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Prevention Collaborative @prevention-collaborative.org · 20h

We are heartbroken by the passing of our colleague Crystal Dicks, a passionate advocate for ending violence against women and their children. Her courage and commitment continue to inspire our work.

Rest in power, Crystal. 💜

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Prevention Collaborative @prevention-collaborative.org · 21h

🎓 Want to learn how aspirational messages can inspire positive change?

⚡Take Aspire! Positive Messaging for Violence Prevention.

✅ It’s free, quick, and practical: https://cutt.ly/ZrF9mfbE!

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Prevention Collaborative @prevention-collaborative.org · 1d

✒️ What is aspirational messaging and how can it inspire people to create a violence-free world together?

🔎 Discover the power of positive messaging with Aspire!—our free 10-minute microlearning.

👉🏽 https://cutt.ly/ZrF9mfbE

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Prevention Collaborative @prevention-collaborative.org · 2d

✨ Programmes like SASA! Together use aspirational messages to inspire and support positive action.

💬 By sparking self-reflection, critical thinking and discussion, SASA! Together supports communities to build a violence-free future.

Learn more 👉🏿 https://cutt.ly/KrMUreer

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SASA! Together - Raising Voices

Raising Voices SASA! Together is easier to use, accessible and above all, even better at preventing violence against women.

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Prevention Collaborative @prevention-collaborative.org · 3d

💡 Faith leaders can play a powerful role in promoting equitable, violence-free relationships.

📖 Becoming One—a 12-session couples counselling programme led by faith leaders—reduced IPV & relationship conflict in #Uganda.

👉 Explore the guide: https://cutt.ly/XrMUe9Cp

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Prevention Collaborative @prevention-collaborative.org · 4d

📅 Weekend plans? Take 10 minutes for Aspire! Positive Messaging for Violence Prevention.

✨ Free, interactive & mobile-friendly—perfect for a quick learning boost.
👉 https://cutt.ly/ZrF9mfbE

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Prevention Collaborative @prevention-collaborative.org · 5d

🌱 How can you use aspirational messages to highlight the benefits of healthy relationships and non-violent behaviours in your community?

💡 Take our microlearning—Aspire! Positive Messaging for Violence Prevention—to learn how: https://cutt.ly/ZrF9mfbE

#Aspire #16Days

Prevention Collaborative @prevention-collaborative.org · 6d

✨ Aspirational messages can help motivate change and create a violence-free world.

🔎 Discover how with Aspire! Positive Messaging for VAW Prevention.

🎥 Watch the reel to see how easy it is to get started. Then dive in our 10-minute microlearning 👉 https://cutt.ly/ZrF9mfbE

#Aspire #16Days

Prevention Collaborative @prevention-collaborative.org · 7d

✨ Aspirational messaging can inspire and support people to make positive changes by showing what’s possible, not only what’s wrong.

👉🏾 In these Mentor Resource Sheets, the Real Fathers Initiative in #Uganda shares positive messages on being a great father: https://cutt.ly/XrMUeCcd

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Prevention Collaborative @prevention-collaborative.org · 8d

📢 Mutual learning in action!

🌏 Our #Asia Cluster Programme brings partners together to strengthen VAW prevention & build solidarity.

🎥 Watch partners from Bangladesh, Nepal & Sri Lanka reflect on their experiences: https://cutt.ly/arMjo1Bm

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Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.

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Prevention Collaborative @prevention-collaborative.org · 9d

🫂 Gender-transformative parenting programmes offer powerful opportunities to prevent VAW & VAC.

🎤 In our podcast, Senior Associates Jane Kato-Wallace & Kate Doyle discuss the evolution of the field & share insights from global partnerships.

🎧 Listen: https://cutt.ly/6rVS9U54

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Prevention Collaborative @prevention-collaborative.org · 10d

📚 Do you want to know more about effective violence prevention?

💌 Our monthly Digest curates the latest evidence, learning & insights—delivered straight to your inbox.

👉 Sign up here: https://cutt.ly/vrMRCr9m

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Prevention Collaborative @prevention-collaborative.org · 11d

📍Poor mental health is both a risk factor for and consequence of GBV.

Reflecting on her 7th #SVRIForum, @erinstern.bsky.social highlights growing attention to GBV & mental health and how strengthening mental health can help prevent violence.

👉 https://cutt.ly/6rMjY8GX

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The Relationship between Gender Based Violence and Poor Mental Health at the SVRI Forum in Cape Town

Dr. Erin Stern, Senior Associate This is the seventh year I have attended the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) forum.

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Prevention Collaborative @prevention-collaborative.org · 11d

⚡ In a time of shrinking resources, we need more effective violence prevention efforts.

🔎 Discover how underutilised strategies—edutainment, cash transfers, policy change, and addressing alcohol use and mental health—can expand scale and impact: https://cutt.ly/1rCjeONt

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Underutilised Strategies & Innovation to Prevent Violence

Violence is preventable. Over the past 15 years, the field has built in-depth evidence showing that intimate partner violence (IPV) and violence against children (VAC) can be prevented within years, not generations.

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Prevention Collaborative @prevention-collaborative.org · 13d

Dear Digest Community 🌷

The September #Digest is here! 💌

In a time of backlash & an increase in the anti-rights agenda, we’re leaning into our values, reflection & deep thinking. In this issue, explore not just what we do, but how & why.

📖 Read here: https://cutt.ly/brNKGgtr

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Prevention Collaborative @prevention-collaborative.org · 14d

💡 Policy change can reduce violence at scale.

📚 Prevention Collaborative + World Bank Africa Gender Innovation Lab are identifying evidence-based policy and legal reforms that governments can implement to reduce VAW.

Discover how we’re advancing the evidence base 👇🏾

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Prevention Collaborative @prevention-collaborative.org · 15d

❓How can we leverage the powerful opportunity of parenting programmes to prevent both VAW & VAC?

🎤In our latest podcast, Jane Kato-Wallace & Kate Doyle reflect on 10+ years of collaboration & share insights from global partnerships to prevent VAW/VAC.

👉https://cutt.ly/6rVS9U54

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Prevention Collaborative @prevention-collaborative.org · 16d

💡 What does feminist comms look like in practise?

In this blog, our Comms & Creative team reflects on how we:
📌 Define feminist comms through our lived experiences & work
📌 Centre feminist principles in our comms—not just theory but practise

🔗 https://cutt.ly/mrVS9khn

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Centering Feminist Principles in Communications: A Collective Reflection

When we started thinking about documenting our feminist communications principles, we were at a point when we realised the urgency of intentional documentation and knowledge sharing, particularly on social and digital media. In building the Communications and Creative domain at the Prevention Collab

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Prevention Collaborative @prevention-collaborative.org · 17d

🌟 Make learning a priority this week!

🎓 Explore our free Learning Lab courses to strengthen your skills in designing & delivering effective violence prevention programmes: https://cutt.ly/JrSovzkU

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Prevention Collaborative @prevention-collaborative.org · 18d

🎉 We launched our #Africa Cluster Programme—a 6-month, co-learning journey on VAW prevention!

We’re thrilled to welcome our Cluster Partners:
✨ #Rwanda: HAGURUKA, RWAMREC
✨ #SouthAfrica: Grassroot Soccer, MOSAIC
✨ #Tanzania: ASUTA, Uzikwasa

Let the learning journey begin! 🚀

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Prevention Collaborative @prevention-collaborative.org · 20d

🤔 How can policy change help prevent violence at scale?

📚 We’re working with the World Bank Africa Gender Innovation Lab to identify evidence-based policy & legal reforms that governments can implement to reduce VAW.

Explore how we’re strengthening the evidence base 👇🏿

#ThoughtLeadership

Prevention Collaborative @prevention-collaborative.org · 21d

Credit to our Comms & Creative team:
@taniaghosh.bsky.social
@thetobiayodele.bsky.social
@swonghearing.bsky.social
@ana-nustes.bsky.social

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Prevention Collaborative @prevention-collaborative.org · 21d

📢 At Prevention Collaborative, our comms, designs & campaigns are rooted in feminist principles:
1️⃣ Centre audiences
2️⃣ Value process
3️⃣ Stay open to feedback
4️⃣ Be agile & adaptable
5️⃣ Prioritise wellness & celebration

✨ See the principles in action: https://cutt.ly/1rVS2Fxf

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Prevention Collaborative @prevention-collaborative.org · 22d

🌱 How do you embed learning in your organisations?

@kathydurand.bsky.social‬ shares 3 practices we use at Prevention Collaborative:
1️⃣ Prioritise time for learning
2️⃣ Foster critical reflection
3️⃣ Embrace diverse perspectives

✨ Read the full blog: https://cutt.ly/9rVEZ958

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How to Embed Learning in an Organization

The concept of a learning organization has been the buzz for a few years now. It is such a natural concept to get behind.

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Prevention Collaborative @prevention-collaborative.org · 23d

🖥️🌍 Planning a hybrid event?

✨ Senior Associate @erinstern.bsky.social shares how she and @rtunga.bsky.social leveraged both online and in-person formats for hybrid VAW prevention trainings in Kenya and Rwanda.

Read more 👉🏽 https://cutt.ly/nrCj4WsI

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Hybrid approaches to facilitation

How to maximise opportunities offered by both in-person and online meetings

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