[Pdf-women] Doing Violence Prevention Well

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Doing violence prevention well: Matching aspirations with funding timeframes | Publications | UN Women - Headquarters<https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2023/07/doing-violence-prevention-well-matching-aspirations-with-funding-timeframes>

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https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2023/07/doing-violence-prevention-well-matching-aspirations-with-funding-timeframes

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"There is now rigorous evidence which shows that violence against women (VAW) is preventable, and that greater gender equality can be achieved. Several evidence-based prevention strategies have shown substantial reductions in the levels of violence after 1 to 4 years of solid implementation."

Introduction
Evidence that violence against women (VAW) can be reduced in years rather than lifetimes has attracted new interest and money to the field of violence prevention. While exciting and welcome, this attention has at times encouraged overly ambitious aspirations and expectations on the part of some funders and programme planners. It is essential that practitioners working to address VAW help manage these expectations and negotiate realistic objectives and timeframes; without these, both the impact of organisations' investment and women's safety may be put at risk.

Evidence and practice-based learning across different contexts has repeatedly shown that community-wide prevention strategies (e.g. SASA! Together, Communities Care, Ghana's Combat programme) require a minimum of 3 years of high intensity implementation to have a measurable impact on VAW prevalence. This is in addition to the 9 to 12 months of preparatory work that is needed to map local resources and stakeholders, adapt a programme to a new setting, train staff, and most importantly, build trust and partnership among implementing organizations and the communities they serve. Conducting a formal evaluation and/or capturing practice-based learning requires even more time.

Realistically, implementing an effective community mobilization approach to violence prevention (such as SASA! Together) requires 4 to 5 years of dedicated and flexible funding. Organisations and funders unable to make this level of commitment should probably avoid this type of programming. Attempting to do more than money and timing allow is not value neutral. It represents an inefficient use of resources (by investing in ineffective programming) and can provoke backlash from male partners and community members.

Programme officers and managers often confront the reality that the vast majority of funds available for work to prevent VAW is short term and contractually limited. Short time frames and the political pressures to show quantifiable results are two of the biggest challenges currently facing the VAW field. Fortunately, there are useful contributions that donors and organizations working to end VAW can make in shorter time Wframes to contribute towards prevention in the longer-term. The key is to match available funding to realistic outcomes and avoid overpromising.

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