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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.
Please note that VPF coordinator, Thato Machabaphala has left her role. Please directly all VPF queries to vpf@issafrica.org.
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Opportunity: Course: How to succeed at VAW Prevention
Applications are open for the Prevention Collaborative's feminist-inspired and evidence-driven course, 'How to succeed at VAW Prevention'.
The free online course aims to support practitioners to design innovative, effective VAW prevention programmes and strengthen existing programmes. Enrollees will learn about explore examples of effective programming, including the characteristics that made them successful and those that proved to be a challenge; and consider how these ideas relate to your own programmes and contexts.
Learn more here.
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Interactive Session: Using social media listening tools to support fathers and positive parenting
Join SAPPIN and Tales of Turning for an interactive session on how to use social media listening tools to support fathers and positive parenting practices. In this practical session, we will find social media keywords together and collaborate to develop research questions. Please come ready to participate in breakout room discussions.
What you can expect:
- A short presentation on social media listening research
- Insights into fatherhood and parenting
- Examples of the online narrative related to fatherhood and parenting
- Tutorial on how to find keywords for social media listening research
- A practical session to co-develop research questions
Date: 25 March 2025
Time: 12pm SAST
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Resource: Evidence Review by the Prevention Collaborative
The Prevention Collaborative has published a new evidence review, "Improving the Mental Health of Parents and Caregivers as a Strategy to Prevent Family Violence: What does the Evidence Suggest?" The review shows parents’ and caregivers’ poor mental health can erode attachment between parents and children, which can increase the risk of child maltreatment, the impact of mothers experiencing violence can reduce their sense of self-efficacy and confidence in their parenting capabilities. Read the full review here.
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