event focused on the primary prevention of gender-based violence. The "Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop: Introduction to Primary Prevention of Gender-based Violence" will take place 2–4 July 2012, in Bangkok, Thailand. The deadline for applications is 8 June 2012.
This three-day workshop will highlight promising global and regional approaches to primary prevention, and how to integrate prevention activities into ongoing programming. After the workshop, participants will know what primary prevention is, why it is important and be familiar with different approaches for implementing prevention interventions.
The workshop is targeted at practitioners and policy makers from Asia and the Pacific region who have an interest to learn about primary prevention or plan to have a primary prevention project/intervention. Participants will be drawn from various agencies such as government, UN & civil society.
Application Process: Participants will be selected based on the above selection criteria. The electronic application form can be found at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/workshop-application. Successful applicants will be contacted by Partners for Prevention by 14 June 2012.
Local: Bangkok, ThailandThis initiative, targeting GBV field-based practitioners, prepares responders to strengthen emergency preparedness within their diverse contexts, and to effectively address the specialized needs of women and girls in the onset of human-made and natural disasters. Trained practitioners receive web-based follow-up and
support as they apply new skills and knowledge, and are part of a wider community of trained
emergency responders. Through this network they contribute to real-time analysis of response
and help to advance evidence-based learning.
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Download the application in English and French.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: All applications must be received by May 4, 2012. Selected
participants will be notified by May 18, 2012.
The Southern Africa HIV and AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS), in partnership with the Knowledge for Health (K4Health) project, is delighted to announce the launch of a new 5 day electronic discussion forum (eForum). This eForum will focus on the role of Traditional Leaders as Champions in the prevention of HIV and Gender-based Violence (GBV) in eastern and southern Africa.
This eForum aims to share information on these resources, as well as good practices from traditional leaders, on how they have been supporting their communities to prevent HIV and GBV.
The online discussion will take place on the Southern Africa HIV/AIDS Regional Exchange (SHARE) website(www.hivsharespace.net)covering the following themes:
- The role of traditional leaders to uphold protective cultural practices while discarding the harmful ones,
- The role of traditional leaders as protectors of women, children, and people living with HIV, and
- Sharing case studies of traditional leaders who are championing the prevention of HIV and GBV in their communities.