October

The Sexual Violence Research Initiative in partnership with the World Bank Group, through the SVRI and the WBGs Development Marketplace for innovations on GBV prevention and response, are seeking proposals for research and interventions or related activities that will contribute to the prevention and response of gender-based violence in low and middle income countries.

Projects under this call should be for a maximum of up to 24 months duration.
 
Proposals will be accepted that address:
 
·      piloting, adaptation, testing and/or scale up of new or promising interventions, self-contained research projects that are either stand alone or fit within a larger project which will build on, or support prevention or response of GBV, including formative research studies

·      pilot or feasibility studies, costing studies on promising/effective GBV interventions to assess value for money, adding a new component/arm to an already funded intervention

·      projects to disseminate promising research findings, secondary analysis of existing data, studies to better understand the mechanisms and pathways of change of effective GBV prevention interventions

·       studies to measure the ripple/spillover effects on GBV prevention, and research on the role of the private sector in GBV prevention and response.
 
There are 6 awards available for up to USD100,000, of which three will fund a maximum of USD150,000.
 
Applications are due 1st October 2016 at 11:59:59pm South African Standard Time (4:59:59pm EST). Late applications will not be accepted. Applications will be accepted in English, French and Spanish.
 
 
Find the application guidelines here.

Local: http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2016/07/22/world-bank-sexual-violence-research-initiative-to-make-new-awards-for-innovation-in-preventing-gender-based-violence
Date: Aug/10/2016 - Oct/01/2016
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1 - 17 October: 17 days of activism for rural women.

More information here.
See 2016 Campaign Toolkit here.

Local: http://woman.ch/womensection/index.php/en/campaign-materials2/2016-kit
Date: Oct/01/2016 - Oct/17/2016
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Making It Work, in collaboration with a global Gender and Disability Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), is launching an African call for good practices on the elimination, prevention of and response to violence, abuse and exploitation of women and girls with disabilities. It is targeting actions and initiatives that lead to their empowerment, reflect their diverse experiences and preferences, and promote gender equity. 

This call is part of a Making it Work initiative called “Towards Enhanced Inclusion of Women and Girls with Disabilities through Evidence-Based Advocacy and strengthened accountability”, which continues the work of documentation started in 2014 by the Making It Work Initiative “Gender and Disability Inclusion:  Advancing Equity for Women and Girls with Disabilities”.
 
The deadline for Good practices submissions is November 9th, 2016.

Applications can be submitted in English, Arabic and French.
 
Click here for more information and here to access the questionnaire in English.

Local: http://www.makingitwork-crpd.org/advancing-equity-for-women-and-girls-with-disabilities/articles-and-publications/
Date: Oct/04/2016 - Nov/09/2016
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This conference is intended to create a thoughtful and intentional space for campuses and community agencies to showcase their programs, and work together to solve the challenging puzzle of responding to and preventing all forms of sexual and dating violence on college campuses.

Registration open until the 27th of November

Local: http://www.chrysalisnetwork.com/conference-2016/
Date: Oct/06/2016 - Nov/27/2016
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NGOs in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) may submit written statements on the thematic issues considered by CSW, in accordance with Council resolution 1996/31. Statements are submitted months prior to the session in order to allow time for processing and issuance of the statements as official United Nations documents for the Commission.

Submission of written statements will be open for NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC from 30 September to 17 October 2016 via United Nations CSO-net. Please click here to log in to CSO-Net to submit a statement. Statements sent by e-mail will not be accepted.

NGOs are strongly encouraged to submit joint statements in collaboration with other NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC.

Local: http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/ngo-participation/written-and-oral-statements?mc_cid=91e088668a&mc_eid=f04d2c0250
Date: Oct/12/2016 - Oct/17/2016
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On 25 November 2015, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, The Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Ms. Dubravka Šimonovi? called on all States to establish a “femicide watch”, or a “gender-related killing of women” watch.

In her most recent report to the General Assembly (A/71/398, available here), the Special rapporteur further elaborated modalities for establishment of the femicide watch and/or observatory as an interdisciplinary panel of experts that collect and analyze data on femicides with the aims of prevention of such cases.

The Special Rapporteur seeks to collect existing good practices on data collection and prevention of femicides. In order to inform her work on the topic, and with view of creating a global online database, the Special Rapporteur wishes to secure from different stakeholders, including States, National Human Rights Institutions, Non-governmental organizations, as well as members of academia, input and views on the following topics:

-       Existing legislative models or operational guides for the investigation of gender-related killings of women;

-       Existing good practices regarding collection of data on femicides or gender related killings of women;

-       Landmark jurisprudence from international, regional, and national courts, on gender-related killings of women.

N.B. Please note that the working languages of the Secretariat are English, French and Spanish. You are therefore kindly requested to provide your submissions in one of these languages.

All submissions should be sent by 1 March 2017 to vaw@ohchr.org.

Date: Oct/20/2016 - Mar/01/2017
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SVRI is delighted to invite you to submit abstracts, attend and register for the largest world-wide conference dedicated to research on prevention and response to sexual and intimate partner violence - SVRI’s 5th global conference - SVRI Forum 2017.

Please submit your abstract for an oral or poster presentation on/before the 1 February 2017 on our website www.svri.org/forums/forum2017.  All submissions will be acknowledged promptly. If you do not receive an acknowledgement within one week, please contact the Mandy Salomo at mandy.salomo@mrc.ac.za , so that we can verify if your submission has been received.

All submissions will be anonymously reviewed by two members of the abstract review committee.

SVRI is seeking abstracts on:

• sexual violence;
• intimate partner violence;
• child abuse and neglect;
• HIV and SGBV;
• Feminist work with men and boys;
• Femicide
• (Commercial) Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents (CSECA and SECA)
• children and adolescents - violence prevention and response;
• sexual trafficking;
• sexual abuse and violence in institutional settings;
• marginalized populations, including women with disabilities, LGBTI, sex workers, migrants, refugees; internally displaced populations, and indigenous populations
• new forms of gender-based violence including cyber bullying, cyber stalking and secondary victimization;
• impacts of violence against women and violence against children on mental health;
• use of technology to prevent and respond to sexual and intimate partner violence and child abuse and exploitation.

SVRI also invite colleagues to submit applications for pre-conference workshops for building capacity in the field.

Write to SVRI at: svri.forums@mrc.ac.za  or visit http://www.svri.org/forums/forum2017/index.htm   for more information.

Local: http://www.svri.org/news/svri-forum-2017-partnerships-action-call-abstracts
Date: Oct/20/2016 - Feb/01/2017
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This two-day international conference will develop a consistent feminist analysis on these global developments faced by Europe. Panels and workshops will explore the ways in which social justice, gender equality and women’s rights are affected, sacrificed or squeezed.
 
The conference will be a space for civil society, women’s rights experts, activists and policy makers to deepen and broaden their understanding of the current situation in Europe from a feminist perspective in an international exchange with women’s human rights activists from the Global South who have been dealing with similar challenges for a long time. The conference will also start a process of building momentum toward constructive criticism and joint political action beyond the conference, through encouraging constituencies and potential allies to take on board feminist perspectives in their future activities and agendas.
 
For more information, and to register for the event, click here

Local: https://wideplus.org/conference-2016/
Date: Oct/24/2016 - Aug/25/2016
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Campuses nationally are continuing to work hard to meet and exceed federal requirements around response and prevention measures for sexual and dating violence and stalking. While campuses are working to address the expectations of Title IX and the Clery Act, including the most recent amendments to the Clery Act (Campus SaVE), many have already developed effective programs. This year’s conference seeks to highlight those effective programs while also going beyond compliance, working to establish intersectional and trauma-informed advocacy, prevention, and investigation.

This conference is intended to create a thoughtful and intentional space for campuses and community agencies to showcase their programs, and work together to solve the challenging puzzle of responding to and preventing all forms of sexual and dating violence on college campuses.

Local: http://www.chrysalisnetwork.com/conference-2016/
Date: Dec/12/2016 - Oct/13/2016
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