Vaughn Bryant’s Post

It bears repeating: It truly takes all of us, with all our different backgrounds, to provide multiple pathways to safety, justice, and healing for survivors and to build safe, secure communities free of violence. What are you reading, thinking, and/or doing on this front as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month? Drop links or thoughts below to keep sharing pathways.

Evidence on violence prevention interventions targeted at children aged 8 to 12 years remains limited and stems mostly from high-income countries. Here is a LACLEARN contribution that identifies promising strategies that could be applicable for Latin America and the Caribbean. Securing Tomorrow: Violence Prevention Interventions for Children in LAC https://lnkd.in/ejAG22r5

To break the cycle of gender-based violence, we need to intervene at every stage – primary prevention, early intervention, response and recovery. Here’s a look at how IWDA’s Pacific partners are working to break the cycle for good... #16Days #16DaysOfActivism #NoExcuse #AddressingGBV

🕊️ The New Agenda for Peace calls for a shift to focus more attention on national prevention strategies. This policy brief considers 7️⃣ questions in the design, implementation, & support for effective nationally led violence prevention strategies 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eJduz5ys #NewAgendaForPeace #PreventionStrategies

On the 2nd day of #WeekWithoutViolence, we join YWCA USA in uplifting The Family Violence Prevention Services Act (FVPSA). Since its introduction in 1984, #FVPSA has been the only dedicated source of federal funding for #DomesticViolence shelters and programs, providing survivors of domestic abuse with critical tools needed to access safety, reclaim their independence, and move forward after experiences of #GenderBasedViolence. Learn more and urge Congress to take action: bit.ly/3Qo1QLK #WWV23 #WeekWithoutViolence2023

Since November 26th, 2022, 55 people have died by femicide in Ontario. That is more than one femicide a week. Will you join me and the more than 800 people who have already signed our petition urging the province of Ontario to declare intimate partner and gender-based violence an epidemic? It only take a moment to make a life long impact. You can sign our petition here: https://lnkd.in/dSKEX_-4 #CallItFemicide #genderbasedviolence #intimatepartnerviolence

The NCJA Center for Justice Planning (CJP) team attended the Giffords Center for Violence Intervention Conference this week, joining community violence intervention workers nationwide, and from Latin America and the Caribbean. This conference brought together CVI workers, highlighting the importance of gun violence prevention, community violence reduction and intervention, as well as trauma-informed care and self care for the workers. The NCJA CJP team is working to expand equity in public safety funding to organizations that do #CVI work and bridge gaps between system partners and community based organizations. #CVIConference #gunviolence

💭 What is an evidence-based strategy that can help prevent and respond to gender-based violence? In recognition of #16DaysofActivism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV), we asked our experts and project partners around the world to share their insights ⬇ Read our #16days story to learn how our teams around the world are integrating #GBV training and prevention into their work: https://lnkd.in/e7ahWgxE 🖱 Follow along between now and December 10 for more! #orangetheworld #16days

Register: https://bit.ly/46zo2I7 Perpetrator programmes play a crucial role in violence prevention, and this event is your chance to explore: 🌍 Results from mapping 33 programmes across 24 European countries. 📈 Recommendations to enhance European perpetrator work. 💪 WWP EN's current efforts to support these improvements. #wwpen #DomesticAbuse #GenderBasedViolence

#2023HAVIConference #HappeningNow: Our powerful panel: "Reflecting on the past, looking toward the future." In this session, participants of the Empowering the Frontline Working Group, are reviewing accomplishments, discussing the vision for the future and how we move forward. ------------ Empowering the Frontline Working Group - EFL #EFL is a HAVI sponsored working group encompassing frontline violence prevention professionals #VPPs who are working within #HVIPs and in the community violence intervention (#CVI) ecosystem. Through our collective efforts we continue to elevate the life-saving work of these game-changers in the field.