The Regional Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Prevention Conference themed “Advancing Data and Evidence for GBV Prevention and SRHR in Southern Africa” was convened on 6 and 7 March 2024 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Co-hosted by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) through its regional programme “Partnerships for Prevention of Gender-Based Violence in Southern Africa” (PfP II), in collaboration with the European Union, Ford Foundation, Sweden, and the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI). The conference brought together 177 participants from all 16 SADC Member States representing various sectors, including government, civil society, development partners, and researchers.
