Are you attending the SVRI Forum in Mexico this September? We will be thrilled to connect with you!

On September 19 until 23, AWDF will join hundreds of funders, researchers, practitioners to steer debate on the future of violence prevention and redress at the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) Forum in Mexico, Cancún. The forum is the largest global, abstract-driven research and advocacy conference on violence against women (VAW). It brings together researchers, funders, practitioners, policymakers, activists, and survivors every two years to connect, learn and share. The forum is also an opportunity to learn about the newest innovations for prevention and responding to VAW in low- and middle-income countries and to meet some of the most influential donors, researchers and practitioners in the fields of VAW.

Our staff delegation will be led by AWDF’s Director of Programmes – Pontso Mafethe, together with a diverse team from our knowledge, grants and operations portfolios.

We are also thrilled to be convening over 20 movement voices from ten countries to actively engage and influence conversations in the space! These include representatives of women’s rights organisations, individual feminist activists and collectives on the continent and in the Middle East (from our Leading from the South programme).

Check us out at the forum by connecting with us at the following events and sessions

Connection highlight one

SVRI and AWDF collaborative donor engagement session on decolonised and ethical funding for VAW and gender equality

Tuesday| Sept 20 | 6:00 – 7:00 PM

Venue: TBD |Translation available: Spanish, English

Connection Highlight two

Dialogic panel: Power and control in research: The High-Income Countries – Low- and Middle-Income Countries Divide

**Chair: Pontso Mafethe, African Women’s Development Fund

Time: 16:30 – 18:00 | Wednesday 21, Sept

Venue: Goya | Translation available: Spanish, English

Connection highlight three

AWDF Grantee partners-led Knowledge circles

Wednesday | Sept 21 | 11:00 AM – 01:00 PM

Venue: TBD |Translation available: French, Arabic, Spanish, English

Connection highlight four

South-feminist led funding: Showcasing the Leading from the South Model

Thursday| Sept 22 | 14:30 – 16:00

Venue: Greco-Dalí |Translation available: Spanish, English

Here is the full programme of the SVRI forum where you will find details of these and other very insightful activities at the forum. Please contact our Knowledge Management Team via knowledge@awdf.org if you have specific questions around AWDF’s engagement at the forum.