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Costing effective violence prevention
How to prevent violence? Parenting programs are promising, research shows.
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The analysis shows that parenting programmes are an important element of prevention. A model for costing the scale-up of these programmes was also presented at the event. Policy makers and implementers should use the costing model as a tool to make informed discussions and advocate for more funding to up-scale these important initiatives. The seminar was co-hosted by the Institute for Security Studies and the University of Witwatersrand, and presentations were made by Sara Naicker, Research Project Manager, DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development, University of the Witwatersrand, Carmen Abdoll, Economist, Cornerstone Economic Research and Matodzi Amisi, Senior Research Consultant, ISS Pretoria.
You can watch a recording of the informative seminar here:
This seminar, co-hosted by the Institute for Security Studies and the University of Witwatersrand, discussed the findings from an evidence review of interventions that aimed to prevent violence against women and children. The analysis shows that parenting programmes are an important element of prevention. A model for costing the scale-up of these valuable programmes was also presented.
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