Center on Gender Equity and Health at UC San Diego

💥Join ARCHES at SVRI💥 📅Friday, October 25th 9:30 - 11 am (UTC+2) 📍 Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, South Africa This event will offer attendees an opportunity to engage with ARCHES as a solution for addressing GBV and supporting women’s reproductive rights and agency. After a brief review of the evidence, the session will focus on bringing together a diverse group of global stakeholders to explore innovations and expansions of this approach to reach broader populations of women and girls to create impact at scale. Breakfast will be provided. 🔏Spots are filling up quickly. Secure your spot now! 👉http://bit.ly/3YNwL8H

💥𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐕𝐑𝐈 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 💥 📅 Wednesday, 23 Oct | 7AM - 9AM SAST | 6AM - 8AM BST | 10PM - 12AM PST 📍 Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦 We’re excited to share the findings of our latest research conducted in collaboration with the Center on Gender Equity and Health at UC San Diego (GEH) at the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) Forum 2024 In our interactive workshop: Feminist Scale: Shifting Power through Equity-Centred Action, we will share research highlights about effective strategies and partnership models to support adapting and scaling programmes focused on preventing violence against women and girls. The research report will be launched next month (watch this space) 👀 At the SVRI event, attendees will have the opportunity to hear from practitioners, researchers, and donors working in the Global South and learn about: 🔍 Key elements of successful programme adaptation 🌍 Innovation processes that resonate with local communities ⚖️ Addressing power imbalances to foster equitable and values-based partnerships 🚀 Accelerating ways to decolonise efforts in violence prevention Join us as we share what we’ve learned and explore how these insights can shape future collaborations, driving real progress in gender equity and sustainable development. 🔗 Secure your spot today 👇🏼 https://lnkd.in/de6Kpu4J #SVRIForum24 #InfluenceChange #Womanity #GEH #FeministScale #GenderEquity #WomenEmpowerment #CapeTown

🚀 ‼️ Report JUST LAUNCHED on 'Accelerating Innovation & Impact in International Development.' After ~3 years, in partnership with Womanity, we’ve completed a qualitative research study on effective technical assistance and partnership models to adapt and scale #violence against women and girls' prevention programs. 🎯 This report provides vital insights that challenge conventional approaches and spark important discussions on decolonizing development, fostering equity-centered partnerships, and meaningfully supporting organizations working for women’s rights. 🔍 Seeking effective strategies to scale impactful interventions? 🔍 Curious about cultivating truly collaborative partnerships? This report offers practical recommendations for practitioners, funders, and researchers. Read the summary and let us know what you think below ➡️ womanity.org/report/ #Womanity #GEH #ResearchLaunch #evidence #VAWGPrevention #GenderEquality #VAWG

Excited to see you at #SVRIForum24! Register to attend our session with @Womanity on partnership models for preventing violence against women and girls. Details below 👇

🚨 Reminder! This call for applications closes on Monday, August 26. Spread the word! Looking for consultants to join our team!

🚨 Reminder! This call for applications closes on Monday, August 26. Spread the word! Looking for consultants to join our team!

Join the Social Norms & Agency Learning Collaboratives for a participant-driven side event at the 2024 Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) Forum. This interactive session will focus on #socialnorms-shifting approaches to prevent intimate partner violence (IPV). A panel of experts will start by sharing measurement and learning approaches they've used to: 1️⃣ Understand the relationship between social norms and #IPV, 2️⃣ Unpack change pathways, and 3️⃣ Assess the effectiveness and feasibility of social norms-IPV approaches. The group will then collectively discuss and identify best practices, challenges, and recommendations for advancing measurement and learning social norms-IPV approaches. Learn more and register 👉 https://lnkd.in/gAiiQvFb

🚨⚡ We are #hiring 3 Family Planning Insight and Impact Leads! The consultant(s) will support work on the FP Impact project, a research initiative intended to contribute to Family Planning measurement, evaluation, insight, and practice in a range of geographies including East and West Africa, and South Asia. Interested applicants are requested to send a CV, cover letter, and two writing/work samples to: geh@health.ucsd.edu by August 26, 2024. Please include the position name in the subject line. The Consultant/Insight and Impact Lead, a PhD-level researcher (or equivalent work experience and research) in the field of evaluation, social epidemiology, demography, public health, or a related field, will work for UCSD with the primary roles of analyzing project, program and evaluation data, and other quantitative and qualitative secondary data analysis, to generate actionable insight. The role will also include providing technical leadership on evaluation design and program monitoring in person-centered reproductive health and family planning. Specific contributions could include: - Reviewing/designing use-oriented and robust results frameworks, monitoring frameworks, and protocols; - Developing indicator recommendations, repositories, and guidance materials; - Reviewing/contributing to conceptual frameworks for FP impact; Conducting evidence reviews/compiling evidence and translating it into different formats; - Analyzing program data/supporting teams to analyze and publish program data; - Comparing program data to other existing data (e.g., HMIS, DHS, PMA); and - Reviewing measurement approaches and frameworks with a gender and agency lens to identify opportunities to better capture and track impact, and women’s multi-faceted experiences. The role requires deep understanding of evaluation, research, and data approaches and analytics in family planning. Prior experience in some of the geographies of interest (e.g., Nigeria, Ethiopia, Niger, Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire) is a strong asset. Experience with costing / cost efficiency analysis is an advantage though not required. Candidates will have excellent evaluative and analytical skills and experience, strong English language communication and writing skills, and prior experience working on family planning measurement, synthetic review, evaluation, or research to impact in the regions of focus. Ability to work independently while collaborating across a global team is essential as is the ability to draft and present findings to a variety of audiences and in different formats. We are open to full time or part time roles. The position(s) will be 50-100% time and will report to UCSD lead researchers. The appointment period is for up to 2 years, contingent on funding and annual contracts will be issued. The role is remote and can be located outside of the United States, but it requires an ability to work at least 3 hours a day during normal Pacific Standard Time working hours. Katherine Hay Amanda Beal

🚨⚡ We are #hiring a Family Planning Research Scientist! The Center on Gender Equity and Health at the University of California, San Diego seeks a remote Family Planning Research Scientist. This consultant position will support work on the FP Impact project, a research initiative intended to contribute to Family Planning measurement and practice in a range of geographies including Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, and Ethiopia. Interested applicants are requested to send a CV, cover letter, and two writing / work samples to the Center on Gender Equity and Health, UC San Diego at the following email: geh@health.ucsd.edu by August 26, 2024. Please include the position name (Family Planning Research Scientist) in the subject line. Title of Role: Family Planning Research Scientist Responsibilities: The Consultant/Research Scientist, a PhD-level researcher in the field of social epidemiology, demography, biostatistics, public health, or a related field, will work for UCSD with the primary roles of analytic conceptualization, quantitative data analysis, and the generation of guidelines and/or peer-reviewed manuscript generation specific to family planning measurement and analysis in a range of geographies in Africa. Specific contributions could include: - Analysis of FP measures and measurement with a focus on demand side measures; - Generating measurement suggestions and guidelines for in-country implementation work; - Conducting DHS analysis looking at questions related to pathways around agency and family planning demand and use in a set of countries; and - Building out briefing notes and publications based on DHS and other data analysis. Qualifications: Advanced statistical analysis capacity, strong English language communication and writing skills, ability to communicate findings effectively for peer reviewed and lay audiences are required. Prior experience with NFHS data is required as is deep understanding of family planning policy (with a gender and agency lens) in the countries of interest. Ability to present research findings to a variety of audiences and in different formats is preferred. Experience with costing / cost-efficiency analysis is an advantage though not required. Priority will be given to candidates with 2 years of experience working with international collaborators on public health or public policy research. The position can be 50% time to full-time. The role will report to UCSD lead researchers. The appointment period is up to 2 years, contingent on funding and annual contracts will be issued. Katherine Hay Amanda Shortell Beal Princess Luna

Join the Social Norms & Agency Learning Collaboratives for a participant-driven side event at the 2024 Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) Forum. This interactive session will focus on #socialnorms-shifting approaches to prevent intimate partner violence (IPV). A panel of experts will start by sharing measurement and learning approaches they've used to: 1️⃣ Understand the relationship between social norms and #IPV, 2️⃣ Unpack change pathways, and 3️⃣ Assess the effectiveness and feasibility of social norms-IPV approaches. The group will then collectively discuss and identify best practices, challenges, and recommendations for advancing measurement and learning social norms-IPV approaches. Learn more and register 👉 https://lnkd.in/gAiiQvFb