NEWS & EVENTS

To assist stakeholders in their efforts to reduce violence against children, the INSPIRE Working Group convened a webinar on "Income and Economic Strengthening" to summarize research and discuss programming considerations.

Dr. Lori Heise sets the stage for a workshop convened by the collaborative summarizing: What do we know about the impact of cash transfers on IPV?

Norms and laws need to change. Cash would help, too. The Economist reports on ways to reduce violence against women, citing the collaborative's research.

This webinar explored the potential role of social protection to respond to the ‘shadow pandemic’ of violence against women and girls during COVID-19 in the Indo-Pacific.

Domestic abuse has spiked under COVID-19. Cash transfers are no panacea, but research shows they reduce violence and can be adapted.

This CSW63 side event hosted by UN Women, Sida and the Prime Minister's Office (Tanzania) explored how cash transfers can help reduce intimate partner violence against women.

Vox reports on a collaborative study in Bangladesh: Cash alone didn’t help. But group training for nutrition, with home visits, did.

NPR Goats & Soda reports on a collaborative study in Bangladesh that found improving the economic status of women decreases violence when women also took part in an educational program that helped elevate their social standing.

This webinar reviews some of the new and ongoing work conducted under the Transfer Project, a multi-organizational research and learning initiative with a focus on Ghana, Jordan and Lebanon.