Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum (2024)
The Women’s Refugee Commission is participating in the Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum 2024 (SVRI 2024). SVRI is the leading global organization focused on knowledge management around all aspects of violence against women (VAW) and violence against children (VAC).
WRC will be there, participating on panels, roundtables, and presentations, talking about our groundbreaking research on supporting survivors of sexual violence in crisis settings.
Events
Reaching Survivors Where They Are: Identifying Challenges and Opportunities for Community-Based Prevention and Response to Sexual Violence in Crisis Settings
From 2021 to 2024, the Women’s Refugee Commission, in partnership with Reproductive Health Uganda, Makerere University School of Public Health, Profamilia, and Universidad de los Andes implemented and evaluated a program model that engaged community health workers (CHWs) to deliver community-based GBV prevention and response programming in refugee settings in Uganda and Colombia, with a particular focus on facilitating access to care for survivors of sexual violence.
In this side event, WRC and partners will share key evaluation findings and lessons learned from program implementation, and convene stakeholders with experience delivering GBV prevention and response services in humanitarian settings to share experiences, discuss challenges, and identify opportunities to advance innovative, community-based approaches to deliver GBV services and improve the availability and accessibility of care for sexual violence survivors in humanitarian settings.
Tuesday, October 22
7:00-9:00 (GMT+2)
Venue: Nerina/Protea
Boys on the Move: Pathways to Improving Support for Boys affected by Sexual Violence and the Global Alliance for the Protection of Boys (GAPB)
This side event will be hosted by the newly established Global Alliance on the Protection of Boys from Sexual Violence (GAPB) through its international and local members, presenting the GAPB Global Manifesto on the Protection of Boys from Sexual Violence. Through the interactive session, participants will delve into how constructions of masculinity affect boys’ behaviors, particularly sexuality, and how to engage with issues related to harmful sexual behaviors, with a specific focus on the work of civil society organizations in the South African setting and the online world. Participants will also be able to explore outcome-oriented resources for the protection of boys from sexual violence across different settings, including contexts of migration and displacement, and the specific vulnerabilities affecting children with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and characteristics (SOGIESC).
Wednesday, October 23
7:00-9:00 (GMT+2)
Venue: Hall 7
Addressing Gaps in Sexual Violence Services among Refugee Adolescents in Adjumani, Uganda
This presentation is part of the FMP session 6.5: VAW and VAC Prevention and Response Research and Programmes
Wednesday, October 23
17:00 – 18:30 (GMT+2)
Venue: Daisy/Freesia/Orchid
Translation available: English, Spanish, French
Is Community-Based Sexual Violence Response and Prevention Effective, Safe, and Acceptable among Refugee Communities in Uganda and Forced Migrant Communities in Colombia?
This parallel session is part of the 7.4 session “Conflict, Displacement and Humanitarian Settings: Prevention”
Thursday, October 24
11:00 – 12:30 (GMT+2)
Venue: Hall 8.2
Translation available: English, Spanish, French
WRC Projects
Communities Care Project
Sexual Violence Project
In 2018, WRC launched its Sexual Violence Project, a multi-year initiative to document the diverse characteristics, scope, and consequences of sexual violence against people in humanitarian crises who identified as male or were designated as male at birth, including persons with diverse SOGIESC.