Dear VPF Friends, 

Welcome to the Violence Prevention Forum newsletter. On a bi-weekly basis we will be sharing job, funding and training opportunities, details for webinars relevant to violence and its prevention, and links to new research and guidelines. We hope you find this a useful resource.

The Violence Prevention Forum extends a warm welcome to the new year to all our colleagues, partners, & friends! 

The VPF wishes everyone a year filled with growth, success, and positive impact. In the face of looming uncertainty, let's hold steady together.

 

We look forward to a year we can approach with a commitment to collaborative effort as we had managed in the previous year. Our spirit of collaboration in the Western Cape VPF achieved great influence in the funding of violence prevention through the Western Cape Government. We remain committed to bring together policy makers, researchers and development partners across generations to deepen our understanding of violence and its prevention in the new year. 

The values of collaboration, courage and commitment continue to underpin the efforts of the VPF - in partnership with Cornerstone Economic Research and the Department of Social Development we will be providing researchers and NGOs resources that aim to aid the understanding of the Sector Funding Policy. This in an effort to strengthen resourcing for violence prevention in South Africa.

 

We look forward to engaging and taking the next elegant, minimal step towards preventing violence - together.

Survey: Grounding the SVRI Forum 2024 Agenda 

 

The SVRI would love to receive inputs from the VPF Network in deciding the key topics and priorities for the upcoming dialogic panels and plenary sessions at SVRI Forum 2024, to be hosted in Cape Town, South Africa, 21 - 25 October 2024.  

This survey contributes to making sure that plenaries and dialogic panels speak to the current challenges and innovations in the field of gender-based violence, violence against women (VAW) and violence against children (VAC) in all their diversity.  
By contributing your perspectives, you'll ensure that we address the most urgent and relevant issues in our field. 

 

The survey closes 31 January 2024. 

Call for proposals: UN Trust Fund to end Violence Against Women  

 

The 27th grant cycle the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UN Trust Fund) is now open!  The UN Trust Fund is inviting civil society organizations with proven expertise in ending violence against women and girls to submit project concepts to end violence against marginalized women and girls. 

 

The closing date for all applications is Thursday the 1st of February 2024.

Call for Abstracts: SVRI Forum 2024 

Abstract Submissions for the SVRI Forum 2024 are now open! Abstracts may be submitted in English, French and Spanish. Abstract submitters can submit abstracts pertaining to research, programmes and practice based knowledge, a five minute presentation on research study or programme or a poster. The SVRI uses Oxford Abstracts as our system to manage abstract submissions. When submitting your abstract, you will be asked to create a profile. Submissions of more than one abstract from an individual and/or group of authors are welcome

 

Abstracts should be submitted by midnight SAST on 19 February 2023

 

Book Dash is a not-for-profit, South African social impact publisher of open, African picturebooks for very young children. Based on evidence, our vision is that “ Every child should own a hundred books by the age of five”, long before they enter school!

At the latest Book Dash event twelve new African storybooks were created bringing the total to 200 titles. All 200 Book Dash books have now been categorised into15 Book Dash themes. The themes are in line with local and international Early Learning themes to make it easier for anyone to find and select Book Dash books.