Programming for Prevention: A Practical Approach to Design & Implementation
Strengthen your capacity to design and implement effective violence prevention programmes under typical “real-world” constraints and conditions.
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Course summary
This free, virtual course supports practitioners in designing and implementing effective violence against women (VAW) prevention programmes. Through interactive sessions and practical tools, you will explore key steps in the programme journey, what is often overlooked, and how to make thoughtful, strategic decisions under real-world constraints.
You will collaborate with other practitioners, share experiences, and apply what you learn to your context. Those who complete the course requirements will earn a certificate from Prevention Collaborative.
This course is designed to strengthen the capacity of practitioners and implementing organisations to design and deliver quality VAW prevention programmes. It provides the advanced knowledge and skills essential for progressing to deep-dive courses in the Learning Lab.
Goal
Strengthen your capacity to design and implement effective VAW prevention programming under typical constraints.
Overview
The course will follow key steps in programme design, implementation, and evaluation, with a focus on processes that are often rushed or skipped and may require strategic decision-making.
It includes eight live sessions:
- Welcome
- Understand the Context
- Envision Change
- Plan for Success
- Plan for Learning
- Experiment
- Realise
- Learn and Wrap Up
Learning objectives
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Understand how effective design and implementation drive successful prevention programmes
- Recognise key steps and decisions in the programme design, implementation and evaluation
- Understand the motivations and constraints shaping prevention programming, including donor perspectives
- Assess what is feasible and effective in your context, given existing constraints, and develop alternatives
- Envision specific desired changes in behaviours, attitudes, etc., among relevant actors
- Feel confident negotiating with donors and other stakeholders on elements necessary for effective programming
- Apply course tools to strengthen your violence prevention programming.
Format
This highly interactive course is designed to maximise participation and peer learning. Sessions are facilitated by Prevention Collaborative team members with deep experience in prevention programming. Each week includes:
- Live virtual session (two hours)
- Participants sharing, presentations, and group work
- Take-home assignments to deepen learning
The course is delivered in English.
Space is limited to ensure active participation. We will contact you to confirm your participation or suggest other opportunities, including taking our other courses.
Participant profile
This course is for practitioners who manage or design family violence prevention programmes. Ideal participants include:
- Programme managers and designers
- Technical advisors
- Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) consultants
You should be prepared to:
- Reflect on and apply learning to your own work
- Actively participate and share experiences
- Commit to weekly sessions and assignments over eight weeks
Please ensure you have your organisation’s support to commit fully to the course duration.
Prerequisite
To ensure all participants have a common understanding of key violence prevention concepts, successful applicants must complete the prerequisite course, Prevention Essentials Refresher (self-paced) or facilitated, before Monday, 1 September 2025. If you have already received a certificate of completion for either the self-paced or facilitated Prevention Essentials course, there is no need to repeat it!
Date and Time
Live sessions held every Wednesday from 3 September to 22 October 2025 at:
- 0800 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
- 1000 South Africa Standard Time (SAST)
- 1500 Indochina Time (ICT)
- 1800 Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)
For more information about this course, contact us at [email protected].
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