SVRI Forum 2024: Global launch

The SVRI launched the SVRI Forum 2024 on 4th October 2023. This online event discussed why the Forum is so unique, announced Forum themes and key dates, and we heard from Forum partners on what the conference has meant to their work over the past few years.

Speakers

Moderator: Abigail Erikson, UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women

• Claudia Garcia-Moreno, WHO and SVRI Forum Chair
• Joni van de Sand, MenEngage Alliance
• Rachel Jewkes, South African Medical Research Council and SVRI Leadership Council
• Manuela Balliet Ahogo, Together for Girls and SVRI Forum 2019 Best Young Researcher Award recipient
• Manisha Mehta, Wellspring Philanthropic Fund
• Elizabeth Dartnall, Sexual Violence Research Initiative

Webinar recording:

Webinar resources:

• Slide deck SVRI Forum 2024 launch webinar
• French interpretation
• Spanish interpretation
• Arabic interpretation
• Abstracts submissions NOW OPEN! See more: https://www.svriforum2024.org/abstract-submission/

Partner resources:

• MenEngage Alliance’s work on strengthening accountability to the women’s rights movement in the work on men and masculinities: https://menengage.org/our-work/accountability/
• “Contexts and Challenges for Gender Transformative Work with Men and Boys.” This discussion paper provides a fresh look at how masculinities form a common thread running through a multitude of global problems. It offers a wide-reaching analysis of the political, economic and socio-cultural forces confronting the world today. (Available in English, Spanish and French) https://menengage.org/resources/contexts-and-challenges-work-with-men-and-boys/