Collaborative members and partners will be attending the bi-annual Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) Forum 2024 in Cape Town taking place over October 22nd - 25th, to present and discuss the latest work on violence and economic programming. We will be taking part in the following panels and events:
Plenary Session II on "Scale up": Wednesday 23rd from 9:00 - 10:30
- "Evolution of intimate partner violence impacts from cash transfers, food transfers, and behaviour change communication: Mixed-method experimental evidence from an eight-year post-programme follow-up in Bangladesh" ● Michelle Lokot, Nasrin Sultana, Melissa Hidrobo, Deboleena Rakshit, Shalini Roy, Meghna Ranganathan
Parallel Session VII on Cash Transfers, Economic Empowerment & Behavior Change Communication: Thursday 24th from 11:00 - 12:30
- “Cash plus” and intimate partner violence: Exploring the benefits of group delivery in Ethiopia" ● Ana Maria Buller, Marjorie Pichon, Melissa Hidrobo, Michael Mulford, Tseday Amare, Wastina Sintayehu, Seifu Tadesse, Meghna Ranganathan
Participant Driven Event: Friday 25th from 11:00 - 12:30
- "Engaging with the Evidence: Integrating Gender-based violence into Sectors and Evidence to Scale" ● Amber Peterman, representing the Collaborative
Poster Session II: Wednesday 23rd from 13:00 - 14:00 (on display all day)
- "Assets, property rights and violence against women: A mixed-method systematic review" ● Amber Peterman, Isabella Higgins, Shalini Roy, Lucy Billings, Clare Barrington
Poster Session III: Thursday 24th from 13:00 - 15:00 (on display all day)
- "Government of Ethiopia’s public works and plus programmes: A mixed-methods study on pathways to intimate partner violence" ● Meghna Ranganathan, Marjorie Pichon, Melissa Hidrobo, Heleene Tambet, Wastina Sintanyehu, Seifu Tadesse, Ana Maria Buller
We are also hosting a 'meet & mingle' jointly with Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) to bring together researchers interested in economic empowerment and violence ~ the gathering will take place on Tuesday from 13:00 - 14:00 (location TBD). Please check the Whova App for more details and location closer to the date!
We look forward to seeing everyone and sharing our work! In the meantime, check out the entire program and our previous round up blogs of economic programming presented at SVRI 2022 and SVRI 2019.
