SDDirect is a prominent global leader in gender-based violence (GBV) programming, policy, and research, anchored in feminist principles. We partner with diverse groups and stakeholders, offering technical support, training, and accompaniment throughout programme and investment lifecycles.
We recognise the importance of integrating gender-based violence prevention and response across other aspects of our work as an accelerator for achieving gender equality.
1/3 women and girls endure physical or sexual violence, with heightened risk for those facing discrimination based on factors like poverty, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and HIV status.
Violence against women and girls is a significant human rights and public health issue rooted in power imbalances. Its costs, both social and economic, are immense, lasting generations.
Prevention is possible through an intersectional, evidence-based, and practice-oriented approach addressing the underlying causes.
Prevention and response: Holistic programming to end VAWG in various settings with an emphasis on primary prevention accompanied by response.
GBV in emergencies: GBV prevention and response in humanitarian programming with a focus on policy, guidance, capacity strengthening and research and evaluation.
School related GBV: Prevention and response in education spaces, with a focus on gendered and intersectional analysis.
Violence against LGBTQI+ communities: Prevention and response with a focus on intersectional analysis, research and evaluation.
Technology facilitated GBV: Prevention and response with a focus on policy, guidance, capacity strengthening and research and evaluation.
We envision a world free from all forms of gender-based violence, where all women, girls and gender diverse people can realise their rights and exercise choice and agency.
Helpdesk services; programme leadership; technical assistance, accompaniment and training; knowledge products and guidance material; policy and programme guidance; specialist research, monitoring and evaluation on GBV.
We take a feminist intersectional approach to our work on GBV, recognising how gender inequality intersects with other systems of oppression, discrimination and structural inequalities, including (but not limited to) those related to race, ethnicity, class, cast, homo and transphobia, ableism, ageism, nationality, immigration status, refugee and asylum seeker status, and health status.
If you would like to hear more about our work on Gender-Based Violence (GBV), please reach out to Tina Musuya, Head of the GBV Portfolio, tina.musuya@sddirect.org.uk.
This technical briefing note seeks to share learning from this pilot process with other programmes that seek to improve the extent to which they measure the presence of people with disabilities in violence against women and girls (VAWG) prevention and response activities at the community level.
The Tithetse Nkhanza programme is committed to being gender transformative and to leaving no one behind. This document provides an overview to our overarching, cross-programme Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Strategy, which aims to ensure we are systematic and pragmatic about embedding this ambition, and that we can track our progress. This strategy will provide a guiding framework throughout the lifespan of the programme setting out what we want to achieve on gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) and how we aim to accomplish this.
This Technical Briefing Note provides a short introductory explanation to the Safeguarding Complaints Mechanism Knowledge Survey, designed and implemented by the Malawi Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Prevention and Response programme also known as the Tithetse Nkhanza (TN).
This document presents a snapshot of findings from the baseline study for the Moyo Olemekezeka intervention. It is intended to complement other learning products produced related to MO, including the MO adaptation learning brief, and the MO manuals, which together create a package of background information and training materials that may be useful to practitioners wishing to implement this, or a similar programme in the future.
This research aims to unpack the intersectionality between intimate partner violence and child support as "an important, yet often overlooked prognosis". This research was conducted as a response to a call made to the Technical Legal Advisor (TLA) by the Malawi Judiciary to undertake an analysis of best practices so as to inform the better enforcement of child maintenance orders.
This is a rapid review of disability-inclusive Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) programming in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The review was produced under Tithetse Nkhanza! (TN), a UK government Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)1-funded VAWG Prevention and Response programme in Malawi, which has chosen to prioritise disability inclusion in its Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Strategy.
This Gender, Inclusion, Power and Politics (GIPP) analysis report examines the impact of the 2020 fresh presidential election and the COVID-19 pandemic on the operating environment in Malawi for the Tithetse Nkhanza Programme’s work on Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) prevention and response.
This document presents an overview of findings from the baseline study from the Champions of Change (CoC) cohort study in Malawi. This study was implemented by the Tithetse Nkhanza! (TN) Programme with the Centre for Social Research, supported by the UK government.
The Malawi Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Prevention Programme was funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and delivered by Coffey in consortium with Social Development Direct and Plan International.
The Programme’s objective was to reduce the prevalence of violence against women and girls and improve the justice system for women and girls living with violence in Malawi. Its aim was to achieve the following Outcomes:
This report provides a practical overview of femicide in fragile and emergency settings, and the implications for GBViE practitioners. This document articulates how femicide is defined and conceptualized, provides a concise overview of different forms of femicide, and offers practical programmatic recommendations in terms of GBV prevention and response and advocacy.
