Programme

Tuesday - 15 September

09:00 – 11:00	OPENING PLENARY Venue: Auditorium Welcome and opening Chair: Claudia Garcia-Moreno, World Health Organization Keynote speakers: Prof Rashida Manjoo Shereen El Feki Noura Bittar Søborg Performance by the Bokamoso Youth Foundation Performing Arts Program
11:00 – 11:30	Coffee break Poster session: Health and violence
11:30 – 13:00	PARALLEL SESSIONS
11:30 – 13:00	Parallel session I - Venue: Auditorium Conflict, post-conflict and emergencies: Community responses Chair: Jeannie Annan, International Rescue Committee Building capacity to prevent and respond to gender-based violence in humanitarian emergencies Sarah Martin, Erin Kenney, Micah Williams and Beth Vann Recovering from childhood sexual abuse in conflict and post conflict settings: Experiences of survivors in Gulu District, northern Uganda Agatha Kafuko and William Muhumuza A force to be reckoned with: Community-based women’s organizations as sustainable and empowered service providers for survivors of gender-based violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo Katie Robinette, Tamah Murfet, Pamela Mallinga, Elizabeth Graybill and Marie-Honorine Ciribagula Transformative reparations for sexual violence crimes in conflict settings: Initial findings from Cambodia, South Africa, Rwanda and the International Criminal Court Emily Waller, Louise Chappell, Andrea Durbach, Sarah Williams and Emma Palmer Research into gender based violence against sexual minorities during the Cambodian conflict Kasumi Nakagawa
11:30 – 13:00	Parallel session II - Venue: Simonsberg room Parenting and families in east and southern Africa Chair: Godfrey Siu, Child Health and Development Centre, Makerere University The promise of early booksharing in preventing the development of aggression in children in South Africa Mark Tomlinson, Peter Cooper and Lynne Murray Preventing child maltreatment and child conduct problems in South Africa: A randomised controlled trial of the Sinovuyo Caring Families Programme Catherine L. Ward, Jamie M. Lachman, Lucie D. Cluver, Frances Gardner, Judy Hutchings, Inge Wessels and Wim Delva Skilful Parenting: Changing social norms and behaviour related to child abuse Beatrice Ogutu and Christine Omitto Windows of intervention opportunity for working with couples in the antenatal and early postpartum period Tamaryn Crankshaw, Lewinsohn R, Gibbs A, Butler L.M, Tomlinson M and Smit J The effectiveness of a parent-teenager relationship strengthening programme in South Africa Nwabisa Shai, Pinky Mahlangu, Anik Gevers and Rachel Jewkes
11:30 – 13:00	Parallel session III - Venue: Helderberg room Sex work: Epidemiology and responses Chair: Laura Chiang, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention All in the name of love: Involving sex workers and their intimate partners in research related to love, violence and power in intimate relationships using participatory tools in Karnataka, India Parinita Bhattacharjee, Raghavendra T, Mahesh Doddamane, Sapna Nair and Shajy Isac Economic vulnerability, drug use, and experiences of sexual violence among female sex workers in Tijuana, Mexico Elizabeth Reed, Jay G Silverman, Maria Gudelia Rangel Gomez, Brooke S West, and Kimberly C Brouwer Child sexual abuse and other development threats: Risk factors for early adolescent entry to sex work along the Mexico-US border region Argentina Servin, Kimberly C Brouwer, Leah Gordon, Shira Goldenberg, Hugo Staines-Orozco, Carlos Magis-Rodriguez and Jay G Sliverman Gender-based violence among female sex workers in Cameroon: Links with HIV risk, and barriers to health care and access to justice Michele Decker, Carrie Lyons, Iliassou Mfochive Njindam, Ubald Tamoufe and Stefan Baral
11:30 – 13:00	Parallel session IV - Venue: Stellenberg room Perpetration Chair: Christina Pallito, World Health Organization Single and multiple perpetrator rape perpetration in rural South Africa: Understanding causation through modelling factors associated with prevalent and incident cases and pathways Rachel Jewkes, Mzikazi Nduna, Nwabisa Jama Shai, Esnat Chirwa and Kristin Dunkle Prevalence and risk factors for intimate partner violence among Grade eight learners in urban South Africa: Baseline results from the Skhokho Supporting Success randomised controlled trial Simukai Shamu, Anik Gevers, Pinky Mahlangu, Nwabisa Jama Shai and Rachel Jewkes The Nabilan Program: Innovations and challenges in ending violence against women in Timor-Leste Xian Warner Using a narrative intervention to shift Mozambican masculinities: Baseline data and anecdotal experience from the film O Dia dos Homens (Men’s Day) Martha Scherzer, David Magaia, Heather Saul and Martha Silva
11:30 – 13:00	Parallel session V - Venue: Historic Old Wine Cellar Special session: Seeing how it works - Transnational dialogue on the use of the visual and digital media in girl-led ‘from the ground up’ policy making to addressing sexual violence Organiser: Claudia Mitchell, McGill University This session will explore girls’ safety and security and how the policy and programmatic landscape need to be transformed. In particular, it will look at how participatory visual work with girls can contribute to policy dialogue. Seeing how it works: Transnational dialogue on the use of the visual and digital media in girl-led ’from the ground up’ policy making to addressing sexual violence *Claudia Mitchell* Community- Stakeholder buy-in *Ruth Mokoatle*
13:00 – 14:30	Lunch
13:30 – 14:00	Poster session: Prevalence of sexual and intimate partner violence across contexts
14:00 – 14:30	Poster session: Tools and methods
14:30 – 16:00	PARALLEL SESSIONS
14:30 – 16:00	Parallel session I - Venue: Auditorium Violence against children and adolescents Chair: Michelle Maloney-Kitts, Together for Girls Should we tackle violence against women and children together? Findings on the interconnections between violence against women and children from the UN Multi-country Study on Men and Violence in Asia and the Pacific Emma Fulu, Stephanie Miedema, Tim Roselli, Edward Ko Ling Chan and Rachel Jewkes Developing guidance for preventing and responding to child sexual abuse and sexual exploitation Lorraine Radford and Clara Sommarin The Optimus Study South Africa: A national study of child sexual victimization Patrick Burton, Catherine Ward, Lillian Artz and Lezanne Leoschut Intimate and non-intimate partner sexual violence: Perspectives of adolescent in Rajasthan, India Rajib Acharya Vulnerability of minors’ to sexual violence in Nairobi slums Juliette Letanneux, William Hennequin, Jane IRUNGU, Juma Mukabane and Patricia Kahn
14:30 – 16:00	Parallel session II - Venue: Simonsberg room Men and masculinities Chair: Alessandra Guedes, PAHO/WHO Why do some women in Viet Nam experience more violence by husbands than others: Risk factors associated with violence by husbands from a cross-sectional national study Henrica A.F.M. Jansen, Thi Viet Nga Nguyen and Hoang Tu Anh The merits and challenges of applying social norms theory to gender based violence prevention programming Jayanthi Kuru Utumpala, Theresa Hwang, Leigh Stefanik, Zainab Ibrahim and Aliya Firozi Baseline findings from a randomized controlled trial of a gender-transformative program to engage men as equitable and involved fathers in maternal, newborn and child health and violence prevention in Rwanda Ruti Levtov and Kate Doyle Risk factors for perpetration of intimate partner violence over two years of follow-up in a cohort of young South African men Kristin Dunkle, Rachel Jewkes, Esnat Chirwa and Nwabisa Jama Shai
14:30 – 16:00	Parallel session III - Venue: Helderberg room Special session: The Vision Workshop: 3 keys to accelerating your impact while maintaining self-care practices Organiser: Stephanie Tanny, certified life coach, activist, and international speaker This dynamic session brings in the latest innovations and tools from the personal development field in order to increase and scale up effective programmes that stop and prevent sexual violence while maintaining a healthy balance of self-care and work life harmony. Presentation
14:30 – 16:00	Parallel session IV - Venue: Stellenberg room Conflict, post-conflict and emergencies: Tools and methods Chair: Gary Barker, Promundo Integrating gender-based violence interventions in humanitarian action: The new Gender-Based Violence Guidelines Mendy Marsh, Erin Patrick, Erin Kenny and Jeanne Ward Estimating the population size for women with sexual violence related pregnancies in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo Lisa Johnston, Katherine R. McLaughlin, Shada A. Rouhani and Susan Bartels It’s just a really complex situation: Reflections from the field on contextual realities of research and programming with adolescent girls and their caregivers in refugee camps in Ethiopia Asham Assazenew, Amy Neiman, Tizita Tekletsadik, Carmen Lowry* and Lyndsay Stark* Encouraging self-care for gender-based violence in emergencies specialists: Rhetoric vs. reality Lina Abirafeh and Sarah Martin
14:30 – 16:00	Parallel session V - Venue: Historic Old Wine Cellar Trafficking, transactional sex and sexual exploitation Chair: Catherine Maternowska, UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre Child marriage, partner violence, and other overlapping deprivations of women’s agency *Jennifer McCleary-Sills, Sarah Twigg, Julieth Santa Maria, Lucia Hanmer, Tazeen Hasan and Jeni Klugman* Moving to the mines: Exploring gendered experiences associated with migration to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s mines Beth Maclin, Jocelyn Kelly, Rachel Perks and Phuong Pham Sexual exploitation and discrimination in artisanal mining towns in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo Jocelyn Kelly, Rachel Perks, Beth Maclin, Phuong Pham Do children in domestic servitude experience more violence? Results from the Violence Against Children Survey, Haiti, 2012 *Leah K. Gilbert, A. Reza, J. Mercy, V. Lea, J. Lee, L. Xu, M. Hast, J. Vertefeuille, L. Marcelin and J. Domercant*
16:00 – 16:30	Coffee break Poster session: Men and masculinities
16:30 – 18:00	PARALLEL SESSIONS
16:30 – 18:00	Parallel session I - Venue: Auditorium Understanding violence against children Chair: Dipak Naker, Raising Voices Violence in the classroom: Using qualitative methods to inform a randomised control trial on impact of a school-based intervention to decrease violence used by children and increase resiliency - overview of the “What Works” initiative in Pakistan Rozina Karmaliani, McFarlane J, Khuwaja H.M, Ali T.S, Gulzar S, Asad N, Shaheen Z and Jewkes R Drivers of violence affecting children in Italy: Between domestic violence and the sex industry Erika Bernacchi, Bianchi D, Fabris A, Pregliasco R and Zelano M Bully victimization among young adolescents in the Western Cape: Does frequency of victimization make a difference? Loraine Townsend, Catherine Mathews, Matthijs Eggers, Hein de Vries, Petrus de Vries and Mariette Momberg Making a difference at the front line: Teacher education and sexual violence prevention and response James Lees and Pierre Brouard
16:30 – 18:00	Parallel session II Venue: Simonsberg room Special session: Integrating culture into interventions to prevent gender-based violence Organisers: Vandana Sharma, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Shelley Lees, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Jennifer Scott, Harvard Medical School This interactive session will focus on generating dialogue and compiling collective expertise on best practices for integrating culture into gender-based violence prevention interventions. Introduction: Integrating culture into interventions to prevent GBV *Vandana Sharma, Jennifer Scott and Shelley Lees* Systematic mapping of gender-based violence interventions and cultural factors *Jennifer Scott* Coffee Talk: An IPV intervention delivered via the Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony *Vandana Sharma*
16:30 – 18:00	Parallel session III - Venue: Helderberg room Sexual and gender-based violence in South Africa Chair: Manuel Contreras, Global Women’s Institute at George Washington University “It sucks”: Post-rape care and the micro-politics of institutions Lisa Vetten Strengthening responses for child sexual abuse: The evaluation of a residential therapeutic programme in South Africa Taryn van Niekerk, Shanaaz Mathews, Lizette Berry and Lucy Jamieson Rape adjudication and prosecution study in South Africa: A national attrition study Rachel Jewkes and Mercilene Machisa Trapped in the violence: Vulnerable alcohol and drug using women in Pretoria Jacqueline Ndirangu, Wendee Wechsberg, William Zule and Irene Doherty
16:30 – 18:00	Parallel session IV - Venue: Stellenberg room Health and violence Chair: Seri Wendoh, International Planned Parenthood Federation Lifetime sexual violence and later worries about childbirth and the baby’s health – a Norwegian population based cohort study Lena Henriksen, Berit Schei and Mirjam Lukasse Intimate partner violence and its associations with mental health among pregnant women in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Heidi Stöckl, Bathsheba Mahenge, Samuel Likindikoki and Jessie Mbwambo Gender-based violence and correlates in underprivileged tea plantation sectors of Sri Lanka Muzrif Munas, Berit Schei, Ragnhild Lund and Kumudu Wijewardena Implications of severe polyvictimization for the mental and cardiometabolic health of intimate partner violence survivors Cari Jo Clark, Jamie Morrissette, Angela Lewis-Dmello, Hannah Michel, Deena Anders and Rachael A Spencer
16:30 – 18:00	Parallel session V - Venue: Historic Old Wine Cellar Special session: Strengthening health services to deliver care and prevention: New tools from the World Health Organization for addressing intimate partner and sexual violence Organiser: Claudia Garcia-Moreno, World Health Organization and Alessandra Guedes, Pan American Health Organization This session will describe the latest research and evidence-based tools produced by the World Health Organization to strengthen prevention and response to violence against women. Presentation
17:00 - 18:00	Satellite session 2 - Venue: Amphitheatre board room 2 The role of faith communities in prevention and response to sexual and gender based violence, Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities
17:00 - 18:00	Satellite session 3 - Venue: Amphitheatre board room 1 Making networks work: Lessons from the Region, Population Council, SGBV Networks Project and SVRI
19:00 – 22:00	Launch - Venue: Auditorium The 2nd GBV 5-Minute Science Fair and the Communications X-Change, The Global Women’s Institute

Wednesday - 16 September

08:00 – 17:00	Conference registration
09:00 – 11:00	PLENARY SESSION II - Venue: Auditorium Interventions Chair: Manisha Metha, Wellspring Advisors Impact of an integrated intervention (SAFE) on spousal violence against women and girls in slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh Ruchira Tabassum Naved, Sanjida Akhter Mourin, Tabassum The Good Schools study *Karen Devries, Louise Knight, Nambusi Kyegombe, Liz Allen, Jo Sturgess, Rebecca Jones, Jennifer Child, Charlotte Watts, Diana Elbourne, Jenny Parkes, Eddy Walakira, Dipak Naker, Janet Nakuti, Angel Mirembe* Preventing violence against children at school: A systemic response to an entrenched problem *Dipak Naker* Promising findings from the Pigs for Peace Livestock Microfinance Program in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Twelve and 18-month outcomes Nancy Glass, Perrin N, Kohli A, Mpanano M.R and the Pigs for Peace Team The effects of the PREPARE school-based HIV and intimate partner violence prevention programme on adolescent sexual risk behaviour and intimate partner violence: Cluster randomized controlled trial Catherine Mathews, Eggers S.M, Townsend L.J, Aarø L.E, de Vries P.J, Mason-Jones A.J, De Koker P, McClinton Appollis T, Koech J, Mtshizana Y, Wubs A and De Vries H
11:00 – 11:30	Coffee break Poster session: Violence against children and adolescents
11:30 – 13:00	PARALLEL SESSIONS
11:30 – 13:00	Parallel session I - Venue: Auditorium Using research to influence policy Chair: Manuela Colombini, London School for Hygiene and Tropical Medicine How to translate survey data into action: Lessons from Together For Girls countries utilizing data to drive prevention and response to violence against children Anna Maembe Using qualitative methods to inform practice: Integrating gender and gender based violence prevention into community-based HIV prevention programs Mary Ellen Duke, Hayley Bryant, Miguel Chibete, Conselho Cristao and Candida Quintano Domestic violence against women in Viet Nam: From evidence to action Nguyen Thi Viet Nga and Phan Thu Hien Rolling out sexual gender based violence service provision to all the districts of Zimbabwe within the national multisectoral victim friendly system and using the best practice 3-tier training model Virginia Iliff, Margaret Borok, Magna Kurangwa and Veldah Mushangwe Strengthening and integrating national policies on alcohol, gender based violence and infectious diseases Dudley Tarlton, Vladimir Poznyak, Tilly Sellers and Benjamin Ofosu-Koranteng
11:30 – 13:00	Parallel session II - Venue: Simonsberg room HIV and violence Chair: Claire Mathonsi, HIV/AIDS Alliance Forms of intimate partner violence and associated HIV risk and vulnerability among women in sex work in Karnataka, India Prakash Javalkar, Shajy Isac, Raghavendra T, Chaitanya Research Committee, Tara S Beattie, Lori Heise and Parinita Bhattacharjee Violence against men who have sex with men in Cameroon: Correlates with HIV risk, infection and access to health services and justice Michele Decker, Carrie Lyons, Serge Billong, Ubald Tamoufe and Stefan Baral Effects of partner violence on adherence to HIV care and treatment markers among women in Baltimore City Jocelyn Anderson, Jacqueline Campbell and Nancy Glass Intimate partner violence and adherence to HIV care and treatment among women: A systematic review and meta-analysis Abigail Hatcher, Elizabeth Smout, Janet Turan, Nicola Christofides and Heidi Stockl
11:30 – 13:00	Parallel session III - Venue: Helderberg room Violence against children and adolescents in schools Chair: Naeemah Abrahams, South African Medical Research Council Sexual abuse: An ethical dilemma of autonomy vs. beneficence and role of health professionals in school setting Saleema Gulzar and Rozina Karmaliani Sexual harassment in schools: A Swedish sexual harassment lawsuit through the eyes of an expert witness Katja Gillander Gådin and Nan Stein Developing valid measures of parent-child relationships in Uganda, combining emic and etic constructs Flavia Zalwango, Daniel Wight, Godfrey Siu, Jonathan Levin and Janet Seeley Surveying adolescents about abuse and intimate partner violence in schools: Perceived benefits, harms and regrets Tracy McClinton Appollis, Sander Matthijs Eggers, Petrus J de Vries, Hein de Vries, Crick Lund and Cathy Mathews
11:30 – 13:00	Parallel session IV - Venue: Stellenberg room Conflict, post-conflict and emergencies: Prevention Chair: Michal Avni, USAID The making of REAL Fathers: Involving men in violence prevention Kim Ashburn, Dickens Ojamgue, Denis Eluk* and Rebecka Lundgren* Exploring Liberia’s post-conflict efforts to combat sexual gender-based violence Gianina Pellegrini “Where can we buy the medicine that healed your husband of using violence?” Benoit Ruratotoye, Aloys Mahwa and Henny Slegh Inside the Lord’s Resistance Army: Voices from combatants Jocelyn Kelly, Beth Maclin, Chloe Auletta-Young Intimate partner violence in displaced populations: Drivers and recommendations for the humanitarian community Kathryn Falb, Rebecca Horn, Christine Apio, Ruth Kimaathi, Elsa Friis, Karin Wachter, Leora Ward and Eve Puffer
11:30 – 13:00	Parallel session V - Venue: Historic Old Wine Cellar Prevention interventions Chair: Amy Bank, Puntos de Encuentro Using social norms perspectives in sexual violence prevention with conflict affected communities: The Communities Care Program Mendy Marsh Formal versus informal help: Impact of SAFE on help seeking by physically abused women in Dhaka slums Kausar Parvin, Tabassum Rahman and Ruchira Tabassum Naved Change starts at home: Preventing violence against women and girls in Nepal Gemma Ferguson, Binita Shrestha, Rachael Spencer, Jhumka Gupta and Cari Jo Clark What gay, bisexual and transgender youth say about prevention of gender- based violence: Amplifying voices through participatory research Danielle Roth, Mark Dasco, Mara Quesada and Jessica Izquierdo
13:00 – 14:30	Lunch
13:30 – 14:00	Poster session: Interventions
14:00 – 14:30	Poster session: Trafficking, sexual exploitation and violence against vulnerable groups
14:30 – 16:00	PARALLEL SESSIONS
	Parallel session I Venue: Auditorium Faith-based initiatives Chair: Shereen El Feki, Writer, broadcaster and academic Scoping study on the role of faith communities in prevention and response to sexual and gender-based violence: Implications for policy and practice Elisabet Le Roux Engaging with faith groups to prevent violence against women and girls in conflict-affected communities: A three-year tracking of 15 communities in the Orientale Province, DRC (initial findings) Elisabet Le Roux, Uwezo Lele and Maggie Sandilands Transforming masculinities: An evidence-based approach to work with faith communities on gender and masculinities Prabu Deepan Child sexual abuse and the church as service provider Stella Potgieter and Emmanuel Gabriel
14:30 – 16:00	Parallel session II - Venue: Simonsberg room Special Session – Violence Against Women and Girls – The Lancet Special Series Organiser: Diana Arango, World Bank Group This session will present the main findings of each paper included in The Lancet Special Series on Violence against Women and Girls, and will engage in a discussion on the various themes presented with authors from each of the articles. Prevention of violence against women and girls: What does the evidence say? *Mary Ellsberg*, Diana J. Arango, Matthew Morton, Floriza Gennari, Sveinung Kiplesund, Manuel Contreras and Charlotte Watts Addressing violence against women: A call to action *Claudia Garcia-Moreno*, Cathy Zimmerman, Alison Morris-Gehring, Lori Heise, Avni Amin, Naeemah Abrahams, Oswaldo Montoya, Padma Bhate-Deosthali, Nduku Kilonzo and Charlotte Watts Prevention of violence against women and girls: Lessons from practice Lori Michau, Jessica Stern, Amy Bank, Mallika Dutt and Cathy Zimmerman From work with men and boys to changes of social norms and reduction of inequities in gender relations: a conceptual shift in prevention of violence against women and girls *Rachel Jewkes*, Michael Flood and James Lang
14:30 – 16:00	Parallel session III - Venue: Helderberg room Mental health Chair: Chi-Chi Undie, Population Council Provision of psychosocial services to men and boys as a means of primary prevention of gender based violence in Sri Lanka Kamani Jinadasa and V. Jayasuriya-Illesinghe A qualitative assessment of psychosocial consequences of sexual violence related pregnancies in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Jennifer Scott, Shada Rouhani, Colleen Mullen, Philipp Kuwert, Ashley Greiner, Katherine Albutt, Gillian Burkhardt, Monica Onyango, Michael VanRooyen and Susan Bartels Common Threads: A psycho-therapeutic group intervention for the long- term consequences of sexual violence Rachel Cohen Early trauma in the chain of risk cascade for re-offending women with posttraumatic stress disorder and HIV in Alabama Courtenay Sprague, Bharathi Radhakrishan, Shelley Brown, Theresa Sommers* and David Pantalone* The contested territory of psychological trauma and its implications for the psychological treatment of survivors of sexual abuse Anastasia Maw
14:30 – 16:00	Parallel session IV - Venue: Stellenberg room Understanding risk and protective factors Chair: Mary Ellsberg, Global Women’s Institute Effect of education on women’s experience of intimate partner violence: Universal Primary Education as a natural experiment in Malawi and Uganda Amber Peterman, Julia Behrman and Tia Palermo Violent experiences in childhood and men’s perpetration of intimate partner violence as a young adult: A multi-stage cluster survey in Malawi Kristin VanderEnde, James Mercy, Mary Shawa, Nankali Maksud, Brendan Ross, Juliette Lee, Sundeep Gupta, Nellie Wadonda-Kabondo and Susan Hillis Intimate partner violence against women in Myanmar: Findings from a qualitative study in Yangon and Mawlamyine Stephanie Miedema, San Shwe and Aye Thiri Kyaw Household gender roles: Rethinking what works in preventing intimate partner violence Sophie Namy, Lori Michau, Tina Musuya, Janet Nakuti, Nambusi Kyegombe and Tanya Abramsky The use of patriarchy and a sense of entitlement in justifying gender-based violence including sexual abuse of young children Kgauhelo Lekalakala
14:30 – 16:00	Parallel session V - Venue: Historic Old Wine Cellar Prevention interventions Chair: Mark Tomlinson, Stellenbosch University The Maisha Trial: Study design and the prevalence of physical and sexual violence at baseline Saidi Kapiga, Gerry Mshana, Daniel Pilger, Sheila Harvey, Christian Hansen, Ramadhan Hashim, Grace Mtolela, Shelley Lees and Charlotte Watts Understanding the everyday lives and experiences of intimate partner violence of women participating in a microfinance programme in North West Tanzania Shelley Lees, Gerry Mshana, Veronica Selestine, Kija Nyalali, Saidi Kapiga, and Charlotte Watts Violence against children in Cape Town, South Africa: Developing an understanding of the underlying determinants of violence Shanaaz Mathews, Rajen Govender, Guy Lamb, Lauren Baerecke and Catherine Ward Reducing secondary distress in violence researchers: A randomised trial of the effectiveness of group debriefings Heidi Grundlingh, Louise Knight , Dipak Naker and Karen Devries
16:00 – 16:30	Coffee break Poster session: Health and justice
16:30 – 18:00	PARALLEL SESSIONS
16:30 – 18:00	Parallel session I - Venue: Simonsberg room Primary prevention in East Africa Chair: Elizabeth Dartnall, Sexual Violence Research Initiative Lessons learned from building capacity for sexual and intimate partner violence primary prevention research and intervention development in East Africa Elizabeth Dartnall and Anik Gevers Men’s involvement in a parenting programme for reduction of gender-based violence and child maltreatment: Formative evaluation in Uganda Godfrey Siu Safe Schools: Evidence to inform a holistic primary prevention intervention in Kenya Carolyne Ajema, Karanja Muraya, Robinson Karuga, Ndindi Mutisya, Wanjiru Mukoma, Lina Digolo and Millicent Kiruki Developing/adapting a school based sexual and dating violence prevention intervention in Nairobi, Kenya Tom Omwenga, Philomena Mwaura, Mathew Tarus, Purity Mwaura and Carol Plummer Experiences of gender-based violence for learners, parents and teachers in Tanzanian schools Lusajo Kajula
16:30 – 18:00	Parallel session II - Venue: Helderberg room Care and support Chair: Yandisa Sikweyiya, South African Medical Research Council One size fits all: Standardised provision of care for survivors of sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict contexts in sub-Saharan Africa Ann van Haver, Rafael Van den Bergh, Katherine Tayler-Smith, Jerlie Loko Roka, Rony Zachariah, Marcel Manzi, Vincent Lambert, Emmanuel Lampaert, Lucien Masangu, Derick MuishaBaroki, Jean Paul Basimuoneye, Didier Amudiandroy Moke, Luke Bawo, and Eva De Plecker The Tathmini gender based violence study: Results of an evaluation of the impact of comprehensive gender-based violence programming in Mbeya Region, Tanzania Susan Settergren, Megan Dunbar, Lusajo Kajula, Hussein Kamugisha, Felix Kisanga, Jessie Mbwambo, Stella Mujaya and Wasima Rida Women’s perceptions of the role of health services in preventing and addressing intimate partner violence following HIV disclosure Manuela Colombini, Susannah Mayhew, Jackie Kivunaga and Charity Ndwiga Evidence-based models for global policy decisions: Outcomes for abused women and their children two years following a shelter stay compared to use of justice services Judith McFarlane, Brenda Binder, Nina Fredland, John Maddoux, Rene Paulson and Jackie Pennings Gender-based violence screening: Acceptability and feasibility in primary health care in humanitarian settings Sanni Bundgaard, Sophie Wanjiku, Geoffrey Luttah and Mark Ijjo
16:30 – 18:00	Parallel session III - Venue: Stellenberg room Special session: Addressing Violence Against Women and Girls across development sectors: Initiate, integrate, innovate Organiser: Jennifer McCleary-Sills, International Center for Research on Women, Diana Arango, World Bank Group and Manuel Contreras, Global Women’s Institute at George Washington University This session will introduce the audience to a new online resource guide that aims to improve the linkages between stand-alone violence prevention activities and broader development initiatives.
16:30 – 18:00	Parallel session IV - Venue: Historic Old Wine Cellar Addressing violence in people with disabilities Chair: Ruchira Naved, ICDDR,B Sexual and reproductive health and disability: Needs, risks and capacities of refugees with disabilities in Kenya, Nepal and Uganda Mihoko Tanabe, Yusrah Nagujjah, Nirmal Rimal, Florah Bukania and Sandra Krause Child participation to confront sexual violence against children with disabilities: Experience of Handicap International in Rwanda, Burundi and Kenya through research and programming Sofia Hedjam, Sarah Rizk and Elie Sabuwanka Gender-based violence against women with physical and sensory disabilities in Cape Town, South Africa Ingrid van der Heijden, Naeemah Abrahams and Jane Harries “I see that it is possible”: Gaps and opportunities for disability inclusion in gender-based violence programs in humanitarian settings Emma Pearce and Elizabeth Sherwood
16:30 – 18:00	Parallel session V - Venue: Amphitheatre board room 2 Extended definitions of gender-based violence Chair: James Lang, United Nations Development Programme Catalyzing multi-sectoral collaborations in the prevention of early marriage and female genital mutilation in Ethiopia: The experience of Integrated Family Health Program Heran Abebe Tadesse Processes of change among men engaged in the abandonment of female genital mutilation and circumcision (FGM-C) in Kembatta Zone, Ethiopia Erin Stern and Althea Anderson Mind the gap: Obstetric violence in Colombo district, Sri Lanka Dinusha Chamanie, Jennifer Infanti, Ragnhild Lund, Berit Schei, Kumudu Wijewardene, on behalf of the ADVANCE study team A step towards violence free healthcare settings in Pakistan Somani R, Karmaliani R, McFarlane J, Asad N and Hirani S. Presented by Hussain Maqbool
17:00 – 18:00	Satellite session 4 - Venue: Amphitheatre board room 1 National Guidelines and Standards for Support to Rape Survivors, NACOSA
18:30 – 19:30	Launch - Venue: Simonsberg Guidelines for Integrating Gender-based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Action, The Inter-agency Reference Group for the revised Gender-based Violence Guidelines
19:30 – 23:00	CONFERENCE DINNER Venue: Auditorium

Thursday - 17 September

09:00 – 11:00	PARALLEL SESSIONS – SPECIAL SESSIONS
	Special Session I - Venue: Auditorium The What Works to Prevent Violence against Women and Girls initiative Organiser: Emma Fulu, Independent consultant In this session, What Works will share the latest lessons learned from the field on refining, adapting and implementing violence prevention interventions in low income settings, including in conflict and humanitarian settings. What Works to Prevent Violence against Women and Girls? Global programme *Rachel Jewkes* Changing normative beliefs to reduce partner violence *Charlotte Watts and Tanya Abramsky* Research uptake: what is it and what works? *Emma Fulu* What do we need to know about VAWG in conflict and humanitarian settings? Capturing prevalence, forms and trends of VAWG in conflict? *Mary Ellsberg* Measuring the social and economic costs of VAWG Jennifer McCleary-Sills
	Special Session II - Venue: Stellenberg room Drivers of violence: The Multi Country Study of Violence Affecting Children Organiser: Catherine Maternowska, UNICEF This session will provide an overview of the multi-country study, followed by a discussion of what is meant by ‘drivers of violence’. As Stage 1 of the study draws to a close, findings and other emerging evidence will be shared. Understanding what drives violence: How process creates outcomes *Catherine Maternowska* The violence prevention research process: Italy *Department of Equal Opportunities, Prime Minister’s Office* The violence prevention research process: Peru *Fernando Bolaños* The violence prevention research process: Viet Nam *Department of Child Care and Protection, Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs* The violence prevention research process: Zimbabwe *Ministry of Public Service Labour and Social Welfare (MoPSLSW), Department of Child Welfare and Probation Services (DCWPS), Zimbabwe Statistical Agency ZIMSTAT and UNICEF-Zimbabwe*
	Special Session III - Venue: Simonsberg room The challenges and hopes of interventions around gender equality and intimate partner violence prevention Organiser: Andrew Gibbs, HEARD This special session draws together a unique range of researchers who have developed, implemented and evaluated a range of interventions that have all sought to build gender equitable relationships and reduce intimate partner violence. Facilitators: Between a rock and a hard place *Andrew Gibbs* The challenges of evaluating and delivering SASA! *Nambusi Kyegombe* Unintended consequences of working on sexuality education with young people with disabilities: Experiences from the Breaking the Silence project *Jill Hannas-Hancock* The challenges and opportunities for developing and implementing gender transformative prevention interventions *Nwabisa Jama-Shai* Politics and processes of conceptualising a space for intervention within the antenatal and postnatal settingTamaryn Crankshaw
	Special Session IV - Venue: Helderberg room The Power to Prevent – Oxfam’s use of innovative, participatory strategies to change negative social norms that perpetuate VAWG/GBV in Bangladesh, China, Solomon Islands, Guatemala, and Pakistan Organiser: Laura Haylock, Oxfam VAWG/GBV Knowledge Hub In this session, Oxfam’s emerging global Theory of Change on changing negative social norms that perpetuate violence against women/gender-based violence will be explored. The Power To Prevent –Oxfam’s use of innovative, participatory strategies to change negative social norms that perpetuate VAWG/GBV in Bangladesh, China, Solomon Islands, Guatemala and Pakistan *Monica Bau, Doreen Fernando, Conor Molloy, CHUNG, Lai Shan, Saleema Munir and Laura Haylock* Pop culture with a purpose: Edutainment – Violence against women. A Bangladesh case study Combining knowledge and thoughts to prevent and eradicate violence against indigenous women in Guatemala Gender theatre: Deconstructing and reconstructing social norms in China Standing Together Against Violence (STAV) Program: Solomon Islands Ending violence against women: Political leadership model
	Special Session V - Venue: Historic Old Wine Cellar What is “gender based violence”? And why does it matter? Organiser: Jeanne Ward, Independent consultant This session aims to raise the audience’s awareness of, and encourage dialogue about the unresolved question of what is meant by ‘Gender-Based Violence’ (and, in turn, Gender-Based Violence programming), with the goal of ensuring anti-violence efforts are grounded in a sound conceptual understanding of violence perpetration and prevention. Presentation
11:00 – 11:30	Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00	PLENARY SESSION III Venue: Auditorium Economic empowerment interventions for the prevention of violence against women and children Organisers: Tia Palermo and Amber Peterman, UNICEF Office of Research, Innocenti The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach? A mixed methods study on the causal mechanisms/pathways between a cash and in-kind food transfer programme and decreased intimate partner violence Ana Maria Buller, Melissa Hidrobo, Amber Peterman and Lori Heise The impact of a Conditional Cash Transfer study (HPTN 068) and a Community Mobilization intervention on experiences of intimate partner violence: Findings from Mpumalanga, South Africa Audrey Pettifor, Catherine MacPhail, Sheri A. Lippman, Amanda Selin, F. Xavier Gómez Olivé, James P Hughes, Jing Wang, Ann Gottert, Suzanne Maman, Aimée Julien, Stephanie M. DeLong, Dean Peacock, Dumisani Rebombo, Kathleen Kahn and the HPTN 068 Study Team Women’s entrepreneurship and intimate partner violence: A cluster randomized trial of microenterprise assistance and partner participation in post-conflict Uganda Eric P. Green, Christopher Blattman, Julian Jamison and Jeannie Annan
13:00 – 13:30	PLENARY SESSION VI Venue: Auditorium Closing session Chair: Alessandra Guedes, Pan American Health Organization Prize Giving Rachel Jewkes, South African Medical Research Council Final remarks and closing Claudia Garcia-Moreno, World Health Organization