Webinar on the intersections of violence against children and violence against women
13 March 2024
While an emerging body of knowledge shows that violence against children and violence against women intersect in multiple ways, important knowledge gaps remain. Identifying and filling these evidence gaps will enable us to improve laws, policies and programs and improve outcomes for children and women.
| Date | Time | Location |
| 13 March 2024 | 10:00–11:00 EDT 15:00–16:00 CET | Online |
Historically, those undertaking and funding research are not always aware of what type of knowledge is needed to strengthen programs and policies. To bridge this gap, UNICEF Innocenti partnered with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Human Reproduction Programme (HRP) and the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI), to ask policy makers, practitioners, advocates, survivors, and funders what knowledge could help them simultaneously reduce violence against children and women and compassionately respond to victims’ and survivors’ needs.
The result is the report Intersections Between Violence Against Children and Violence Against Women: Global Research Priorities which benefited from the input of 153 participants from 39 countries.
During this webinar we will share the methodology followed to create a shared global agenda, discuss the research priorities identified, and hear insights from donors and partners about how to fill knowledge gaps to improve policies and programs.
Panelists
Avni Amin, World Health Organization
Cécile Aptel, UNICEF Innocenti
Elizabeth Dartnall, Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI)
Emily Esplen, UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
Claudia García-Moreno, Human Reproduction Special Programme, World Health Organization
Alessandra Guedes, UNICEF Innocenti
Gabriel Otterman, International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN)
Fernando Perini, The International Development Research Centre (IDRC)