Violence against women and children has far-reaching consequences, resulting in significant death and disability. As many as 6 out of 10 women face violence in their lifetimes, often from partners or other people they know. Well over 200 million children have been victims of sexual violence, and another 40-100 million face abuse and neglect in the home, and violence in their schools and communities. As well, violence against women and children perpetuates a cycle, putting survivors at risk of further violence. Prevention of violence includes not only creating a context in which it does not occur, but also interrupting this cycle.
Workshop Objective: To provide a comprehensive approach to the prevention of violence against women and children, focusing on early interventions.
Approach: Using an ecologic framework that focuses on points of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention and intervention, this workshop will assess violence along the lifespan of women and children. Each level will present the evidence basis of prevention, successful strategies, and promising interventions or emerging research that can potentially be applied in global settings.
The workshop was free and open to the public.
Videos from January 27, 2011
Introduction and Opening Remarks
Lifetime Trajectory and an Ecological Approach: A Global View of Violence Against Women and Children
Policy Advocacy as a Tool for Prevention
Global Partnerships on Domestic Violence Legal Reform
Partners for Prevention: Asia and the Pacific
US Government Initiatives to Respond to Violence Against Women
Canada's Family Violence Inititative
Inter-American Alliance for the Prevention of Gender-Based Violence
Q&A
Keynote Address
The Science of Gender Equality: Why This Isn’t Just about Working with Women
What Does an Understanding of Masculinities Bring to the Story? Engaging Men in Preventing VAW: Factors and Results
Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity
Panel Discussion: The Way Forward
Videos from January 28, 2011
Summary of Day 1
Initiatives to Reduce Violence: New Zealand
Intervening in the Cycle of Violence
Case Studies: Innovative Prevention Interventions Addressing IPV and Potential Child Abuse at Prenatal Care
The Fourth R: Strategies for Healthy Youth Relationships
Strengthening Families: An Integrated, Multi Level Approach to Preventing Child Maltreatment
Q&A
The Way Forward
Trauma-Informed Care: A Values-Based Context for Psychosocial Empowerment
Case Studies: Treatment of Trauma among Women with Substance Abuse Disorders
Psychosocial Trauma Interventions in Children, Families, and Parents
Community Advocacy Project: A Psychosocial Empowerment Intervention for Women with Abusive Partners
A Systems-Model Approach to Improve IPV Services in a Large Health Care Organization
Q&A
The Way Forward
What lessons have we learned and how we do proceed?