Violence Prevention Academy
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Join other practitioners who are learning about violence prevention!
Violence Prevention Academy
We are offering our Learning Lab community a free hybrid online learning experience that combines self-paced courses with live virtual sessions facilitated by Prevention Collaborative’s Capacity Strengthening team.
This is your chance to:
- Ask our facilitators questions about the content in our self-paced courses.
- Share your experiences of applying learnings to your work with other practitioners.
The Academy allows you to exchange knowledge through four interactive sessions and three self-paced courses.
WHO IS THE ACADEMY FOR?
If you are a practitioner looking to start violence prevention programming or integrate prevention into your existing programmes, this opportunity is for you!
You will get the most out of the Academy if you are:
- Working in violence against women (VAW), gender-based violence (GBV), or violence against children (VAC).
- Working in a civil society organisation, national or local NGO/non-profit.
- Planning to implement your learnings directly and share learnings within your organisations or networks.
- Committed to completing all three self-paced courses over the period of seven weeks and attending all four live sessions.
- Comfortable engaging with us in English.
- Able to connect with us through stable internet access.
Schedule of Live Sessions
Live sessions will be held on Zoom at 0800-1000 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) / 1000-1200 South Africa Standard Time (SAST) / 1500-1700 Indochina Time (ICT) / 1800-2000 Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) on:
- Wednesday, 25 February 2026
- Wednesday, 11 March 2026
- Wednesday, 25 March 2026
- Wednesday, 8 April 2026
During these two-hour sessions, you will have the opportunity to connect with other practitioners, share experiences and insights, and enhance your learning journey. All live sessions will be conducted in English by Prevention Collaborative’s Capacity Strengthening team, who bring deep expertise in the course topics.
Which Self-Paced CourseS ARE INCLUDED?
In the weeks in between facilitated sessions, you will have time to complete the self-paced courses. Designed to build upon each other, these courses provide you with the knowledge and tools to plan and implement your violence prevention programmes on an evidence-based foundation.
- Start with either Prevention Essentials Refresher: The Latest on What, Why & How or Violence Against Children: Prevention Essentials: Uncover the magnitude, patterns, and latest thinking in violence prevention, and gain a deeper understanding of the causes of VAW or VAC and improve your prevention efforts.
- Working at the Intersections of Violence Against Women and Violence Against Children: Addressing violence in the home requires a solid understanding of the intersections of VAW and VAC. This course offers programme examples that have effectively reduced both VAW and VAC.
- Transforming Gender Norms for Violence Prevention: The What, Why, and How: Explore how social norms perpetuate violence and ways to shift them. This course provides examples of successful strategies addressing harmful gender norms and discusses how to manage backlash.
Interested in Joining the Academy?
Sign up here for updates on when applications for the next Violence Prevention Academy open.
For more information about this opportunity, contact us at [email protected]