CONFERENCE: SVRI Forum 2011: Moving the Agenda Forward

There has never been a better time to work and impact on sexual violence. Globally, a number of important international campaigns are actively shining a spotlight on sexual violence as a gross human rights violation, a weapon of war and a profound public health issue. The UN Secretary General has launched a campaign UNiTE to End Violence Against Women. By 2015, UNiTE aims to achieve the adoption and implementation of multi-sectoral national actions plans to address violence against women in all countries in the world. There is a clear need to build an evidence base on what is effective and what the research agenda should be to inform such programmes and to prevent sexual violence.

In 2009, the Sexual Violence Research Initiative held our first international conference on evidence based approaches for sexual violence, with emphasis on developing countries. People from around the world came together to debate, discuss and share new ideas and innovations for research on sexual violence. An important output of the SVRI Forum 2009 was the identification of some key research priorities. Building on the research priorities identified at this event, the SVRI would like to invite researchers, policy makers, funders, survivors, gender activists, service providers and others to network, share ideas and exciting strategies, and to feed into important international campaigns currently underway to prevent and respond to sexual violence globally.

Important Dates

Registration 1 January – 31 August 2011
Late Registration 1 September – 1 October 2011
Abstract Submission Opens 1 September 2010
Abstract Submission Closes 28 February 2011
Abstract Acceptance Notification June 2011

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