This is urgent Please apply before 31st-

Here is the correct link- Sorry I was not able to attach it here in the right way. Please apply before deadline on 31st to attend this very important forum.

http://www.svri.org/forum2011/

Save the date: 10 - 13 October 2011
Sexual Violence Research InitiativeSVRI Forum 2011: Moving the agenda forward

Abstract submission is now open

Travel and conference grants (pdf format, 66 kb)

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 its 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.

Key conference themes are:

Primary Prevention (including Community Based Interventions);
Responding to Sexual Violence: Models of Care; and
Conflict and Crisis.

For more information on the Forum or the SVRI please email svri@mrc.ac.za or visit www.svri.org

Oak Foundation

Medical Research Council
GBV Prevention Network

Partners for prevention

Men Engage

Thank you all and all the best!

Much love,
Leah.