Opportunity: Senior Technical Advisor –VPPIC Programme

The position is embedded within the Violence Prevention for Peaceful and Inclusive Communities (VPPIC) Programme, a German technical cooperation initiative emphasizing on early intervention, particularly in early childhood development (ECD) and caregiving environments within the violence prevention sector. The programme seeks to foster a multi-stakeholder and systemic approach to enhance the structural conditions necessary for evidence-informed, gender-relevant early violence prevention interventions across South Africa.

The Senior Technical Advisor (STA) will lead efforts to achieve the programme’s objectives, particularly around Output 3, which is Institutional Capacity Building. This role is crucial in advocating for enhancements in the early intervention, gender-responsive, and evidence-informed violence prevention sector, and in shaping its narrative towards prevention.

The closing date for all applications is the October 31^st, 2024.

Event Reminder: First Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children

Convened by the  Government of Colombia, with the support of the  Government of Sweden, UNICEF, the  United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, and the  World Health Organization, this Ministerial Conference will drive policy change, marshal resources and demonstrate that violence prevention is possible. Ministerial delegations – along with children, young people, survivor and civil society allies – will unite behind a shared and bold vision to deliver an end to all forms of violence against children.

The Sustainable Development Goals commit the global community to end all forms of violence against children. Now, past the halfway point to the 2030 deadline, violence remains a reality for half the world’s children. The futures of one billion boys and girls hang in the balance. Over the course of two full days, the Conference will provide a highest-profile platform for showcasing national progress, announcing new commitments and amplifying diverse voices. Participants will convene – and pledge toward – priority child protection themes.

You’re Invited! Decolonising Evidence? Practical Approaches to Faith and GBV Prevention

Join the SVRI Faith & GBV Community of Practice (CoP) for an exciting virtual event! Through engaging discussions with experts, we will explore the meaning of decolonial approaches to evidence and assess their relevance, particularly in the context of the Global South. This event is open to everyone! Whether you are a member of the CoP or not. The goal of the CoP is to help build an international development community that understands the role of faith actors in gender based violence (GBV) prevention and response, and to help strengthen the capacity of faith actors to commit to GBV prevention and response.

This event will take place via Zoom on the 14^th of November, 2024.

Resource: Putting children's safety at the heart of violence research

Over one billion children worldwide experience violence every year, with large variation across countries, and inequalities within countries and by intersecting social factors. Researchers and practitioners are increasingly able to measure, prevent and respond to violence against children (VAC) in homes, schools, workplaces and communities, supported by a growing global commitment as part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (goal 5 and 16) and the interagency INSPIRE and RESPECT frameworks. in this Comment, the authors propose "REFER", a five pillar framework to center the importance of safeguarding, with a focus on response planning, in VAC research and interventions.

Read the full paper below.