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Day 1: Monday, 14 October

08:00 - 17:00	Conference registration
09:00 - 12:30	Morning session workshops
	Workshop 1 Venue: Riverside I
	Monitoring and evaluation of sexual and reproductive health services Presenters: M.E. Khan and Ian Askew (Population Council)
	Workshop 2 Venue: Riverside II
	Researching violence against women with disabilities (WWDs) by intimate partners and other household members Presenter: Jill Astbury (Victoria University)
	Workshop 3 Venue: Riverside III
	Breaking the cycle: Understanding and addressing the intersections of violence against women and violence against children Presenters: Alessandra Guedes (PAHO/ WHO), Catherine Maternowska (UNICEF), Claudia GarciaMoreno (WHO), and Diana Prieto (USAID)
	Workshop 4 Venue: Riverside IV
	Designing and analysing research for sexual and intimate partner violence Presenter: Henriette Jansen (Senior Consultant)
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch Venue: Ballroom I and Foyer
13:30 - 17:00	Afternoon session workshops
	Workshop 5 Venue: Riverside I
	Trauma and safety while researching sexual violence research Presenter: Jan Coles (Monash University), Sathya Manoharan (Monash University) and Elizabeth Dartnall (SVRI)
	Workshop 6 Venue: Riverside II
	Using the UN multicountry study on men and violence Presenters: Emma Fulu and James Lang (Partners for Prevention)
	Workshop 7 Venue: Riverside III
	Breaking the cycle: Understanding and addressing the intersections of violence against women and violence against children Presenters: Alessandra Guedes (PAHO), Catherine Maternowska (UNICEF), Claudia GarciaMoreno (WHO), and Diana Prieto (USAID)
	Workshop 8 Venue: Riverside IV
	Developing youthfocused interventions for the primary prevention of genderbased violence in low and middleincome countries Presenters: Aník Gevers (MRC) and Melissa Adams (Georgetown University)
18:00 - 18:30	Welcome and cocktail event Venue: Ballroom I and Foyer
	Welcome to Bangkok and short introduction to research and practice on violence prevention in Asia Pacific James Lang, Programme coordinator, Partners for Prevention
	Video: The UN multicountry study on men and violence Introduced by Emma Fulu, Research specialist, Partners for Prevention
18:30 - 21:00	Cocktail event

Day 2: Tuesday, 15 October

08:00 - 17:00	Conference registration
09:00 - 11:00	PLENARY SESSION I - Venue: Ballroom II/III
	Welcome and opening plenary Chair: Claudia GarciaMoreno
	SVRI Forum 2013 Claudia GarciaMoreno, World Health Organization
	Welcome to Thailand and keynote address Trakul Winitnaiyapak, Deputy Attorney General Thailand
	Breaking the cycle: Understanding the intersections between violence against women and violence against children Alessandra Guedes, Pan American Health Organization/ WHO Regional Office for the Americas (PAHO/WHO)
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee break and poster display
11:30 - 13:00	PARALLEL SESSIONS
	Parallel session I - Venue: Ballroom II/III
	Mental health and conflict Chair: Judith Bass
	Livestock assets buffer the health affects of trauma among conflict affected rural women in the Democratic Republic of Congo Nancy Glass
	Village savings and loan associations: An economic intervention with positive impact on mental health for sexual violence survivors Katie Robinette
	Mental health outcomes among women raising a child born from sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo Jennifer Scott
	What evidence exists for initiatives to reduce risk and incidence of sexual violence in armed conflict and other humanitarian crises? A systematic review Chinelo Adogu and Jo Spangaro
	Parallel session II - Venue: Riverside I
	Global burden of disease Chair: Claudia GarciaMoreno
	Prevalence of intimate partner violence and the risk of depression and problematic alcohol use Karen Devries
	Global prevalence of nonpartner sexual violence Naeemah Abrahams
	Intimate partner violence and the risk of injury, abortion and low birth weight Christina Pallitto
	What does it all mean? Charlotte Watts
	Discussion and policy and advocacy implications Claudia GarciaMoreno
11:30 - 13:00	Parallel session IIIVenue: Riverside II
	Access to sexual violence services Chair: M.E. Khan
	Towards an integrated and scaled up health-sector response to violence against women: An analysis of state-level responses in Malaysia Sitihawa Ali
	Access to emergency contraception and safe abortion services for survivors of rape and defilement in Sub-Saharan Africa: A regional overview Jill Thompson, Chi-Chi Undie and Ian Askew
	Development of a toolkit to confidentially screen for GBV among refugees to improve access to services: Evidence from Ethiopia Andrea Wirtz
	General practice service use and satisfaction by women who have experienced childhood sexual abuse: The results from a national cohort study Jan Coles
	Parallel session IV - Venue: Riverside IV
	Prevention of intimate partner violence I Chair: Abigail Hatcher
	Engaging Arab male youth as advocates against intimate partner violence Lina Abirafeh
	Feasibility of routine screening for intimate partner violence (IPV) in public health care setting in Kenya Chi-Chi Undie
	Do women around the Pacific experience similar types of violence? Findings from the Pacific family health and safety studies Henrica A.F.M. Jansen
	Violence, sexual and reproductive health and rights in Somalia. Qualitative interviews with Somali born women in Sweden Ulrica Byrskog
13:00 - 14:30	Lunch and poster display - Venue: Ballroom I and Foyer
	GWI and SVRI science fair - Venue: Riverside I
	Launch of the GBV research contest Diana Arango
14:30 - 16:00	PLENARY SESSION II - Venue: Ballroom II/III
	UN multi-country study on men and violence in Asia and the Pacific Chair: James Lang
	Prevalence and factors associated with male perpetration of intimate partner violence and non-partner rape: Findings from the UN multi-country study on men and violence in Asia and the Pacific Emma Fulu
	Prevalence and risk factors for non-partner rape perpetration: Findings from the UN multi-country cross-sectional study on men and violence in Asia and the Pacific Rachel Jewkes
	Exploring experiences and perpetration of violence among an MSM sub-sample: Findings from the UN multi-country study on men and violence in Asia and the Pacific Stephanie Miedema
	Correlates of gender inequitable attitudes of men in Bangladesh Ruchira Naved
	Role of masculinity, men’s attitudes and childhood experiences in intimate partner violence: Findings from a cross-sectional survey in Nepal and Vietnam Abhishek Gautam
16:00 - 16:30	Coffee break and poster display
16:30 - 18:00	PARALLEL SESSIONS
	Parallel session I - Venue: Ballroom II/III
	Health outcomes and intimate partner violence Chair: Alessandra Guedes
	Domestic violence prior to and during pregnancy among Pakistani women Rozina Karmaliani
	Sexual violence and mental health consequences among Japanese women Toshiko Kamo
	Intimate partner violence during pregnancy and maternal and child health outcomes in Harare, Zimbabwe Simukai Shamu
	The impact of disability and violence by household members on psychological distress in Cambodian women Jill Astbury
16:30 - 18:00	Parallel session II - Venue: Riverside I
	Sexual violence among different populations Chair: Gary Barker
	Partner and non-partner sexual violence among men who have sex with men in Mpumalanga, South Africa Kristin Dunkle
	Identifying sexual violence and access to HIV service among male refugees in Uganda Nancy Glass
	The Lingha Boys of Siem Reap: A baseline study of sexually-exploited young men in Siem Reap, Cambodia Glenn Miles
	Experiences of violence among transgender individuals in Colombia Fernanda Bianchi
	The association between violence and HIV/STI risk behavior among men who have sex with men and transgender women in Central America Amy Gregowski
	Parallel session III - Venue: Riverside II
	Sex work, transactional sex and violence Chair: Carol Ajema
	Marginalized and untold: Violence and SRH risks among mobile female sex workers (FSWs) in India Suvakanta Swain
	Constructing transactional sex involving children in an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya Helen Shipman
	Violence against women and the unmet need for contraceptives Jane Koziol-McLain
16:30 - 18:00	Parallel session IV - Venue: Riverside IV
	Sexual violence in different contexts Chair: Tandiar Samir
	Community based options to providing medical care for survivors of sexual violence: Results from a pilot project in Karen State, eastern Burma Seng Aung Sein Myint
	Review and lessons learned from the project “Health and justice for women facing sexual violence in Central America” 2008-2012 Kathy Taylor
	Sexual scripts as risk factors for sexual victimization: A prospective study with female college students in Brazil Lylla Winzer and Barbara Krahé
	'Pchiru Shelni' (night hunting in Bhutan): Courtship or coercion? Tshering Yangden
	The impact of public oath-taking ceremonies on SGBV reporting: results from two traditional leadership villages in South Africa Craig Carty
18:30 - 21:00	Evening events (parallel events)
	MenEngage reception
	MenEngage call for action to engage men and boys in preventing violence against women Gary Barker
	Book launch
	Domestic violence in Asia. Globalization, gender and Islam in the Maldives Emma Fulu

Day 3: Wednesday, 16 October

08:00 - 17:00	Conference registration
09:00 - 11:00	PLENARY SESSION III - Venue: Ballroom II/III
	Interventions I Chair: Heidi Lehmann
	SASA! study results Charlotte Watts and Karen Devries
	Group cognitive processing therapy: A specialized mental health intervention that supports improvements in well-being for sexual violence survivors Judith Bass
	Working with men to prevent violence against women in a conflict-affected setting: A cluster RCT of a male-focused IPV prevention intervention in rural Cote d’Ivoire Mazeda Hossain
	Shifting boundaries: Lessons on relationships for students in middle school Nan Stein
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee break and poster display
11:30 - 13:00	PARALLEL SESSIONS
	Parallel session I - Ballroom II/III
	Child abuse and neglect Chair: Catherine Maternowska
	Evidence based strategies for the prevention and response to sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children - what is known Lorraine Radford
	Curbing the intergenerational transmission of trauma: Outcomes of an intervention for child witnesses of domestic violence and their mothers Nataly Woollett
	CSA,risk factors & health impacts among secondary school students Grace Mallya
	Increasing spate of sexual offences against children and the media in Sri Lanka Ishra Nazeer
11:30 - 13:00	Parallel session II - Venue: Riverside I
	Prevention of intimate partner violence II Chair: Mary Ellsberg
	The role of gender inequality in defining the geographic distribution of partner violence Lori Heise
	Individual and community level correlates of physical violence against unmarried female adolescents in Bangladesh Ruchira Naved
	Findings from a systematic review of reviews on interventions to reduce or prevent violence against women and girls Diana Arango
	Predictors of physical and sexual intimate partner violence in a social intervention in Kampala, Uganda Shannon Wood
	Responding to gender based violence in countries with limited capacity: Experiences from Pakistan, Myanmar, Central African Republic, Papua New Guinea and Libya Sarah Martin
	Parallel session II - Venue: Riverside II
	Sexual and intimate partner violence and HIV Chair: Nduku Kilonzo
	Intimate partner violence after disclosure of HIV test results among pregnant women in Harare, Zimbabwe Simukai Shamu
	Masculinities, normalization of violence and HIV risk within marriage in India: Exploring the linkage from a study among men from low socio-economic occupations in India Suvakanta Swain
	Youth risk behaviour: HIV and sexual violence among school going youth in Botswana Tshidi Botshelo Rankoa
	A screening tool for GBV among internally displaced populations: improving access to GBV services and HIV testing and care in Colombia Andrea Wirtz
	Parallel session IV - Venue: Riverside IV
	Sexual violence in conflict and post conflict settings I Chair: Sarah Martin
	Preventing conflict-related mass sexual and gender based violence with early warning analysis Sara Davies and Jacqui True
	Sexual violence related pregnancies in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and impact on parenting Shada Rouhani
	Early relationships and marriage in conflict and post-conflict settings: Vulnerability of youth in Uganda Elizabeth Rowley
	Perspectives of husbands on the rape of their partner in conflict areas in eastern DRC Gary Barker
13:00 - 14:30	Lunch and poster display - Venue: Ballroom I and Foyer
	EC policy brief launch - Venue: Riverside I Sarah Rich
14:30 - 16:00	PARALLEL SESSIONS
	Parallel session I - Venue: Ballroom II/III
	Youth and school based interventions for the prevention of SGBV Chair: Lori Heise
	Engaging youth in violence prevention: Evaluation results from the young men’s initiative in Kosovo Sophie Namy
	Primary prevention of gender based violence: The acceptability of a workshop for parents of teens in South Africa Aník Gevers
	School-based programmes to address violence against women in Latin American region, with special emphasis on the model developed by the Ministry of Education of Mexico Manuel Contreras
	Parallel session II - Venue: Riverside I
	Responding to intimate partner violence and sexual violence against women Chair: Manisha Metha
	Women's evaluation of abuse and violence care in general practice Kelsey Hegarty
	Responding to intimate partner violence and sexual violence against women. WHO clinical and policy guidelines - what’s new? Claudia Garcia-Moreno
	Evidence based models for global policy decisions: Outcomes for abused women’s safety, health, and functioning following a shelter stay compared to use of justice services Judith McFarlane
	Violence Free: Improving the lives of marginalized women and girls in Ukraine Sara Hodgdon
	Responding to gender based violence in countries with limited capacity: Experiences from Pakistan, Myanmar, Central African Republic, Papua New Guinea and Libya Sarah Martin
14:30 - 16:00	Parallel session III - Venue: Riverside II
	Child sexual abuse Chair: Shaheda Omar
	Responding to abuse: Children's experiences of child protection in a central district, Uganda Karen Devries
	Culturally sanctioned SGBV as a driver for child perpetration of assault in regions of traditional leadership in Limpopo, South Africa Craig Carty
	Breaking the silence of child sexual abuse in the Caribbean: A community-based action research intervention model Sandra Reid
	Parallel session IV - Venue: Riverside IV
	Sexual violence in conflict and post conflict settings II Chair: Nancy Glass
	Sexual violence and the effects of conflict on women and men in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: Preliminary results from IMAGES-DRC Gary Barker
	Sexual violence, female employment and social isolation across five conflict-affected countries in Sub-Saharan Africa Kade Finnoff
	Abducted children and youth in Lord's Resistance Army in north eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: Gendered mechanisms of indoctrination and control Jocelyn Kelly
	Challenges to achieving the MISP standard for clinical management of rape in humanitarian crises Chen Reis
16:00 - 16:30	Coffee break and poster display
16:30 - 18:00	PARALLEL SESSIONS
	Parallel session I - Venue: Ballroom II/III
	Men and masculinities Chair: Manuel Contreras
	Non-violent husbands in a setting in which marital violence is widely justified: An exploration of "positive deviants” in Bihar Shireen Jejeebhoy
	Transforming masculinities or consolidating patriarchy in Liberia? Messages about men in postwar campaigns against sexual violence Kerrie Thornhill
	Mechanisms underpinning programs to reduce risk and incidence of sexual violence in armed conflict: Realist analysis of systematic review findings Jo Spangaro and Chinelo Adogu
	Preventing violence with responsible engaged and loving (REAL) fathers Melissa Adams
	Parallel session II - Venue: Riverside I
	SASA!: A community mobilisation intervention to prevent violence against women and reduce HIV risk in Kampala Chair: Charlotte Watts
	Overview: The SASA! Lori Michau
	The lived experience of SASA!: A community-based intervention to prevent violence against women and reduce HIV risk in Kampala, Uganda Nambusi Kyegombe
	How does multi-level IPV prevention influence change on the front lines of intimate partner relationships?: Exploring relational change in couples exposed to the SASA! intervention in Kampala, Uganda Elizabeth Starmann
	Discussion on programme lessons and scale up Lori Michau
16:30 - 18:00	Parallel session III - Venue: Riverside II
	Human trafficking for sexual exploitation Chair: Chen Reis
	The butterfly longitudinal research project. A Chab Dai study on (re-) integration: Researching the lifecycle of sexual exploitation and trafficking in Cambodia Lim Vanntheary
	Victims of trafficking caught in transit in Morocco Valerie Minne
	Competing conceptions of “successful reintegration" for the sex-trafficked and abused Luke Bearup
	Child trafficking for commercial exploitation: An overview of promising practices for prevention Yvonne Rafferty
	Parallel session IV - Venue: Riverside IV
	Justice responses Chair: Lina Abirafeh
	Relational caring, harm peddling, and penitential receipt: The unique uses and consequences of the victim impact statement in the context of sexual assault victimization Karen-Lee Miller
	Police: Protector or perpetuator? M.E. Khan
	State, law and sexual violence: Legal struggles for gender justice in Turkey Tugce Ellialti
	Utilisation of a rape kit in management of sexual violence in low resource settings: Case study of Kenya Carol Ajema
19:00 - 23:00	Gala dinner - Venue: Riverside I - VIII

Day 4: Thursday, 17 October

09:00 - 11:00	PLENARY SESSION IV - Venue: Ballroom II/III
	Intervention II - Economic interventions and costing of sexual assault Chair: Jill Astbury
	Addressing gender norms within economic programming: results from a randomized controlled trial in Côte Jhumka Gupta and Kathryn Falb
	The effect of cash, vouchers and food transfers on intimate partner violence: Evidence from a randomized experiment in northern Ecuador Amber Peterman
	Stepping Stones and Creating Futures intervention: Outcomes of a formative evaluation of behavioural and structural pilot intervention for young people Andrew Gibbs
	Costing child protection: A cost-benefit analysis of a child protection system in Zimbabwe Erin Fletcher
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee break and poster display
11:30 - 13:00	PLENARY SESSION V - Venue: Ballroom II/III
	Interventions III Chair: Rachel Jewkes
	Impact evaluation of Tostan's community empowerment program on intimate partner violence and other forms of GBV Elizabeth Rowley
	Sexual behaviour among adolescent survivors and perpetrators of intimate partner violence Petra de Koker
	Growing up safe and healthy (SAFE): An action research testing out an intervention addressing violence against women and girls in Dhaka slums Ruchira Naved
	Engaging religious leaders to prevent violence against women in a religiously-fragmented society Lina Abirafeh
	Improving formal and informal services for survivors of IPV in Tanzania: Results from a study in Dar es Salaam, Mbeya and Iringa regions Jennifer McCleary-Sills
13:00 - 13:30	PLENARY SESSION VI - Venue: Ballroom II/III
	Closing session Chair: Alessandra Guedes
	Prize Giving
	Final remarks and closing Claudia Garcia-Moreno