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School-based prevention project launched in Da Nang
Thursday 23 August 2012

A school-based violence prevention project was launched on 9 July, in Da Nang, Viet Nam, by PyD in conjunction with the central city's Department of Education and Training. The project aims to create an enabling environment within schools for gender violence prevention and mitigation through advocacy among students, teachers, students' clubs, and policy makers.

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Let’s Talk Men 2.0 films to get youth talking in South Asia
Thursday 23 August 2012

New feature films and documentaries from South Asia will promote reflection and discussion among young people regarding gender, masculinities and violence. The Let's Talk Men 2.0 film series, which was supported by P4P, IPPF, CARE International and other partners, will inspire reflection on masculinities, violence and other themes as they play out in five South Asian countries: Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

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Understanding social media for social change: Good practices and limitations of using social media to reach out to youth for the prevention of GBV
Thursday 23 August 2012

P4P is helping to test the use of social media platforms in campaigns to prevent GBV in the Asia-Pacific region. Social media can be a powerful tool for engaging young people with violence prevention efforts, but it has its limitations.

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P4P, WHO and MRC regional prevention trainings: strengthening capacity to implement effective primary prevention interventions
Wednesday 22 August 2012

Partners for Prevention (P4P), the World Health Organization (WHO) and Medical Research Council South Africa (MRC), are working together to improve the skills and understanding of practitioners regarding primary prevention of gender-based violence (GBV). The three partners recently concluded a second annual regional training week in Bangkok that was attended by 50 practitioners from 11 countries across the Asia-Pacific region.

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Social media takes youth in Viet Nam on a ‘Love Journey’
Wednesday 22 August 2012

Vietnamese musician and gender-rights advocate Pham Anh Khoa lent his support to a social media campaign, ‘Love Journey,’ that focused on healthy relationship skills among youth and encouraged them to take on the cause of gender justice.

“I believe respect, trust, understanding, love, equality and non-violence are key principles of a healthy relationship. There is no place for force and violence in love. True friends listen to and respect each other’s opinions. We (both men and women) should work towards making our relationships healthy,” Pham Anh Khoa said.

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Practitioners and donors discuss new opportunities to prevent GBV in Asia and the Pacific
Wednesday 22 August 2012

Practitioners and donors working to prevent GBV came together for a regional consultation meeting held in Bangkok, in February. Participants reviewed current evidence of promising interventions from the Asia-Pacific region and explored issues at the heart of GBV prevention:

1) how to promote greater understanding of what prevention is and how it should be incorporated into interventions and policies as part of a holistic response to GBV;
2) how to support local innovation for prevention, while advocating for rigorous evidence-based programs;

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New research highlights risk and protective factors for physical and sexual violence perpetration
Wednesday 22 August 2012

The Change Project – the P4P led multi-country study on understanding gender, masculinity and power to prevent gender-based violence in Asia and the Pacific – is producing emerging findings on men’s experiences, attitudes and use of violence against women that help to paint a more holistic picture of the issue and improve violence prevention interventions. The study consists of complementary qualitative, quantitative and political analysis research. The national quantitative studies are the first being completed.

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Introduction to Primary Prevention of Gender-based Violence Workshop: Workshop Presentations
Monday 9 July 2012

Supported by Partners for Prevention, MRC and WHO, the 'Regional Skills Building Workshop: Introduction to Primary Prevention of Gender-based Violence' took place 2–4 July 2012, in Bangkok, Thailand. The workshop aimed for participants to gain an understanding of what primary prevention is, why it is important, and how to design a theory- and evidence-based intervention (click here for more information about the workshop).

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Call for Applications: Introduction to Primary Prevention of Gender-based Violence
Thursday 12 April 2012

Partners for Prevention is accepting applications from practitioners in the Asia-Pacific region to participate in a regional learning event focused on the primary prevention of gender-based violence. The "Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop: Introduction to Primary Prevention of Gender-based Violence" will take place 2–4 July 2012, in Bangkok, Thailand. The deadline for applications is 8 June 2012.

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Call for Applications: Practitioner’s Clinic – Improving Prevention Interventions
Thursday 12 April 2012

Partners for Prevention (P4P) is accepting applications from practitioners in the Asia-Pacific region to participate in a regional learning and knowledge-sharing event focused on enhancing gender-based violence primary prevention interventions. The "Asia-Pacific Regional Learning Event: Practitioner’s Clinic – Improving our Primary Prevention Interventions" will take place 5–6 July 2012, in Bangkok, Thailand. The deadline for applications is 8 June 2012.

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