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PEPFAR Special Initiative on Sexual and Gender-based Violence, Uganda and Rwanda 

Thursday, 13 January 2011
1:00–4:00 pm

National Press Club
529 14th Street NW, 13th Floor, Murrow Room
Washington, DC

Collaborators from the PEPFAR SGBV Initiative, the Population Council, the Health Policy Initiative/Futures Group, and John Snow Inc. presented on the PEPFAR-supported program to alleviate sexual and gender-based violence in Africa. The event featured presentations from experts at each participating organization, who discussed key findings from completed studies and recommendations on further programming to respond to sexual violence under PEPFAR.

Agenda (PDF)

Selected presentations

• Implementing the PEPFAR SGBV initiative (PDF)
  Mary Zama, Population Council
• Fostering community engagement in the PEPFAR Special Initiative on Sexual and Gender-based Violence (PDF)
  Elizabeth Doggett, Futures Group
• Providing comprehensive care to SGBV survivors through effective community linkages: The NUMAT experience (PDF)
  Kai Spratt, John Snow Inc.
• A step-by-step guide to strengthening SV services (PDF)
  Jill Keesbury, Population Council
  
  

Resources

• A step-by-step guide to strengthening sexual violence services in public health facilities: Lessons and tools from sexual violence services in Africa (PDF)
  Keesbury, Jill; Thompson, Jill
  Publication date: 2010
• Executive summary: A step-by-step guide to strengthening sexual violence services in public health facilities (PDF)
  Keesbury, Jill; Thompson, Jill
  Publication date: 2010
  

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Related project: Special Initiative on Sexual and Gender-based Violence

See also: Sexual and Gender-based Violence