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A: 13:00 – 14:00

A.1 What is ‘normative’ violence?

Speaker: Faustine Bwire Masath

Authors: Karen Devries, Susan J Elliott, Abraham Marshall Nunbogu, Kate Goessman, Satveer Dhillon, Faustine Bwire Masath, Tobias Hecker

A.2 Gender-based violence and adolescent pregnancy in marginal Ugandan contexts

Speaker: Doris Kakuru

Authors: Doris Kakuru, Annah Kamusiimea, Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo, Mandeep Kaur Mucina

A.3 Culture as risk and protection: Exploring root causes of violence against women and children in Mt. Elgon, Kenya

Speaker: Fredrick Omutiti

Authors: Fredrick Omutiti, Rispah Wepukhulu, Peter Otieno, Mordecai Odera, Onex Opati

A.4 Changes in violence against women and girls during the pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Speaker: Christina Emilian

Authors: Christina Emilian, Jim Schmeckenbecher, Judith Aschauer, Nontokozo Langwenya, Claudia Zimmermann, David Humphreys, Kim van Daalen

A.5 Prevalence, nature and determinants of violence against women and girls in Vietnam: A systematic review of literature

Speaker: Revathi Krishna

Authors: Jane Fisher, Revathi N. Krishna, Chethana Mudunna, Loan Vu, Chi Quynh Doan, Ha Thu Tran, Astghik Mavisakalyan, Lorena Romero

A.6 When violence is justified: Social and economic drivers of wife-beating acceptance in Indonesia

Speaker: Yulinda Nurul Aini

Authors: Yulinda Nurul Aini

A.7 Prevalence, nature and determinants of violence against women and girls in Indonesia: A systematic review of literature

Speaker: Veronica Bernardo Saldanha

Authors: Jane Fisher, Astghik Mavisakalyan, Lorena Romero, Revathi N. Krishnar, Rafat Mahmood, Dhanie Nugroho, Amanda Wijayanti, Veronica Bernardo Saldanha

A.8 A qualitative exploration of intersectional experiences of domestic violence among abused married women in rural Bangladesh

Speaker: Reshmi Mukerji

Authors: Heidi Stöckl, Ruchira Tabassum Naved, Jannatul Ferdous Antu, Reshmi Mukerji, Abigail M. Hatcher

A.9 Contextualising adolescent sexual violence in southern Nigeria: Qualitative insights into gendered patterns of victimisation and perpetration

Speaker: Liliana Abreu

Authors: Tobias Hecker, Liliana Abreu, Anke Hoeffler, Adebunmi Oyekola

A.10 Silence was safer: Masculinities, consent, and delayed or non-disclosure of childhood sexual violence by adult men in West Bengal, India

Speaker: Savarni Purkayastha

Authors: Savarni Purkayastha

A.11 Adolescents’ voices on dating violence: A qualitative study in primary and high school learners in South Africa

Speaker: Nwabisa Shai

Authors: Mercilene Machisa, Rachel Jewkes, Pinky Mahlangu, Asiphe Ketelo, Nwabisa Jama Shai

A.12 Understanding violence risks and protective factors for girls in child domestic work in Kenya

Speaker: Moureen Ochieng

Authors: Macrine Otuge, Moureen Ochieng, Beatrice Ogutu

A.13 Addressing pornography’s influence in schools: What does it look like in practice? An evidence-based proposed practice framework

Speaker: Maree Crabbe

Authors: Michael Flood, Maree Crabbe

A.14 Caregivers’ Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), armed conflict, and the intergenerational risk of child externalizing behaviours in Colombia

Speaker: Pablo Muñoz Specht

Authors: Pablo Muñoz Specht, George Tarabulsy

A.15 Developing an understanding of the nature and outcomes of child sexual abuse among boys: A scoping review

Speaker: Phiwe Nota

Authors: Shanaaz Mathews, Rizwana Mallick, Phiwe Babalo Nota, Athraa Fakier, Lizette Berry

A.16 Childlessness and intimate partner violence in India: Evidence from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)

Speaker: Sunu C. Thomas

Authors: Michele R. Decker, Anaise Williams, Shannon N. Wood, Haley L. Thomas, Sunu C. Thomas

A.17 Greater severity of alcohol use disorder associated with increased amount and types of intimate partner violence: Implications for couples-based interventions from the Harmony Trial in South India

Speaker: Maria Ekstrand

Authors: Elsa Heylen, Meghna Achar, Maria L. Ekstrand, Bibhav Achary, Matilda Pereira, Krishnamachari Srinivasan

A.18 Intimate partner violence among women living with HIV in Hanoi: Prevalence, predictors, and pathways

Speaker: Thi Thanh Thuy Dinh

Authors: Kathryn M. Yount, Thi Thanh Thuy Dinh, Minh Anh Vu, Huong Dang, Harper Dodson, Sophia Hussen, Monica Swahn Swahn, Minh Giang Le

A.19 Regional disparities and correlates of intimate partner violence against adolescent girls and young women in Nigeria: A secondary data analysis

Speaker: Ayodeji Adebayo

Authors: Michele R. Decker, Anaise Williams, Shannon N. Wood, Haley L. Thomas, Ayodeji M. Adebayo

A.20 Social support and HIV disclosure: Implications for option B+ ART adherence among perinatal women in a South Africa clinical setting

Speaker: Shay Slifko

Authors: Nataly Woollett, Abigail M. Hatcher, Shay Slifko, Lele van Eck, Rokhaya Kane, Kirsten Thomson

A.21 The patterns and timelines of coercive control among Australian women, including health associations and help-seeking behaviour

Speaker: Elizabeth McLindon

Authors: Elizabeth McLindon, Kelsey Hegarty

A.22 Addressing teenage pregnancies in Meru County using a multisectoral approach

Speaker: Judy kawira

Authors: Judy Mariu Kawira, Roselyene Fedelia, Gitonga Ketty, Titus Mutura, Kelvin Gitonga Mutugi

A.23 Experiences of violence during pregnancy and its association with maternal mental health in India: A systematic review

Speaker: Saddichha Marathe

Authors: Suresh Jungari, Saddichha Dilip Marathe, Puja Das

A.24 Contact intimate partner violence and reproductive coercion: Nationally representative results among ever-partnered women aged 15-30 years in Bhutan

Speaker: Jigme Choden

Authors: Michele R. Decker, Anaise Williams, Shannon N. Wood, Haley L. Thomas, Jigme Choden

A.25 Intimate partner violence during pregnancy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Speaker: Richard Aboagye

Authors: Richard Gyan Aboagye, Husna Razee, Nuworza Kugbey, Blessing Jaka Akombi-Inyang

A.26 Prevalence and ecological correlates of economic partner abuse: A cross-sectional study of spouses in three states of India

Speaker: Shruti Shukla

Authors: Rucha Vasumati Satish, Ines Böhret, Anushree Dirangane, Shruti Shukla, Janina Isabel Steinert

A.27 Transnational domestic, family and sexual violence in the context of temporary labour migration between Australia, Timor-Leste and Pacific Island countries: A qualitative study of women’s experiences

Speaker: Gemma Tarpey-Brown

Authors: Gemma Tarpey-Brown, Laurentina ‘mica’ Barreto Soares, Cathy Vaughan Karen Block

A.28 Examining the influence of alcohol consumption on the protective function of social support in reducing intimate partner violence among adolescent girls and young women

Speaker: Victoria Oyekunle

Authors: Victoria Oyekunle, Andrew Gibbs, Kim Jonas, Andrew Tomita

A.29 Understanding age of consent and adolescent vulnerability in India: Bringing evidence from health and suicide data for strengthening child safety education

Speaker: Leena Kejriwal

Authors: Shalini Arvindan, Aparajita Chatterjee, Leena Kejriwal

A.30 Gangsterism as an extenuating factor for intimate partner violence in a semi-urban area in South Africa

Speaker: Jani Nöthling

Authors: Samantha Willan, Leane Ramsoomar, Rachel Jewkes, Naeemah Abrahams, Venice Mbowane, Desiree Pass, Maureen Phakoe, Charntel Paile, Amanda Zembe, Shibe Mhlongo, Esnat Chirwa, Jani Nöthling

A.31 Gender and violence dynamics of a government housing lottery in Ethiopia

Speaker: Seifu Tadesse

Authors: Amber Peterman, Meghna Ranganathan, Mark Marchant, Seifu Tadesse, Samuel Adola Moga, Hiwot Tesfa, Abiyot Asfaw, Tigist Terefe, Alebel Guangul, Desalegn Shiferaw, Tigabu Getahun, Andreas Kotsadam

A.32 Interplay of education and community norms in justifying intimate partner violence among ever-married women aged 15–49 years in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study

Speaker: Mohammad Hridoy Patwary

Authors: Mohammad Hridoy Patwary, Sumaiya Nusrat

A.33 Prevalence and determinants of early-onset of intimate partner violence against newlywed women: Findings from a prospective cohort study in Bangladesh

Speaker: Fauzia Akhter Huda

Authors: Ruchira Tabassum Naved, Syed Hassan Imtiaz, Munia Afroza, Md. Mahfuz Al Mamun, Salma Akter, Showrov Sarker, Fauzia Akhter Huda

A.34 Invisible femicides, fragile democracies: What the absence of femicide monitoring reveals

Speaker: Ditte Bjerregaard

Authors: Ditte Bjerregaard

A.35 Femicides in Germany – Markers as prognostic tools for effective prevention

Speaker: Professor Kristina Wolff

Authors: Professor Kristina Wolff

A.36 Tracking femicide in Kenya: Correlates and patterns by perpetrator relationship (2016–2023)

Speaker: Josphine Wanjiru

Authors: Shannon Wood, Anaise Williams, Haley Thomas, Michele Decker, Josphine Wanjiru Kagucia

A.37 Naming the normalised: How media hides everyday violence against women and girls

Speaker: Nazerke Alpysbai

Authors: Nazerke Alpysbai

A.38 Reproductive violence in Morocco: Mixed methods study to measure the likelihood of exposure to different forms of reproductive violence among Moroccan, Refugee and Migrant Women

Speaker: Abdellatif Maamri

Authors: Abdellatif Maamri, Nihal Said

A.39 Intimate partner violence and abortion among women in Nigeria: An exploration of a nationally representative data

Speaker: Mobolaji Salawu

Authors: Michele R. Decker, Anaise Williams, Shannon N. Wood, Haley L. Thomas, Mobolaji M. Salawu

A.40 Controlling the purse and the womb: Qualitative insights on economic and reproductive abuse among married women and men in Maharashtra, India

Speaker: Ines Böhret

Authors: Rucha Vasumati Satish, Shruti Shukla, Ines Annika Böhret, Erin Hartman

A.41 Breaking the silence: Perceptions of obstetric violence among health professionals and students in Lebanon

Speaker: Carmel Bouclaous

Authors: Carmel Bouclaous, Maguy Ghanem

A.42 Engagement in transactional sex and intimate partner violence perpetration among men in Mwanza, Tanzania: Findings from the LINEA trial baseline survey

Speaker: Annabelle Gourlay

Authors: Ana Maria Buller, Tanya Abramsky, Joyce Wamoyi, Annabelle Gourlay, Martin Zuakulu, Marjorie Pichon, Nerissa Tilouche, Mwita Wambura, Helen A. Weiss

A.43 Knowledge vacuums and digital ecologies: A narrative inquiry into unwanted childhood sexual experiences and hypersexual behaviors among young Bisexual, Gay, and other Men who have Sex with Men (BGMSM) survivors in metro Manila, Philippines

Speaker: Iedsif Croain Cadano

Authors: Iedsif Croain Cadano, Dan Andrei Lazaro, Danielle Naldo, Earnest James Guanlao, Donna Sombrea

A.44 “I even think I could be killed there”: School-based violence against gender non-conforming and LGBTQ youth in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Speaker: Grace Sheehy

Authors: Pierre Akilimali, Nadia Lobo, Grace Sheehy, Mike Mpoyi, Jean-Claude Mulunda

A.45 Empowered and equal futures for girls in Southeast Asia: First-phase assessment of gender norms and school-related gender-based violence in Cambodia and Viet Nam

Speaker: Shreyasi Jha

Authors: Shreyasi Jha, Amelia Smith, Freya Allery, Kirsten Anderson, Young Hwa Choi

A.46 Understanding social norms driving childhood violence in São Tomé and Príncipe

Speaker: Naomi Neijhoft

Authors: Tia Palermo, Belquiri Viegas DAbreu Mascarenhas, Mirabel Costa Ribeiro, Maliana Marcelino Serrano, Naomi Neijhoft, Kate Rogers, Natasha C. Allard, Sarah Hadley, Lukene Neto, Ivando Ceita, Katia Eusebio, Idalio Luis, Debora Nandja, Leandro Lavres Da Costa, Lauricy De Sa Menezes Fernandes Leal

A.47 From theory to practice: Applying the UNFPA Asia-Pacific social and gender norms tip sheets

Speaker: Ingrid FitzGerald

Authors: Valentina Volpe, Sujata Tuladhar, Ingrid Fitzgerald, Robin Mauney

A.48 Free to dream? School community perceptions of gender-based violence against girls in Brazilian schools

Speaker: Débora Tavares Lira

Authors: Amanda Sadalla, Graziela Santos, Isabella Santiago, Breno Barlach, Isadora Castanhedi, Débora Tavares Lira

A.49 How community and relationship-level factors interact to shape intimate partner violence and relationship quality among young people in South African informal settlements

Speaker: Erin Stern

Authors: Zamakhoza Khoza, Erin Stern, Rachel Jewkes, Yandisa Sikweyiya, Laura Washington, Andrew Gibbs, Smanga Mkhwanazi, Maryam Shahmanesh

A.50 Sexual misconduct among high school students in Vietnam

Speaker: Kim Tu Tran

Authors: Kathryn Yount, Kim Tu Tran

A.51 Secured but not safe: Navigating a web of traps for sexual violence in Tanzanian academic settings – A qualitative interview study

Speaker: Ester Mzilangwe

Authors: Ester Mzilangwe, Isabel Goicolea, Sylvia Kaaya, Marie Lindkvist, Faustine Kyungu Nkulu Kalengayi

A.52 Sexual harassment in Vietnam: A pilot study among nursing students

Speaker: Xuan Trinh Thanh

Authors: Kathryn Yount, Xuan Trinh Thanh, Khue Pham Minh, Giang Hoang Thi, Phuong Trinh Mai, Thuan Hoang Thi, Kimberley Freire

A.53 Intimate partner violence and sexual health among transgender and nonbinary persons in the United States

Speaker: Erik Storholm

Authors: Erik Storholm, Glenn Wagner

A.54 Gender-based violence among internally displaced adolescent girls in Cameroon: A participatory qualitative study on social norms, sexual and reproductive health rights, and education

Speaker: Laetitia Tonye Loe

Authors: Tonye Laetitia

A.55 Understanding gender-based violence as a barrier to adolescent girls’ education: Participatory mixed-methods evidence from southern Ethiopia

Speaker: Getachew Zewdie Debirneh

Authors: Meaza Woubishet, Neway Tekeste, Getachew Zewdie Debirneh

A.56 Baseline climate survey findings on sexual harassment at the University of Eswatini

Speaker: Nompilo Dlamini

Authors: Fortunate Shabalala, Nompilo Dlamini

A.57 Status of gender-based violence policies in higher education institutions in Africa and Middle East: Accessibility, characteristics, and implementation challenges

Speaker: Priti Prabhughate

Authors: Julienne Corboz, Priti Prabhughate, Elizabeth Dartnall, Sawsan Zaideh

A.58 Perceptions of the appropriate age of marriage among adolescent girls in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Speaker: Gullan Ismail

Authors: Kathryn Falb, Haley Thomas, Shannon N. Wood, Annaise Williams, Gullan Ismael Mawlood

A.59 Weaponizing patriarchy: Mob sexual harassment as a political tool against women in Egypt

Speaker: Samaa Hossam

Authors: Samaa Hossam Abdelhamid

A.60 Prevalence of violence against women and girls in conflict settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Speaker: Maureen Murphy

Authors: Maureen Murphy, Emily Smith, Shikha Chandarana, Mary Ellsberg

A.61 Displaced motherhood and stateless births: Rohingya women, girls, and their children at the intersection of sexual violence and justice

Speaker: Zoe Bell, Bina D’Costa

Authors: Zoe Bell, Bina D’Costa, Michelle Godwin

A.62 Breaking silos: An Integrated framework addressing youth substance use as a driver of violence in post-conflict northern Sri Lanka

Speaker: Camille Neidhardt

Authors: Camille Alice Jeanne Neidhardt

A.63 Unpacking drivers of violence against women and children pre and post conflict: Analysis of protection conditions and household vulnerabilities in Al Jazirah State, Sudan

Speaker: Carrell Magno

Authors: Joanna Kretzer Chun, Carrell Magno, Veronica Kaitano

A.64 Structural violence, intergenerational harm, and invisible care as violence prevention in pregnancy during displacement and migration

Speaker: Loes Loning

Authors: Loes Loning, Marjette Koot, Roanne van Voorst, Tessa Rosenboom, Rana Kamperis

A.65 Gender and power analysis: Thai-Myanmar border

Speaker: Warangkana (Yui) Mutumol

Authors: Warangkana (Yui) Mutumol, Rio Jones

A.66 Dynamics of coercion and resilience during and after the sexual exploitation of indigenous Bolivian women

Speaker: Angela Robinson

Authors: Angela R. Robinson, Patric Hansen, Marta Furlan, Doris Monasterios, Lisseth Solaris, Ariel Alexander, Zamy Saravia, Andrea Choque, Monica Castillo, Mayte Rivera, Lucero Gutierrez, Rosario Choque Limachi, Guadalupe Flores, Abigail Poncia, Kiana Harris, Marcela Losantos Velasco

A.67 Under attack: How global humanitarian security frameworks silence community-embedded women aid workers’ experience of violence

Speaker: Jessica Skinner

Authors: Jessica Skinner

A.68 Understanding Malaysian-Indian women’s experiences of sexual trauma: Living at the crossroads of gender, culture and minority identity

Speaker: Shivakaaminii 

Authors: Shivakaaminii, France Sheeva Weil

A.69 The moderating role of number of children in the relationship between intimate partner violence and mothers’ mental health: A longitudinal study in Nairobi, Kenya

Speaker: Gi Un Shin

Authors: Gi Un Shin, Kevin Onuonga, Enoch Amponsah, Moraa Obara, Samantha Winter, Susan Witte

A.70 “Recovery is like Jenga”: Practitioner perspectives on implementing a holistic recovery intervention for domestic, family and sexual violence

Speaker: Arjita Sharda

Authors: Arjita Sharda, Lata Satyen, John Toumbourou, Carolyn Robinson

A.71 Strengthening gender-based violence response for migrant women: Service provider perspectives from Mumbai, India

Speaker: Anushree 

Authors: Anushree, Aparna Joshi, Aastha Niranjan

A.72 Gender-based violence in precarious migration contexts: Lived experiences of migrant women in Mumbai, India

Speaker: Aastha Niranjan

Authors: Anushree ., Aparna Joshi, Aastha Niranjan

A.73 Violence victimization in childhood and adulthood: Associations with recent psychological distress and suicidality among female sex workers in Vietnam

Speaker: Meghan Macaulay

Authors: Kathryn M. Yount, Meghan Macaulay, Thi Giang Hoang

A.74 Ending violence for people at the intersections of risk and exclusion: How new research can help ensure no one is left behind

Speaker: Aissa Boodhoo, Asmita Basu

Authors: Aissa Boodhoo, Asmita Basu

A.75 The intersectionality of everyday racism and food insecurity among black women surviving intimate partner violence

Speaker: Mary Hearst

Authors: Mary Hearst, Leso Munala, Kaboni Whitney, Alexa Lopez, Hanan Abusbaitan, Anwar Eyadat, Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu

A.76 The nexus of climate-related disasters and gender-based violence against women in the southeastern United States

Speaker: Ashley Ruiz

Authors: Ashley Ruiz

A.77 Evidence of the interlinkages between GBV and household resilience to climate shocks

Speaker: Alix Clark

Authors: Alix Clark, Erin Stern, Hana Asfour, Nilanjana Bhattacharjee, Valeria Miglio

A.78 Making the case for addressing GBV through climate and environmental action

Speaker: Naomi Clugston

Authors: Naomi Clugston

A.79 Women’s and girls’ exposure to gender-based violence in southern Madagascar: Their insights and experience in the aftermath of the 2019-2022 drought

Speaker: Lorena Levano

Authors: Katie Robinette, Elizabeth Graybill, Francesca Rivelli, Mina Rakotoarindrasata, Joanna de Berry, Valentina Lacovelli, Stella Harivola, Jean de Dieu Randrianasolorivo

A. 80 Self reported experiences of interpersonal violence among high performance elite athletes in Brazil

Speaker: Joanna Maranhão

Authors: Joanna Maranhao, Sylvie Parent, Camille Clermot, Tine Vertommen

A.81 “I’ve never experienced violence, but fear is always there”: A qualitative study of benevolent sexism and everyday gendered injustice during conflict and pandemic in Syria

Speaker: Natasha Howard

Authors: Mervat Alhaffar, Manar Marzouq, Yazan Douedari, Natasha Howard

A.82 Intersecting impacts of climate change on gender-based violence, gender equality and sexual and reproductive health in South Sudan

Speaker: Hussein Hassan

Authors: Hussein Hassan

A.83 A novel tool for measuring technology-facilitated gender-based violence in urban Uganda

Speaker: Abigail M. Hatcher, PhD

Authors: Jackline Namubiru, Victoria Isika, Alexandra Defilippo, Obed Kambasu, Andrea Chavez, Abigail Hatcher

A.84 Beyond bruises: Lizzy, an AI tool that leverages digital, emotional, and financial abuse markers to screen for physical intimate partner violence

Speaker: Ba Linh Le

Authors: Heidi Stöckl, Ba Linh Le, Cynthia De Carvalho Fischer, Johannes Lauscher

A.85 U right sis? Staying safe online: Tackling technology-facilitated abuse in central Australian Aboriginal communities through community-led prevention

Speaker: Kayla Glynn-Braun

Authors: Chay Brown, Kayla Glynn-Braun

A. 86 Evidence-based and diverse advocacy strategies: Taipei Women’s Rescue Foundation’s experience in preventing digital sexual violence among children in Taiwan

Speaker: Chun-Wei Tseng

Authors: Chun-Wei Tseng, Ying-Chiu Tu

A.87 Securing democracy: Enhancing digital protection for women politicians in Pakistan

Speaker: Amna Baig

Authors: Amna Baig

A.88 Mental health, social and academic outcomes of technology-facilitated gender-based violence among female students in higher education: A qualitative study in Mwanza, Tanzania

Speaker: Diana Aloyce Ishengoma

Authors: Heidi Stöckl, Ana Maria Buller, Gerry Mshana, Nerissa Tilouche, Diana Aloyce Ishengoma

A.89 Understanding public attitudes toward deepfake sexual crimes in South Korea: A topic modeling study of Twitter data

Speaker: Soojeong Kim 김수정

Authors: Hyesong Joung, Jeahyeon Lee, Soojeong Kim 김수정

A.90 Racially minoritised women’s experiences of technology-facilitated sexual violence in England and Wales: The online environment as a facilitator of abuse

Speaker: Alishya Dhir

Authors: Alishya Dhir

A.91 How effectively do Large Language Models (LLMs) tailor safety planning information to survivors of controlling behaviors? Evaluating advice from ChatGPT

Speaker: Alisa Velonis

Authors: Pearl Buhariwala, Nicholas Metheny, Alisa Velonis, Megan Reyna, Patricia O’Campo

A.92 Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to combat child sexual abuse: Insights from four years of the Stella Polaris project

Speaker: Erika Olsson

Authors: Erika Olsson, Britta Holmberg

A.93 Artificial Intelligence (AI) and technology-facilitated gender-based violence in South-East Asia: Mapping AI impacts and community response gaps

Speaker: Mi Truong

Authors: Mi Truong

A.94 What do we know (and not know) about men’s perpetration of technology-facilitated violence against women? A scoping review

Speaker: Andrew Gibbs

Authors: Andrew Gibbs, Ella Mosley, Morgana Lizzio-Wilson

A.95 Enhancing digital safety: Improving access to tech-savvy support for survivors

Speaker: Lyndsey Dearlove

Authors: Lyndsey Dearlove

A.96 Digital evidence as the new forensic evidence: Building police-ready protocols for technology-facilitated GBV and sexual violence in Pakistan

Speaker: Dilshad Pari, Arham Sarwar

Authors: Maliha Zia, Arham Sarwar, Dilshad Pari

A.97 Challenging the bro code: Peer questioning as a pathway to prevent technology-facilitated gender based violence among young men in urban India

Speaker: Aishwarya Sahay

Authors: Aishwarya Sahay, Niharika Sharma

A.98 Building ‘cyber allies’: Empowering Ethiopian youth to combat TFGBV

Speaker: Bava Abdulgafoor

Authors: Felicity Mulford, Edlawit Dereje Loulseged, Bava Abdulgafoor

A.99 Across digital spaces: How technology-facilitated gender-based violence is experienced, rationalised, and perpetrated in Timor-Leste

Speaker: Xian Warner

Authors: Loksee Leung, Xian Warner, Joviana Guterres, Liz Gill-Atkinson, Xylia Ingham, Ivonia Pinto Tsia, Cosme Dos Santos, Olga da Costa Monteiro

A.100 No safe distance: TFGBV and digital transnational repression of Myanmar women in exile

Speaker: Aye Myat Su Wai

Authors: Aye Myat Su Wai

A.101 “They say anything to women, and nothing happens.”: Technology-facilitated sexual violence perpetrated by male students in higher education spaces in South Africa

Speaker: Yandisa Sikweyiya

Authors: Yandisa Sikweyiya, Andrew Gibbs, Smanga Mkhwanazi, Nangipha Mnandi, Aviwe Belani

A.102 Love, smartphones and dhoka (betrayal): Insights from a qualitative study among college students in India on using digital technology to control and coerce dating partners

Speaker: Devika Gupta

Authors: Devika Gupta, Ana Maria Buller Soto, Abhijit Nadkarni

A.103 Online gender-based violence among LBQ people in Bangladesh: A mixed-methods study of patterns, impacts, and responses

Speaker: Farah Naz Rahman

Authors: Farah Naz Rahman, MD Maruf Rahman

A.104 Digital harms, embodied consequences: The double victimization of survivors of image-based sexual violence in China

Speaker: Ling Li

Authors: Ling Li

A.105 Exploring technology-facilitated gender-based violence among university students in Bangladesh: A qualitative exploration

Speaker: Ananda Kumar Biswas

Authors: Ananda Kumar Biswas

A.106 The role of Artificial Intelligence-informed interventions for intimate partner violence prevention: A systematic review

Speaker: Tipparat Udmuangpia

Authors: Tipparat Udmuangpia, Yang Li, Chen Song, Chuka Emezue

A.107 Polyvictimisation and emerging forms of online child sexual abuse and exploitation: What we learnt from engaging children in programme design

Speaker: Grainne Le Fevre

Authors: Gráinne Le Fevre, Jean Elphick, Isabella Lanza Turner, Kimberley Anderson

A.108 Global best practices to counter family violence and child maltreatment through a child rights lens: Preliminary findings from an international systematic review

Speaker: Delphine Collin-Vezina, Ronak Karami

Authors: Delphine Collin-Vézina, Ronak Karami

A.109 Responding to digital violence in real time: Practice-based lessons from an online ambulance model addressing TFGBV

Speaker: Hetty Phu

Authors: Hetty Phu

A.110 When equality feels like losing: Zero-sum game beliefs and technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) across six low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)

Speaker: Gayatri Malhotra

Authors: Isha Bhatnagar, Astha Ramaiya, Gayatri Malhotra, Taveeshi Gupta, Kristin Schneider

A.111 Sexual autonomy and self-efficacy among Ethiopian women: Measurement validation, socio-demographic predictors, and implications for intimate partner violence

Speaker: Mehiret Begna

Authors: Mehiret Habte Begna, Chalachew Desta, Yared Mekonnen

A.112 Safe pathways to care: Safeguarded digital public health solution for GBV response

Speaker: Noor Jaber Chehayeb

Authors: Noor Jaber Chehayeb, Hisham Jaber

A.113 Shifting intrenched power inequality in violence against women research: Striving for accountability in violence against women research and evaluation

Speaker: Loksee Leung

Authors: Loksee Leung

A.114 Access by design: Survivor-led digital tools to reach women and girls with disabilities and indigenous women in Mexico

Speaker: Alma Yereli Rolander Garmendia

Authors: Alma Yereli Rolander Garmendia, Adriana García Zárate

A.115 TIPPING POINT: The chilling escalation of online violence against women in the public sphere

Speaker: Julie Posetti

Authors: Yeliz Osman, Julie Posetti

A.116 Online gendered disinformation targeting Ukrainian women and girl refugees in four European countries

Speaker: Melissa Meinhart
Authors: Caroline Masboungi, Lindsay Stark, Ilana Seff, Melissa Meinhart, Lake Erhardt-Ohren, Meghan O’Connor, Jacob Udo Udo Jacob

B: 13:00 – 14:00

B.1 Ustawi Wa Vijana Tanzania (UVITA): Youth wellbeing, healthy relationships and gender-based violence prevention in Tanzania

Speaker: Richard Sambaiga

Authors: Lyndsay McLean, Richard Sambaiga, Kisiaya Saruni, Magolanga Shagembe, Yassin Haroun

B.2 Community theatre and child-friendly information booths: Promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights to combat child exploitation

Speaker: Dahryl Imari Yuson

Authors: Glenna Rossa Paraan, Dahryl Imari Yuson, Kathyleen Honculada

B.3 Child abuse and neglect murders in South Africa in 2009, 2017 and 2020/21

Speaker: Shibe Mhlongo

Authors: Shanaaz Mathews, Leane Ramsoomar, Rachel Jewkes, Naeemah Abrahams, Shibe Mhlongo, Esnat Chirwa, Bianca Dekel, Asiphe Ketelo, Carl Lombard, Nwabisa Shai, Gerard Labuschagne, Richard Matzopoulos, Megan Prinsloo, Lorna Martin

B.4 Construyendo la aldea protectora: El testimonio en primera persona como herramienta de sensibilización, prevención y transformación social frente al abuso sexual en la infancia

Speaker: Sebastian Cuattromo

Authors: Sebastian Cuattromo, Silvia Roxana Piceda

B.5 Shame: A repoliticised reframing to inform sexual violence primary prevention

Speaker: Camille Schloeffel

Authors: Camille Schloeffel

B. 6Upholding fidelity in innovative intervention for intimate partner violence and depression among young married women in Nepal

Speaker: Rajesh kumar jha

Authors: Bibhav Acharya, Mina Shrestha, Shuvam Sharma, Saugat Joshi, Kripa Sigdel, Srijana Shrestha, Sunita Mainali, Meghnath Dhimal, Sabitri Sapkota, Rajesh Kumar Jha, Sumitra Paudel, Jene Shrestha

B.7 Building healthy relationships with couples: Evaluation of the couples-based Imarisha Mahusiano program in Kenya for the What Works II Programme

Speaker: Mary Thiongo

Authors: Nancy Perrin, Anaise Williams, Michele Decker, Mary Thiongo, Angelina Cikanda, Lousia Lavina, George Meme, Leah Mutumbu, Abdi Abdisalan, Jane Muturu, Wangechi Wachira

B.8 Adapting a sexuality education program for adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Madagascar

Speaker: Saraha Randriamorasoa

Authors: Saraha Randriamorasoa, Charlotte Dolper Gamba

B.9 Systematic review of economic evaluations of sexual violence prevention interventions in educational settings

Speaker: Quach Thu Trang

Authors: Kathryn M. Yount, Katherine M. Anderson, Quach Thu Trang, Xiangming Fang, Daniel J. Whitaker, Jingru Ren, Wei Liu, Yuchen Zhu, Yaoyue Lu, Wuwenhao Jin, Canran Lin, Tran Hung Minh

B.10 Mapping LBTQI+-focused EVAW programming: Intervention patterns from the UN Trust Fund to end violence against women and girls portfolio

Speaker: Shyamala Gomez, Fiona Dalmier

Authors: Fiona Dalmier, Shyamala Attapattu Gomez

B.11 Evidence for accelerated action: Co-creating a shared global research agenda to prevent and respond to child marriage

Speaker: Manahil Siddiqi

Authors: Manahil Siddiqi, Ramya Subrahmanian

B.12 Leveraging gender-responsive social protection to prevent and respond to child marriage: Evidence-informed guidance for policy and practice

Speaker: Eshani Samantha Ruwanpura

Authors: Manahil Siddiqi, Eshani Samantha Ruwanpura

B.13 Diffusion and maintenance of an effective social and behavioral change intervention to prevent intimate partner violence and enhance gender-equitable norms in Nepal

Speaker: Gemma Ferguson

Authors: Cari Clark, Alexandria Ree Hadd, Abbie Shervinskie, Soham Subedi, Gemma Ferguson, Binita Shrestha, Holly Baker

B.14 Practice-based knowledge in action: A guidance framework to strengthen prevention of childhood sexual violence

Speaker: Arti Mohan

Authors: Bethany Jennings, Arti Mohan, Nicolas Makharashvili, Manuela Balliet, Lina Digolo, Arunima Gururani

B.15 Integrated and sustained VAW prevention: Evidence from SASA! Community and Faith interventions

Speaker: Seid Ali Kassim

Authors: Seid Ali Kassim, Addisalem Befekadu Tessema

B.16 RESPECT women, preventing violence against women, second edition (2025)

Speaker: Avni Amin

Authors: Avni Amin

B.17 What works to prevent violence against adolescent girls in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review

Speaker: Chelsea Ullman

Authors: Shanaaz Mathews, Chelsea Ullman, Flavia Dutra

B.18 What works to prevent childhood sexual violence? A global living systematic review

Speaker: Amiya Bhatia

Authors: Elizabeth Dartnall, Amiya Bhatia, Bethany Jennings, Anja Zinke-Allmang, Nicolas Makharashvili, Jinseo Kim, Bridget Steele, Sonica Minhas, Susan Swingler, Alexa Davis, Ashleigh Howard, Constanza Ginestra, Iain Drennan, Daniela Ligiero

B.19 Youth-led primary prevention of gender-based violence in the Pacific: Practice-based evidence from the Yut Rise Up Initiative, Vanuatu

Speaker: Betty Barkha, Trisha Toangwera Aruhuri

Authors: Betty Barkha, Trisha Aruhuri

B.20 Breaking the cycle of violence: Practice based evidence from a social norms approach to gender-based violence prevention and response in Nepal

Speaker: Laxmi Aryal

Authors: Laxmi Aryal

B.21 Building resilient futures: Strengthening gender-based violence prevention through socio-economic and SRHR empowerment of adolescent mothers from informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya

Speaker: Corazon Omemu

Authors: Corazon Omemu, Sheilah Warindi

B.22 The case for investing in primary prevention: Practice based knowledge on ending men’s violence against women and girls

Speaker: Leyla Buran

Authors: Olga Jurasz, Leyla Buran

B.23 The promise of edutainment to prevent violence against women and children: A review of evidence and practice from low- and middle-income countries

Speaker: Giuliana Morales

Authors: Ruti Levtov, Lori Heise, Amber Peterman, Giuliana Morales

B.24 Youth-led change: Addressing racism to prevent violence against indigenous women and children

Speaker: Frances McCaffrey, Connie-Anne Shaw

Authors: Frances McCaffrey, Connie-Anne Shaw

B.25 Seek the ways: A digital platform promoting positive masculinities for boys in the Pacific

Speaker: Sikharin Singsakorn

Authors: Sikharin Singsakhorn, Jennifer Schatz

B.26 Diffusion of gender transformative messages through social networks: Qualitative evidence from the LINEA trial in Mwanza, Tanzania

Speaker: Marjorie Pichon

Authors: Ana Maria Buller, Tanya Abramsky, Joyce Wamoyi, Annabelle Gourlay, Martin Zuakulu, Marjorie Pichon, Nerissa Tilouche, Melissa Neuman, Athanas George, Glory Massawe, Angelina Mwimba, David Nzoli, Mhoja John, Erick Lutahakana, Damari Kasogna, Jamila Kimaro

B.27 Evaluating the effectiveness of an intimate partner violence training intervention on healthcare providers’ preparedness, knowledge and experiences: A mixed-methods study from Nepal

Speaker: Rachana Shrestha

Authors: Rachana Shrestha, Reena Koju, Jayanti Dhungana, Achyut Lamichhane, Amit Mishra, Anna Mia Ekstrom, Keshab Deuba

B.28 Evidence synthesis prevention: What are the linkages between violence against women and girls prevention interventions and formal support services? A scoping review

Speaker: Loraine Bacchus

Authors: Manuela Colombini, Loraine Bacchus, Stephanie Pereira, Pinky Mahlangu, Nwabisa Shai, Nour Horanieh, Andrea Sahovey, Ana Flavia D’Oliveira

B.29 Evidence synthesis on response: What is the role of the health system in primary prevention of violence against women and girls?

Speaker: Manuela Colombini

Authors: Manuela Colombini, Loraine Bacchus, Stephanie Pereira, Pinky Mahlangu, Nwabisa Shai, Nour Horanieh, Maria Mir, Ana Flavia De Oliveira

B.30 Lessons from the systematic selection of a curriculum-based intimate partner violence prevention programme for national adaptation for newly married couples in Sri Lanka using the IPV-ADAPT+ framework

Speaker: Shashika Ekanayake, Hashitha ABEYWARDANA

Authors: Vindhya Fernando, Shashika Ekanayake, Hashitha Abeywardana, Vandana Sharma

B.31 What works to change social norms that sustain intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries? A systematic review with meta-analysis

Speaker: Karen Snow PhD

Authors: Alexandra Blackwell, Karen Snow, Dean Langan, Benjamino Cislaghi, Jessica Backman-Levy, Bridget Steele, Madison Little, Sophia Backhaus, David Rodriguez-Baena, Shenderovich Yulia, Langwenya Nontokozo, Frances Gardner

B.32 From Early Warning to Early Action: How Women-Led Early Warning Systems Are Helping Communities Respond Sooner to VAWG Risks in Somalia.

Speaker: Maryan Khalif

Authors: Maryan Abdi Khalif, Shukria Dini

B.33 Mainstreaming a play-based life skills education programme to reduce violence against girls: Baseline findings of the cluster randomized controlled trial in Pakistan

Speaker: Rozina Karmaliani

Authors: Rozina Karmaliani

B.34 A systematic review and equity analysis of school-based violence prevention interventions

Speaker: Emily Eldred

Authors: Rizwana Mallick, Waliyah Mughis, Amiya Bhatia, Charles Opondo, Karen Devries, Anja Zinke-Allmang, Kate A. Nelson, Emily Eldred, Lena Morgon Banks

B.35 A qualitative process evaluation of the LINEA cluster randomised controlled trial to prevent age-disparate transactional sex in Mwanza, Tanzania

Speaker: Martin Zuakulu

Authors: Venetia Baker, Tanya Abramsky, Joyce Wamoyi, Annabelle Gourlay, Martin Zuakulu, Marjorie Pichon, Nerissa Tilouche, Ana Maria Buller Soto

B.36 Harnessing radio-based entertainment-education to support protective parenting and prevent sexual violence against children in Nigeria

Speaker: Isang Awah

Authors: Isang Awah, Zarina Muminova

B.37 Preventing violence at home in Lebanon: Quantitative and qualitative insights from programme ABB

Speaker: Kinda Majari

Authors: Anita Apartian, Lama Jradi, Jean-Paul Kara, Anthony Keedi, Yara Shamlati, Jane Kato-Wallace, Kinda Majari

B.38 The cost-effectiveness of film-based edutainment and trauma-informed parenting interventions for reducing child maltreatment among displaced persons from Myanmar in Thailand

Speaker: Seema Vyas

Authors: G.J. Melendez-Torres, Jamie Lachman, Eve Puffer, Amanda Sim, Stephanie Eagling-Peche, Khaing Zar Lwin, Seema Vyas, Tawanchai Jirapramukpitak, Mary Soan, Sumitra Thidar Soe, Th’Blay Moo, Hannah van Vijfeijken van Vijfeijken

B.39 Ending child engagement in armed forced and armed groups: A randomized controlled trial of the Growing Strong Together family strengthening intervention in Central African Republic

Speaker: Salimatou TRAORE

Authors: Yvonne Agengo, Alexandra Blackwell, Loubah Christian, Camilla Fabbri, Kathryn Falb, Eleonora Mansi, Amber Peterman, Salimatou Traore

B.40 A family strengthening approach to prevent and respond to recruitment of children by armed actors in Yemen

Speaker: Akram Bahalwan

Authors: Camilla Fabbri, Mutasim Algoni, Akram Bahalwan, Julie Hefner, Tharwat Mohammed, Amira Taha Mahmoud

B41 Preventing violence through health systems integration: Co-designing digital parenting support with stakeholders in South Africa

Speaker: Carly Katzef, Cindee Bruyns

Authors: Cindee Bruyns, Carly Katzef, Bronwen Pietersen, Likhona Qazisa, Catherine Ward

B.42 Using a digital parenting intervention to prevent intimate partner violence in South Africa and Jamaica: A qualitative study exploring parents’ experiences of ParentText

Speaker: Moa Schafer

Authors: Jamie Lachman, Frances Gardner, Moa Schafer, Paula Zinser, Francisco Calderon, Qing Han, Chiara Facciola, Lily Clements, Genevieve Haupt Ronnie, Zimkhita Kame, Zukile Ntentema, Ross Sheil, Jhana Harris

B.43 Feasibility study of a parenting intervention for Filipino adolescent mothers as a preventive approach to gender-based violence

Speaker: Cherry Nicdao

Authors: Bernice Landoy-Mamauag, Cherry Venelin Nicdao, Jennel Reyes, Andrea Regina Casas

B.44 Integrating gender-based violence prevention into early parenting support: A pre-post pilot study with teen mothers in the Philippines

Speaker: Andie Casas

Authors: Andie M. Casas, Jen C. Reyes, Bernice Landoy-Mamauag, Cherry Nicdao

B.45 Low-income, violence-exposed parents’ experiences in the Attachment and Child Health (ATTACH™) intervention: Centering their knowledge in implementation and normalization

Speaker: Alex Cuncannon

Authors: Nicole Letourneau, Alexander Cuncannon, Jason Novick, Alexandria Lozowchuk, Lubna Anis, Ian D. Graham, Martha Hart, Kharah M. Ross

B.46 Embedding sexual and gender-based violence prevention in university life: The institutionalization of Camp Life at University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Speaker: Sarah Compton

Authors: Mubarick Nungbaso Asumah, Michelle Munro-Kramer, Sarah D. Compton, Amanda Odoi, John Amoah Oti, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Eugene K. M. Darteh

B.47 Transforming education: Integrating mental health solutions to drive violence prevention in schools

Speaker: Joanitah Kajoba

Authors: Janet Nakuti, Tvisha Nevatia, Sylvia Namakula, Catherine Carlson, Joanitah Kajoba, Yvonne Laruni, Grace McLain, Collin Ogara, Gloria Kirungi Kasozi, Prossy Jonker Nakanjako

B.48 Co-designing peer-based safe spaces to prevent and respond to gender-based violence in Malawian higher education institutions: A trauma-informed, youth-led model

Speaker: Mbanandi Saka

Authors: Mbanandi Saka, Daniel Chikatentha, Abebe Badachi, MacBain Mkandawire, Yamikani Ndasauka, Hughes Munthali, Vanessa Cheyo, Lackson Jere, Juliet Nyasulu

B.49 Accountability in practice: Lessons from a peer-driven sexual harassment prevention intervention in Eswatini higher education

Speaker: Saul Chirume

Authors: Saul Chirume, Zwellicia Dlamini

B.50 From policy to practice: Preventing sexual harassment in higher education institutions through a systems-based campus safety model in Nigeria

Speaker: Omowumi Ogunrotimi, Samuel Bankole

Authors: Omowumi Ogunrotimi, Maryam Ali Mukhtar, Ernest Ogezi, Samuel Bankole

B.51 Addressing violence early: Mapping the evidence of gender-based violence prevention programmes in schools

Speaker: Cassandra Carels

Authors: Cassandra Carels, Kelly Gemmell, Stefani du Toit, Anushka Nair, Yushra Dinnie, Tatenda Mawoyo, Yeukai Chideya, Melissa Bradshaw, Linnea Stansert-Katzen, Sarah Skeen

B.52 Stronger than yesterday – how Fightback improved the safety and agency of adolescent girls in Nepal

Speaker: Vikrant Pandey

Authors: Eileen Lambourne, Vikrant Pandey

B.53 Leadership engagement as a pre-implementation strategy for uptake of GlobalConsent: Improving university settings for sexual violence prevention in Vietnam

Speaker: Katherine Anderson

Authors: Quach Thu Trang, Kathryn Yount, Meghan Macaulay, Katherine Anderson, Hailey Rueden, Megan Sandal, Daniel Whitaker

B.54 Art-based approaches to gender-based violence awareness at traditionally heterogendered institutions in Thailand

Speaker: Alyssa Olson, MPH

Authors: Alyssa Olson, Timethius Terrell, Connie Vang, Jiayu Li

B.55 Rethinking undergraduates as sexual citizens: A randomized evaluation of a comprehensive course to prevent sexual violence on college campuses

Speaker: Lisa Fedina

Authors: Lisa Fedina, Michelle Munro-Kramer, Abigail Eiler, McKenzie Hilscher, C. McGhee, Sandra R. Levitsky, Richard Tolman

B.56 From listening to lasting change: Athlete-informed solutions for safer sports environments

Speaker: Kathryn McClain, Michaela Callie

Authors: Kathryn McClain, Michaela Callie

B.57 Transforming masculinities in faith settings: Practice-based learning from SASA! Faith on engaging men as accountable allies in gender-based violence prevention

Speaker: Laurelle Mbaradza, Ruvaraishe Tapera

Authors: Laurelle Mbaradza, Donna Joyce Nyadete, Ruvaraishe Tapera

B.58 The power of survivor testimonies in educating for transformation: Lessons from the SVRI’s course on faith and helping children thrive without violence

Speaker: Selina Palm

Authors: Selina Palm, Suzanne Greco, Tanya Wells-Brown

B.59 Fatwa as an instrument for change

Speaker: Afshan Jamal

Authors: Afshan Jamal

B.60 Strengthening violence against women and girls prevention through integrating women’s economic empowerment into the SASA! Faith approach in Zimbabwe: Emerging practice-based learning

Speaker: Plaxedes Moyo

Authors: Plaxedes Moyo

B.61 Ending female genital mutilation/cutting in South and South-East Asia: A regional accountability framework

Speaker: Valentina Volpe

Authors: Valentina Volpe, Sujata Tuladhar, Ingrid Fitzgerald, Shreyasi Jha, Younghwa Choi

B.62 Girls’ rights under threat: The role of faith in fueling and countering the pushback against ending child marriage and female genital mutilation

Speaker: Indrani Sarkar

Authors: Alessia Radice, Massimilano San, Nassim Majidi, Lisa Pfister, Cynthia Ngenei, Indrani Sarkar

B.63 Interrogating the double standard of female genital mutilation and female genital cosmetic procedures: An ethnographic study of female genital modifications in Kenya

Speaker: Hannelore Van Bavel

Authors: Hannelore Van Bavel

B.64 Advocacy strategies towards elimination of FGM/C in South Asia: A review

Speaker: Safiya Riyaz

Authors: Anaise Williams, Michele Decker, Safiya Riyaz, Shreen Saroor, Masooma Ranalvi, Aarefa Johari, Nabeela Iqbal, Nicole Warren, Hayley Thomas

B.65 A multisectoral theory of change to prevent and respond to child marriage in humanitarian and forced displacement contexts

Speaker: Rahinatu Hussaini

Authors: Rahinatu Adamu Hussaini, Clare Lofthouse

B.66 How social norms shape pathways through which an economic intervention affects intimate partner violence in Bangladesh

Speaker: Nasrin Sultana

Authors: Meghna Ranganathan, Melissa Hidrobo, Shalini Roy, Nasrin Sultana, Michelle Lokot

B.67 Engaging boys as “structured allies” to prevent gender-based violence against girls: Results from the care Tipping Point initiative in Nepal

Speaker: Suniti Neogy

Authors: Suniti Neogy, Kathryn M. Yount, Robert Durr, Yuk Fai Cheong

B.68 Evaluating women’s economic support and the Indashyikirwa Couples’ Curriculum to mitigate intimate partner violence: Experimental evidence from Syria

Speaker: Melodie Al Daccache

Authors: Melodie Al Daccache, Ghassan Baliki, Tilman Brück, Aysegul Kayaoglu

B.69 Employment and intimate partner violence: A mixed-method systematic review in low- and middle-income countries

Speaker: Tia Palermo

Authors: Ana Maria Buller, Lori Heise, Meghna Ranganathan, Lucy Billings, Melissa Hidrobo

B.70 Assessing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) vulnerability and risks in development and humanitarian settings: Adapting traditional risk assessment and management approaches

Speaker: Nadia Ben Salah, Kim Dixon

Authors: Nadia Ben Salah, Kim Dixon

B.71 Sexual harassment in tourism and hospitality: A systematic literature review (2015–2025)

Speaker: Roshini Brizmohun-Gopaul, Komalsingh Rambaree

Authors: Komalsingh Rambaree, Prabha Munhurrun, Elena Nikolova, Roshni Brizmohun-Gopaul

B.72 “This is just how men talk”: Normalized verbal abuse and sexual harassment against women and girls in low-wage work in Uganda

Speaker: Christine Ayanga

Authors: Heidi Stöckl, Ana Maria Buller, Rehema Nagawa, Joseph Katongole, Christine Ayanga, Joyce Wamoyi, Meghna Ranganathan, Cathy Zimmerman, Moureen Wagubi, Jovia Mercy Namuyiga, Abdu Ssewanyana, Shinah Atuhaire, Nambusi Kyegombe

B.73 From “just flirting” to punishable harm: How definitional rules shape accountability for sexual harassment in Uganda’s informal economy

Speaker: Joseph Katongole

Authors: Heidi Stöckl, Ana Maria Buller, Rehema Nagawa, Joseph Katongole, Christine Ayanga, Joyce Wamoyi, Meghna Ranganathan, Cathy Zimmerman, Moureen Wagubi, Jovia Mercy Namuyiga, Abdu Ssewanyana, Shinah Atuhaire, Nambusi Kyegombe

B.74 Mapping local understandings of sexual exploitation of Indigenous women and girls in the Mi’gmaq community of Listuguj: A pilot study

Speaker: Loubna Belaid

Authors: Loubna Belaid, Sheila Swasson, Tina Condo, Mitchell Isaac, Isaac Sylvia

B.75 Strengthening the capability of civil society to prevent sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment: Lessons from the Safeguarding Resource and Support Hub mentoring services

Speaker: Aftab Awan

Authors: Aftab Awan, Anna Gawn, Alina Rosenfeld

B.76 Strengthening sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment prevention and response in Pacific development operations

Speaker: Malika Shagazatova, Edwina Kotoisuva

Authors: Malika Shagazatova, Edwina I. Kotoisuva

B.77 Embedding SEA risk mitigation into humanitarian operations: Practice-based learning from WFP’s cluster and surge toolkits

Speaker: Alina Potts

Authors: Wipawa Chuenchit, Alina Potts, Natalia Macdonald, Veerle Triquet, Davide Rossi

B.78 An environmental and social practitioner’s perspective on integrating SEAH risk management in the private sector

Speaker: Piotr Pawlak

Authors: Irish Aguilar, Andrea Cullinan, Piotr Pawlak

B.79 Raising the floor, reimaging the ceiling: Expanding access to sexual assault forensic and reporting options in the United States

Speaker: Rachael Goodman-Williams

Authors: Rachael Goodman-Williams

B.80 Community-led social and behaviour change communication to prevent violence against women and girls in protracted crises: A case from eastern Shan State, Myanmar

Speaker: Ei Shwe Yi Win, Su Myat Sandy

Authors: Tein Wan, Ei Shwe Yi Win, Su Myat Sandy

B.81 Understanding gender norms and institutional barriers to sexual and gender-based violence prevention among adolescent girls and young women in Mozambique

Speaker: Yusuf Babatunde

Authors: Yusuf Babatunde, Raissa Umutoni, João Paulo Zimba, Célio Monteiro José, Andrea Lacorazza

B.82 An impactful strategy to prevent violence against women and children in Kenya

Speaker: Valeria Costa

Authors: Nancy Perrin, Andrew Chemoiywo, Valeria Costa

B.83 Advancing sexual and gender-based violence prevention and SRHR among young people in Uganda and South Africa

Speaker: Jean-Marie Nkurunziza

Authors: Jean-Marie Vianney Nkurunziza

B.84 Bung Wantaim: A national civil society alliance to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment in Papua New Guinea

Speaker: Pearl Atuhaire

Authors: Jacqui Joseph, Pearl Atuhaire, Tosin Akibu

B.85 Beyond youth behaviour change communication: A community platform for promoting gender equality and preventing gender-based violence – learning from practice in Papua New Guinea

Speaker: Salimata Michealyn Mitaharo

Authors: Pearl Atuhaire, Tosin Akibu, Joanna Oala, Salimata Mitaharo

B.86 From policy to practice in Samoa: Lessons from operationalising the Pola Puipui Framework

Speaker: Judane Ieremia-Apoua

Authors: Judane Ieremia-Apoua

B.87 Feminist, movement-led approach to preventing violence against women and girls in the Pacific

Speaker: Vika Kalokalo

Authors: Vika Kalokalo

B.88 From policy to practice, Solomons Islands – developing and implementing the national prevention strategy

Speaker: Hezilyn Lang

Authors: Hezilyn Lang

B.89 Strengthening prevention strategies: A case of Malawi safe spaces mentorships for adolescent girls and young women

Speaker: Tapiwa Uchizi Nyasulu

Authors: Beatrice Patricia Kumwenda, Ilya Zhukov, Tapiwa Uchizi Nyasulu

B.90 Applying trauma-informed principles to sexuality education for young people in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review

Speaker: Erin Gerber

Authors: Emma Wallengren, Nora Piay-Fernandez, Mar Jubero, Caitlin Rempson, Anne Smith, Erin Gerber

B.91 Building safe sport systems in the Pacific as an enabler of violence prevention against women and girls

Speaker: Ala Cassandra Singh

Authors: Ala-Cassandra Singh

B.92 GOLKIPA – transforming social norms through sport, community and faith leadership, a Pacific model for primary prevention

Speaker: Teeny Aiken

Authors: Teeny Aiken, Doris Puiahi, Rev Cliff Bird

B.93 Challenges and opportunities for faith-based social norms change in the Pacific in the context of backlash

Speaker: Anareta Apole

Authors: Anareta Apole

B.94 Long-term change through faith: Lessons from faith-based primary prevention approaches in the Pacific

Speaker: Alisi Qaiqaica

Authors: Alisi Qaiqaica

B.95 Norms, capacity, and faith: Navigating structural barriers to ending sexual and gender-based violence in the Asian context

Speaker: Uwezo Baghuma Lele, Prabu Deepan

Authors: Uwezo Baghuma Lele, Prabu Deepan

B.96 Faith-based safeguarding: Mobilizing faith leaders to prevent VAWG and strengthen gender-based violence response for adolescent girls and boys in Zambia

Speaker: Eleonora Duchi

Authors: Eleonora Duchi, Womba Mayondi, Sivers Hamukoma, Michael Mbizvo, Anna Holmstrom

B.97 Transforming community beliefs to prevent sorcery accusation–related violence: Lessons from UNFPA’s community curriculum in Papua New Guinea

Speaker: Alexandra Robinson

Authors: Edith Akiror, Anton Lutz, Alexandra Robinson

B.98 We should not be left alone to support women: Perceptions of community health workers about their role in addressing domestic violence in Aurangabad, India

Speaker: Heena Sinha

Authors: Sanjida Arora, Heena Sinha

B.99 Survivor pathways and attrition across multi-sectoral sexual and gender-based violence response systems for adolescent girls and young women in Kenya

Speaker: Nathalie-Ann Donjon

Authors: Nathalie-Ann Donjon, Hildah Essendi, Ivan Masete, Hilina Haillemariam, Celestine Mugambi, Leah Wanaswa, Njambi Njuguna, Serah Malaba

B.100 Digital conflict-related sexual violence in Myanmar (D-CRSV): Understanding the TFGBV-conflict nexus and implications for survivor-centered response

Speaker: Saijai Liangpunsakul

Authors: Saijai Liangpunsakul

B.101 Protecting dignity in crisis: Palestinian Family Planning and Protection Association’s integrated sexual and gender-based violence and SRHR response in Palestine

Speaker: Ammal Awadallah

Authors: Ammal Awadallah

B.102 Making toolkits work: Engaging local to global actors to build a compendium of SEAH prevention practices for humanitarian settings

Speaker: Rumana Khan

Authors: Alina Potts, Elizabeth Pender, Livia Mueller, Hicham Nahro, Rumana Khan, Anna Kopala

B.103 Leading from within: A collaborative private sector model for Gender Based Violence and Sexual Harassment (GBVSH) prevention and response

Speaker: Dolly Mazibuko

Authors: Nonzwakazi Adonisi, Dolly Mazibuko

B.104 Strengthening multi-sectoral prevention of violence against women and children: Evidence and practice from UNFPA–DPMO collaboration in Eswatini

Speaker: Nomzamo Dlamini

Authors: Zenanile Dlamini, Margaret Thwala-Tembe, Nomzamo Dlamini

B.105 Community mobilisation during slow onset disasters: Lessons from the Strengthening Peaceful Villages (SPV) programme in Kiribati

Speaker: Teata Ana

Authors: Teata Wilson

B.106 Possibilities and promising practices for primary prevention through climate action

Speaker: Anne Pakoa

Authors: Anne Pakoa

B.107 Using social media to translate research on violence against women for advocacy and policy change: The PowHer Data approach

Speaker: Myra Betron

Authors: Myra Betron

B.108 Mapping gender-based violence in Brazil: Public – private collaboration for evidence, accountability, and policy action

Speaker: Vitória Régia Gonzaga da Silva, Beatriz Accioly, Maria Teresa Prado

Authors: Vitória Régia Gonzaga da Silva

B.109 Integrating violence against women into World Bank operations: Opportunities, challenges, and lessons for sustainable impact

Speaker: Manuel Contreras-Urbina

Authors: Manuel Contreras-Urbina, Catalina Buitrago, Lorena Levano, Diana Arango

B.110 What about men? Politicizing male engagement in movements to end violence against women

Speaker: Leah Goldmann

Authors: Leah Goldmann

B.111 Aandolan (Revolution) – A pilot advocacy research excavating broken gender-based violence response systems against disabled women, non-binary, and trans people in urban India

Speaker: Chehak Gidwani, Alankrita Datta

Authors: Chehak Gidwani, Alankrita Datta

B.112 Intersecting inequities in robbery and assault victimization by disability: Evidence from 31 countries

Speaker: Sara Rotenberg

Authors: Amiya Bhatia, Sara Rotenberg, Emily Eldred, Ismael G. Munoz, Shanquan Chen, Hannah Kuper, Karen Devries

B.113 Understanding progressive social change against sexual violence in Indonesia: A poststructural analysis of data, policies, and civil society

Speaker: Ayu Siantoro

Authors: Ayu Siantoro

B.114 From healing to activism: Shared journeys of trust build survivor-led movements. An assessment of the effectiveness of the Journey to Healing (J2H) approach across five countries

Speaker: Fungai Saunyama, Solange Mbonigaba

Authors: Esperande Bigirimana, Fungai Saunyama, Solange Mbonigaba, Sabine Nkusi

B.115 From marginalization to advocacy: Empowering underrepresented voices for effective gender-based violence response

Speaker: Livia Mueller

Authors: Livia Mueller, Joshua Honguan Teh, Tengku Aira Tengku Razif, Adrianna Mohamad Farid

C: 13:00 – 14:00

C.1 Desarmando el aislamiento de sobrevivientes de abuso sexual en la infancia: Un modelo comunitario de resiliencia, sostenible y replicable

Speaker: Silvia Roxana Piceda

Authors: Sebastian Cuattromo, Silvia Roxana Piceda

C.2 From roots we walk right way: Working with men who have used violence decolonising masculinities and relational accountability on Arrernte country

Speaker: Tohmmy Carew-Reid

Authors: Tohmmy Carew-Reid

C.3 Perpetrator reformative approaches to domestic violence prevention and reduction in recidivism: Practice-based evidence from Nepal

Speaker: Palita Thapa

Authors: Santosh Prasad Pokharel, Palita Thapa

C.4 Restorative justice or restoring masculinity? Tensions and transformative potential in the Abatangamuco approach of Burundi

Speaker: Emily Hillenbrand

Authors: Emily Hillenbrand

C.5 Project Possible: An intervention to reduce the exploitative conditions of LGBTQ individuals relying on commercial sex

Speaker: Meredith Dank

Authors: Mark Kavenagh, Meredith Dank, Surang Janyam, Stephen Abeyta

C.6 Asia-Pacific roadmap for LGBTIQ+ affirming gender-based violence prevention and response programming

Speaker: Anna Laming

Authors: Sujata Tuladhar, Leisha Beardmore, Emily Dwyer, Anna Laming

C.7 Strengthening service provider capacities for gender-based violence survivor support for LBT women in rural Western Cape, South Africa

Speaker: Viwe Tafeni

Authors: Viwe Tafeni, Estian Smit, Gaba Capitaine, Juliana Davids, Anik Gevers

C.8 Queer-inclusive action against gender-based violence: Practice-based insights from training medical students in Nepal

Speaker: Shivatmika Pokharel

Authors: Shivatmika Pokharel, Preeti Kharel, Santosh Sapkota

C.9 What it takes to deliver survivor-centered care: Coaching-based capacity strengthening for gender-based violence and child protection responders in Lebanon

Speaker: Dalal Jabbour, Rosemary Ogunjobi, Serene Ghazal

Authors: Dalal Jabbour, Mutasim Algoni, Rosemary Ogunjobi, Serene Ghazal, Taghrid Abdallah, Amira Taha Mahmoud

C.10 Gender-sensitive policing: Building trust and accountability through crowdsourced data

Speaker: Vaibhavi Rani Maske

Authors: ElsaMarie DSilva, Supreet K. Singh, Vaibhavi Rani Maske

C.11 Sextortion in Sri Lanka – victims’ experiences reporting the crime to the police and police responses

Speaker: Christine Barter

Authors: Katrin Mueller-Johnson, Lasara Kariyawasam, Christine Barter

C.12 Understanding processes of help-seeking behaviour among married women experiencing intimate partner violence in Myanmar

Speaker: Soe Myat Htet

Authors: Soe Myat Htet

C.13 Navigating change with care: Addressing gender norms to strengthen women’s safety, agency, and economic participation in Yemen

Speaker: Niyati Shah

Authors: Francesca Rivelli, Niyati Shah, Benjamin Cislaghi, Yemen Women Union

C.14 Preparing clinicians to address physical and digital sexual violence: A global scoping review

Speaker: Taiho Higaki

Authors: Taiho Higaki, Saanika Joshi, Jacqueline Mills

C.15 How religious, cultural, and traditional practices influence access to sexual and reproductive health and rights in Fiji

Speaker: Uate Tamanikaiyaroi

Authors: Uate Tamanikaiyaroi

C.16 Self-care, sisterhood and safety for Aboriginal adolescent women

Speaker: Zee Sumara Rogers

Authors: Zee Sumara Rogers

C.17 “Even if you have the right, it won’t be an easy path”: Challenges and potentials of primary health care for legal abortion care in Brazil

Speaker: Nathália Machado Cardoso

Authors: Nathália Machado Cardoso, Ana Flávia Pires Lucas D’Oliveira

C.18 Documenting reproductive violence: Unveiling opportunities, challenges, and legal pathways for UN investigative mechanisms

Speaker: Tess Graham

Authors: Tess Graham, Ashita Alag, The Global Justice Center

C.19 Legal and judicial responses to sexual and gender-based violence: The law versus the people in Rwanda

Speaker: Marcia Mandiyanike

Authors: Marcia Mandiyanike

C.20 Disclosure thresholds and help-seeking pathways among older women experiencing gender based violence in urbanising Hanoi, Vietnam

Speaker: Phuong Thao Trinh

Authors: Ashley Ruiz, Nam Duc Nguyen, Huong Thi Le, Huyen Thi Thanh Vu, Anna Rubtsova, Phuong Thao Trinh

C.21 Forensic evaluation outcomes of child sexual assault in Maputo, Mozambique

Speaker: Stela Ocuane Matsinhe

Authors: Stela Ocuane Matsinhe, Shahnaaz Suffla

C.22 The clinical and forensic utility of speculum examinations during medical-forensic exams: A scoping review

Speaker: Amy Michael

Authors: Michelle Munro-Kramer, Amy Michael

C.23 Help-seeking among the migrant population in the UK – A study in the context of Nepalese women

Speaker: Bindu Devkota Sapkota

Authors: Bindu Devkota Sapkota, Padam Simkhada, Dillon Newton, Sara Parker

C.24 Strengthening gender-based violence case management for ever married adolescent girls: Intersection between child marriage and gender-based violence programming

Speaker: Elizabeth Pender

Authors: Valentina Volpe, Sujata Tuladhar, Elizabeth Pender, Sarah Baird, Mehreen Jaswal

C.25 Adaptation of the safety planning tools for women intimate partner violence survivors in South Africa

Speaker: Asiphe Ketelo

Authors: Leane Ramsoomar, Naeemah Abrahams, Maureen Phakoe, Asiphe Ketelo, Nwabisa Shai, Kemisetso Malatji,

C.26 Assessing the effectiveness of a context-related intimate partner violence detection intervention in maternal and child health clinic to reduce disparities among women from diverse ethnic groups

Speaker: Daoud Nihaya

Authors: Nihaya Daoud, Beatris Agronsky, Sonia Habib, Lilach Goldberg Kattan, Batya Madjar

C.27 A programmatic approach to responding to gender-based violence in Uruguay

Speaker: Andrea Monje Silva

Authors: Claudia Piras, Andrea Monje Silva, Norma Pena, Fernando Cafferata, Beatriz Abizanda

C.28 Preparing trusted institutions to respond: Participatory co-design of a trauma-informed faith-based intervention for adolescent sexual violence in urban Zambia

Speaker: Moomba Thornicroft

Authors: Charisse Ahmed, Bristol Ntebeka, Moomba Thornicroft

C.29 Evolving health system responses to sexual assault: Availability of comprehensive care across forensic nursing programs

Speaker: Jessica Draughon Moret, Mary Paterno, Jocelyn Anderson

Authors: Jessica Draughon Moret, Mary Paterno, Jocelyn Anderson, Selamawit Gebrezghi, Maria Loginova

C.30 Authority and silence: How dual-role stakeholders shape disclosure pathways for adolescent sexual violence in urban Zambia

Speaker: Charisse Ahmed

Authors: Charisse Ahmed, Moomba Thornicroft, Bristol Moonga Ntebeka

C.31 Fidelity assessment results from Canada’s first survivor focused Safe at Home Program

Speaker: Pearl Buhariwala

Authors: Patricia O’Campo, Pearl Buhariwala, Nicholas Metheny, Melissa Perri, Erin Griver, Valerie Sadler

C.32 When care is unsafe: Violence against women with disabilities in Timor-Leste

Speaker: Kezia Avemina de Jesus Santos Ximenes, Dionisia Paula de Deus

Authors: Loksee Leung, Xian Warner, Joviana Guterres, Liz Gill-Atkinson, Xylia Ingham, Filomena de Jesus, Kezia Avemina de Jesus Santos Ximenes, Emilia da Conceição, Ivonia F. Faria Guterres, Jacinta Ana Paula da Costa Freitas

C.33 Easing access to justice in intercultural contexts: Insights from a Maya survivor-led community accompaniment model in western Guatemala

Speaker: Angelica Vera

Authors: Angélica Vera Vargas

C.34 Strengthening shelter-based responses to intimate partner sexual violence: Participatory development and pilot evaluation of the Monarch Training Program

Speaker: Mylène Fernet

Authors: Mylène Fernet, Martine Hébert, Geneviève Brodeur, Stéphanie Couture, Catherine Flynn, Louise Lafortune

C.35 “She looked at me as a human being”: Longitudinal qualitative study of women’s critical paths after intimate partner violence disclosure in Brazilian primary health care

Speaker: Stephanie Pereira

Authors: Stephanie Pereira, Ana Flávia Pires Lucas d’Oliveira

C.36 Reconciliation as a way to normalize violence against women in rural Nepal

Speaker: Supriya Joshi

Authors: Supriya Joshi

C.37 Bridging clinical practice and research: A multidisciplinary framework for sexual violence response in Sweden

Speaker: Johanna Belachew

Authors: Carolina Överlien, Johanna Belachew

C.38 Sexual violence response training for health practitioners in Australia: Approaches to training in a country of great population diversity

Speaker: Esther Schroeder

Authors: Esther Schroeder, Anna Cartwright, Bianca Lang

C.39 “In the end, nothing was done”: Healthcare professionals’ experiences with gender-based violence screening in a conflict affected setting

Speaker: Nele Vaerewijck

Authors: Nele Vaerewijck, A. Shalash Aïsha, M. Hammouda Yasmeen, Abu Rmeileh Niveen, Keygnaert Ines

C.40 Strengthening survivor centered response to gender-based violence: Moldova’s first regional integrated service for victims of sexual violence

Speaker: Grecu Laura

Authors: Ivona Paunovich Bishevac, Laura Grecu

C.41 Violence at home, risks in pregnancy: The impact of domestic abuse on maternal healthcare utilization in Pakistan

Speaker: Muhammad Shahid Waheed

Authors: Samral Idrees, Muhammad Shahid Waheed

C.42 Beyond the double standard: Leveraging judicial presumptions of psychological violence in a no-divorce state

Speaker: Cristina Sevilla

Authors: Cristina Sevilla

C.43 A decade of one-stop crisis management centre in Nepal: The barriers and opportunities in post-pandemic and federal Nepal

Speaker: Sajja Singh

Authors: Sajja Singh

C.44 The Empower, Connect, Heal And Overcome (ECHO) survivor hub

Speaker: Samantha Lundrigan

Authors: Samantha Lundrigan, Tim McSweeney, Simon Bailey, Deanna Davy

C.45 Domestic violence and violence against children: Service provision perspectives of the service providers in Mongolia

Speaker: Bolortsetseg Burneebaatar

Authors: Saranzaya Gerelt-Od, Khongorzul Amarsanaa, Bolortsetseg Burneebaatar

C.46 Pre-trial therapy: Exploring experiences of therapeutic support for children involved in the criminal justice system as victims of sexual abuse

Speaker: Claire Soares

Authors: Claire Soares

C.47 Emerging research gaps and lessons learned from updating WHO’s clinical and policy guidelines on health response to intimate partner violence and sexual violence against women

Speaker: Claudia García-Moreno

Authors: Avni Amin, Claudia Garcia-Moreno E., Caitlin Kennedy, Nancy Santesso, Ana Flavia Lucas d’Oliveira

C.48 Violence, risk, and protection in South Africa: Evidence from family‑strengthening and care‑reform interventions

Speaker: Lourenza Foghill

Authors: Lourenza Foghill

C.49 Strengthening protection services to respond to the changing nature of intimate relationships among young people in Nepal

Speaker: Anita ghimire

Authors: Nicola Jones, Anita Ghimire, Sunita Bhattarai

C.50 REVELAR: Una buena práctica territorial para reparar y visibilizar la violencia sexual en red entre profesionales, familias e instituciones

Speaker: Sabrina Otero

Authors: Sabrina Gisele Otero Tranchino

C.51 Ni sencillas, ni inseguras: Innovación comunitaria para la respuesta a la violencia de género desde economías informales lideradas por mujeres en México

Speaker: Darinka Lejarazu Hernández

Authors: Darinka Lejarazu Hernández, Sofía Garduño Huerta, Ninel Díaz Pardo

C.52 Acceptability, feasibility, and perceived processes of change in a nurse-delivered MI+BCT intervention for alcohol-related intimate partner violence: Qualitative findings from the Harmony trial in India

Speaker: Miriam Hartmann

Authors: Meghna Achar, Bibhav Acharya, Maria L. Ekstrand, Krishnamachari Srinivasan, Miriam Hartmann, Mahesh Narayanan, Crystal Riya Pinto

C.53 When healers hurt: Uncovering the failures of a South African health professions regulatory body to respond to sexual misconduct allegations

Speaker: Karessa Govender, Jessica Rucell

Authors: Karessa Govender, Phoene Oware, Jessica Rucell, Amilcar Juggernath, Gabriella Oliver, James Van Duuren, Tanya Jacobs

C.54 Navigating system barriers: Implementing a couples program to reduce intimate partner violence and alcohol use in South India: The Harmony trial

Speaker: Matilda J. K.

Authors: Meghna Achar, Bibhav Acharya, Maria L. Ekstrand, Matilda J. K., Anuradha Sreevathsa, Ashalatha V. R., Srinivasan Krishnamachar

C.55 Fragmented evidence, fragmented care: A cross-system analysis of gender-based violence data linkage gaps and their implications for survivor tracking and service continuity in Nigeria

Speaker: Amina Elias Danjuma

Authors: Michele R. Decker, Anaise Williams, Shannon N. Wood, Haley L. Thomas, Amina E. Danjuma, Rosemary Morgan

C.56 Understanding gender bias in UN peacekeeping operations: Evidence from mixed methods research

Speaker: Vandana Sharma

Authors: Vandana Sharma, Jennifer Scott, Phoebe Donnelly, Evyn Papworth

C.57 From community practice to evidence: A community-based sexual and gender-based violence response model in post-conflict, rural low- and middle-income countries – A Liberian context research study

Speaker: Sophia Akushie – Wittmann, Alieu Lomax, Kirsten Wienberg

Authors: Sophia Akushie-Wittmann, Alieu Lomax, Kirsten Wienberg

C.58 Navigating obstacles while gaining support and agency: A qualitative study among women survivors of gender-based violence in a refugee settlement in Uganda

Speaker: Miriam Lukasiak

Authors: Miriam Lukasiak

C.59 Documenting sexual violence across conflict and recovery: A temporal framework for survivor-centred digital evidence

Speaker: Kirstin Wagner

Authors: Kirstin Wagner, Heather Flowe

C.60 Mapping health facility readiness for validation of Quality Assurance Tool to respond to intimate partner violence and sexual violence in humanitarian settings: Lessons learned from Yemen

Speaker: Anna Rita Ronzoni, Sarah Meyer

Authors: Anna Rita Ronzoni, Sarah Meyer, Doaa Shehab, Huda Basaleem

C.61 Strengthening sexual and gender-based violence prevention and response through practice-based learning and adaptive implementation in refugee and host communities in Northern Uganda

Speaker: Agnes Kayesu, Timothy Kisuule, Zayid Douglas

Authors: Agnes Kayesu, Sandra Akullo, Timothy Kisuule, Albert Ongia, Zayid Douglas

C.62 Intersecting harms: Islamophobia, gender-based violence, and barriers to care among Muslim women in Canada

Speaker: Jennifer Scott

Authors: Vandana Sharma, Raja Abdel-Majid, Susan Bartels, Jennifer Scott

C.63 Leave no survivor behind: The praxis of mirror memoirs and the politic of keeping black and indigenous gender nonconforming children safe from sexual violence

Speaker: Amita Swadhin, C. J. Jackson

Authors: Amita Swadhin, C. J. Jackson

C.64 Intimate partner violence among English-speaking Caribbean immigrant women in the U.S.: A literature review on sociocultural barriers and help-seeking

Speaker: Kacey-Ann Cockett

Authors: Kacey-Ann Cockett, Isabelle Amelia Zeidner, Nishita Dsouza, Jahlisiah Julia Scott, Emmanuela Douyon, Yuwei Wu, Dawn Goddard-Eckrich

C.65 Beyond protection: Feminist and gender-responsive alternatives to immigration detention for migrant and refugee women

Speaker: Nyeleti Baloyi

Authors: Zekhethelo Cele, Nyeleti Baloyi

C.66 “Nisaidie, Usinidhuru”(Help me, don’t harm me!): Learnings from a patient-centered intervention to improve post-rape care in Kilifi County, Kenya

Speaker: Cynthia Kairu

Authors: Cynthia Kairu, Ramatou Ouedraogo, Kenneth Miriti, Elwyn Chondo, Hassan Leli

C.67 Strengthening local institutional networks to address gender-based violence: Lessons from a subnational training programme in Brazil

Speaker: Ana El Kadri

Authors: Ana Luísa Machado, Carla Rosário

C.68 Beyond documentation: Empowering migrant and refugee women to navigate gender-based violence and femicide and structural barriers in South Africa

Speaker: Tolulola GEORGE

Authors: Tolulola George

C.69 Strengthening legal and institutional responses to violence against LBT women: Insights from Nepal’s gendered political economy analysis

Speaker: Trishna Thapa, Sarita K. C.

Authors: Suniti Neogy, Laxmi Ghalan, Trishna Thapa, Sarita K. C., Sudip Sigdel, Bimala Gurung, Saru Subedi

C.70 No one should stand alone: Towards a unified response to sorcery accusation related violence in Papua New Guinea

Speaker: Edith Akiror

Authors: Miranda Forsyth, Edith Akiror, Philip Gibbs

C.71 Enhancing support mechanisms for domestic violence survivors: The role of Islamic financial institutions in Malaysia

Speaker: Tengku Aira Tengku Razif

Authors: Joshua Honguan Teh, Tengku Aira Tengku Razif, Aishath Muneeza

C.72 Guía de acompañamiento legal y psicosocial, un recurso de cuidado feminista para sostener el trauma de niñeces sobrevivientes de violencia sexual y quienes las cuidan

Speaker: Ingrid Baños-Guerrero

Authors: Ingrid Verónica Baños-Guerrero, Melissa Baños-Cano, Ana Lucía Ortíz-Ávila, Erick Javier Sánchez-Garnica

C.73 Combating sexual exploitation and abuse in Democratic Republic of the Congo schools: The impact of a multisectoral approach on reporting and care access

Speaker: Robert Kasenene

Authors: Mireille Ikoli, Robert Kasenene

C.74 From investigation to restoration: Examining criminal justice system performance and intimate partner violence survivor outcomes in Uganda

Speaker: Lilian Ayebale

Authors: Lilian Ayebale, Nana Hanson-Hall, Evelyne Banura, Joseph Ssekyewa, Ivan Tekkwo, Ruth Momanyi, Byron Mwanje, Eva Leni, Wamaitha Kimani

C.75 Diagnóstico de la situación actual de la violencia basada en género y la capacidad de respuesta de los servicios locales en 40 municipios Cubanos

Speaker: MARISOL Alfonso De Armas

Authors: Matilde de la Caridad Molina Cintra, Lisandra Esquivel Cabezas, Marisol Alfonso

C.76 Decoding under-reporting: A multi-communal analysis of barriers to gender-based violence disclosure in Gao, Mali

Speaker: Anahita Alexander-Sefre

Authors: Gaia Pallecchi, Anahita Alexander-Sefre, Dielika Fomba

C.77 Adaptive survivor-centred safe shelter in resource-scarce Pacific contexts

Speaker: Florence Taro

Authors: Lucy Stevens, Juliana Zutu, Doris Puiahi, Florence Taro

C.78 Embedding VAWG response in local governance through grassroots women’s leadership

Speaker: Prakash Ranjan, Shubha Bhattacharya

Authors: Rimjhim Jain, Prakash Ranjan, Shubha Bhattacharya

C.79 Development of a comprehensive, self-reported measure of reproductive coercion and abuse for global use

Speaker: Desireé LaGrappe

Authors: Laura Tarzia, Leesa Hooker, Desireé LaGrappe, Angela Taft, Kristina Edvardsson

C.80 Beyond the pseudonym: A survivor-co-created symbolic identifier model for ethical research with survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in Nepal

Speaker: Jaya Luintel

Authors: Jaya Luintel

C.81 Considering compensation in the context of participatory research and advocacy with young survivors of childhood sexual violence

Speaker: Claire Cody

Authors: Claire Cody, Claire Soares

C.82 Centering agency and healing through arts-based participatory research with marginalized and vulnerable women and youth in Nepal

Speaker: Geetanjali Gill

Authors: Geetanjali Gill

C.83 Predominant forms of violence vary by partner and differentially impact health outcomes: Exploring partner matrix methodology for intimate partner violence estimation

Speaker: Shannon Wood

Authors: Shannon Wood, Salma Tayel, Anaise Williams, Haley Thomas, Michele Decker, Mary Thiongo, Nicole Stamas, Grace Wamue-Ngare, Peter Gichangi

C.84 A systematic review of ethical considerations and reporting on violence against women research in India

Speaker: Suresh Jungari

Authors: Suresh Jungari

C.85 What do we measure when we measure intimate partner violence? A comparative content analysis of major intimate partner violence scales

Speaker: Lalou Holdt

Authors: Lalou Holdt, Christina Mandrup Jäderholm, Angelo M. Dibello, Camilla S. Øverup

C.86 Too urgent for typical research protocol? Recruitment and consent challenges from an HIV PEP study after sexual assault

Speaker: Jocelyn Anderson, Jessica Draughon Moret

Authors: Jessica Draughon Moret, Jocelyn Anderson, Jill Wood, Erin Pollitt

C.87 Reclaiming context: Using realist methodology to strengthen evidence and implementation in sexual violence prevention

Speaker: Sarah Vrankovich

Authors: Jessica Ison, Leesa Hooker, Sarah Vrankovich

C.88 Measurement structure, invariance, and item functioning of intimate partner violence scales in high-income countries: Results from 30 population-based surveys

Speaker: Irina Bergenfeld

Authors: Irina Bergenfeld, Cari Jo Clark, Regine Haardörfer, Angela Bengtson, Timothy Lash

C.89 The nuts and bolts of disability inclusion in arts-based gender-based violence research: Experiences from the INCLUDE study in South Africa

Speaker: Sahla Aroussi

Authors: Pinky Mahlangu, Elisabet Le Roux, Jill Hanass-Hancock, Thakasile Ndlovu, David Duriesmith, Sahla Aroussi

C.90 Ending violence against women and girls index: Findings and ethical reflections for the field

Speaker: Yeliz Osman

Authors: Elizabeth Dartnall, Yeliz Osman, Kalliopi Mingeirou, Michelle Krogh, Ginette Azcona, Katherine Stewart, Shubhangi Pandey, Shivangi Jain, Laura Avery, Sangeeta Chatterji

C.91 Weaving narratives: Embroidery for healing and evidence

Speaker: Rubina Singh

Authors: Rubina Singh

C.92 Centering safety and agency: Adolescent survivor–participatory research with girls in Kenya

Speaker: Benedetta Wasonga

Authors: Elizabeth Anderson, Benedetta Wasonga

C.93 Addressing epistemological inequities in context: Cultural, methodological, and ethical considerations for doing sexual violence research in Nigeria

Speaker: Comfort Tosin Adebayo

Authors: Comfort Tosin Adebayo, Rochelle Davidson Mhonde, Laila Fahmy

C.94 Application of geospatial analysis in intimate partner violence research: Findings from a systematic scoping review

Speaker: Anja Zinke-Allmang

Authors: Karen Devries, Anja Zinke-Allmang, Shino Shiode, Tobias Shinyemba

C.95 Decolonising measurement of gender-based violence and mental health among migrant women in precarious urban settings: Participatory validation of the GEMMS survey tool in India

Speaker: Neha Adsul

Authors: Neha Adsul, Sivakami M

C.96 Adapting gender-based violence prevention programmes in Southeast Asia: Practice-informed guidance

Speaker: Dominique Maidment

Authors: Erin Stern, Melissa Alvarado, Kanae Tanaka, Binita Shrestha, Valentina Volpe, Sujata Tuladhar, Anna Laming, Dominique Maidment, Aaron Situmorang

C.97 The Southeast Asia Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Prevention Platform: Strengthening and coordinating GBV prevention efforts across the region

Speaker: Irene Widjaya, Christelyn Sibugon, Aaron Situmorang

Authors: Veronica Ahlenback, Gemma Ferguson, Aaron Situmorang, Irene Widjaya, Christelyn Sibugon, Dhina Mutiara Kartikasari

C.98 Co-creating implementation research for intimate partner violence prevention: Enabling conditions for partnership with government in complex, resource-constrained health systems

Speaker: Vindhya Fernando

Authors: Vindhya Fernando, Shashika Ekanayake, Anik Gevers, Dinusha Perera, Chandima Sirithunga, Ayesha Mago

C.99 Measuring gender-based violence risk mitigation in education in emergencies programmes

Speaker: Estelle-Emile Dade

Authors: Christine Heckman, Estelle-Emile Dade, Hassane Oumar Acheikh, Jihane Latrous, Marina Berbiec, Lauren Gerken, Racha El Masri, Carolina Vergara Lamarre

C.100 Bringing evidence and practice: A co-creation approach to designing violence prevention programmes

Speaker: Anne Ngunjiri

Authors: Anne Ngunjiri, Lina Digolo, Jane Thiomi, Nicholas Muasya, Hermes Gichane, Miram Njoroge

C.101 A scoping review of measures and definitions to address methodological and evidence gaps on sexual harassment

Speaker: Namratha Rao

Authors: Raphaëlle Rafin, Giorgia Airoldi, Anita Raj, Namratha Rao

C.102 Feminist emotional first aid: Equipping gender-based violence practitioners to provide immediate, trauma-informed support in humanitarian and development contexts

Speaker: Pupul Lama

Authors: Pupul Lama

C.103 Promoting the wellness of researchers and practitioners working to end violence against women and girls

Speaker: Elizabeth Louis

Authors: Priya Dhanani, Elizabeth Louis, Joy Watson, Leah Goldman

C.104 Gender-based violence and violence against children in vulnerable populations in Vietnam: A synthesis of findings from the CONVERGE training program

Speaker: Van Hoang Thi Hai

Authors: Kathryn M. Yount, Meghan Macaulay, Van Hoang Thi Hai, Giang Le Minh, Dominic Parrott, Sarah Blake

C.105 Lifelines interrupted: What women and girls taught us when gender-based violence services were cut

Speaker: Batool Altarifi

Authors: Rosemary Ogunjobi, Batool Altarifi, Amira Taha Mahmoud

C.106 Women’s movement building as essential in gender-based violence service delivery: Lessons from funding cuts and centering feminist approaches in crisis

Speaker: Patty Gray, Amira Mahmoud

Authors: Dalal Jabbour, Rosemary Ogunjobi, Nagwin Burhan, George Fattah, Patricia Gray, Yasmin Khoja Khoja, Peninah Kimiri, Nura Sulieman, Amira Taha Mahmoud, Amira Hussein

C.107 Sustaining impact: How to sustain seed investment in EVAWG programming

Speaker: Heran Ayele

Authors: Aissa Boodhoo, Heran Ayele

C.108 Shaping a field through targeted investment: How a philanthropic funder supported creating global political priority for intimate partner violence

Speaker: Tesmerelna Atsbeha

Authors: Heidi Stöckl, Manisha Mehta, Joanna Krajewska, Tesmerelna Atsbeha

C.109 Resourcing resistance: Moving money to young mothers to disrupt violence in East and Southern Africa

Speaker: Gabrielle Bailey

Authors: Emma Mulhern, Jody Myrum, Jugu Maureen Lawson, Gabrielle Bailey, Isha Morgan Conteh, Liesel Bakker

C.110 Meeting the moment: Using a protection frame to continue centering women and girls – a response to changing landscapes and contexts

Speaker: Nour Beydoun, Leora Ward

Authors: Gretchen Emick, Nour Beydoun, Leora Ward

C.111 A collective call for action: A qualitative pilot study exploring challenges and capacity needs among gender-based violence practitioners in Asia

Speaker: Hsin Chi Lee

Authors: Yi Chia Hwang, Hsin Chi Lee, Yueh Hao Wang

C.112 Counting the cost: Financing violence prevention in Fiji

Speaker: Sera Dugucanavanua

Authors: Sera V. L. Dugucanavanua

C.113 Accredited micro-qualifications for women: Closing Moldova’s lifelong learning gap to prevent violence and strengthen economic empowerment

Speaker: Leyla Sharafi

Authors: Violeta Terguta, Leyla Sharafi

C.114 Un chatbot de WhatsApp para la prevención de violencia y el acceso a derechos en contextos de retracción de políticas

Speaker: Mariana Isasi

Authors: Mariana Isasi, María Jimena Cartechini, Victoria Vaccaro, Anabel Fernández Prieto

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