February 19, 2025 – Parent and caregiver support programs are in a unique position to reduce family violence — specifically, violent discipline by parents or caregivers and intimate partner violence (IPV), the most common forms of violence experienced by children and women, respectively. Both types of violence often co-occur and have long-term consequences for children’s and women’s health and well-being, as well as child development. Yet, few parenting programmes intentionally address both types of violence.
The Prevention Collaborative, UNICEF and Equimundo developed the Parenting Programmes to Reduce Violence against Children and Women series to support parenting programmes to integrate violence prevention and promote gender equality. The briefs distil the evidence on how violence against children and against women intersect and what effective programs look like. Concrete guidance is given for how to adapt parenting programs to integrate violence prevention and gender equality and how to monitor and evaluate them. Please find the evidence briefs here: https://prevention-collaborative.org/…
The webinar explored the briefs and share insights from parenting partners who are working to reduce family violence. Speakers included:
● Kate Doyle, Prevention Collaborative
● Emmanuel Karamage, RWAMREC
● Beatrice Ogutu, Investing in Children and their Societies (ICS-SP)