Violence Prevention Advocacy Gains Momentum

The Prevention+ consortium is co-organiser of the second global expert meeting on gender-based violence prevention in Johannesburg, South Africa titled, "Five Days of Violence Prevention." Ilze Smit, Project Leader of Rutgers' involvement in the Paternity Leave Campaign in the Netherlands is representing Prevention+ at this space. Together with the conference's participants, she is supporting in efforts to co-develop violence prevention strategies for adaptation in different regional and national contexts, and is exploring opportunities to strengthen young and adult male involvement in gender equality initiatives.