You’re Invited! How do parenting programmes help keep children safe?

Evidence from across the world demonstrates that parenting programmes reduce violence against children by helping parents and caregivers provide attentive and non-violent care. But what makes these interventions work?

This seminar unpacks lessons learnt from successful parenting and caregiver interventions in lower-middle-income countries. Register to attend this webinar taking place on 12th of June, 2024.

Resource: WhatsApp support platform to help parents and caregivers of young children

The South African Parenting Programme Implementers Network is a network of NGOs that uses evidence-based research to develop parenting programmes across South Africa.  SAPPIN presents the Parentline SA - a WhatsApp-based support service, providing holistic advice on parenting issues and challenges to parents across South Africa. Parents simply join our user friendly WhatsApp chat where they have instant access to parenting support, expert advice and insights into the world of parenting.

Through our member organisations and associated professionals, a wealth of information and expertise is available to parents. At the click of a button, caregivers and parents can engage with relatable scenarios and guidance around how to cope with certain situations and challenges they may face, support that may not be directly available at a local level. The emphasis is on building positive parent-child relationship and fostering a positive parenting approach

Webinar: Can the South African Police Service really keep us safe?

The track record of the South African Police Service (SAPS) has measurably declined since 2012. The detection rate, for example, plummeted 61% to a low of 12.5% in 2022/23. Organised crime, murder and rape have increased and public perceptions of safety have fallen.

The country’s new administration has an opportunity to reverse these alarming trends. Practical changes in five areas of policing could set South Africa on a positive safety trajectory. This seminar presents the Institute for Security Studies’ evidence-based recommendations.

This event is part of the Driving Justice Series: Transforming Systems and Empowering Communities.

This webinar will take place on the 27th of June 2024.

Opportunity: SVRI Research Director

The SVRI is seeking a dynamic and experienced Research Director to guide SVRIs work on research and capacity building on violence against women and child sexual violence and other forms of violence driven by gender inequality in low- and middle-income countries.

The Research Director will play a central role in helping the SVRI to strengthen research on VAW and VAC in LMICs, by driving the organization’s research capacity strengthening efforts, advocating for research efforts to be guided by existing research gaps and priorities, fostering and strengthening research collaborations in line with feminist principles, supporting and strengthening the SVRI team in relation to research and evidence building, and ensuring the dissemination of critical research findings globally through strategic communications.

Applications close on the 30^th of June 2024.