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S4E9 Can Policy Reform Help Reduce Intimate Partner Violence?
Policy reform has enormous potential to prevent intimate partner violence (IPV) - yet this area is surprisingly under-researched. Through systems such as education, legal frameworks, and social protection policies, governments and their policies are uniquely placed to shape the environments in which violence either thrives - or is prevented.
So, what policies can reduce intimate partner violence at scale? In this episode, we explore how areas such as education systems, legal frameworks, and social protection policies have the power to shape safer, more equitable societies.
Your host is: Elizabeth Dartnall, Executive Director, Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI).
This episode’s guests are:
Dr Rachael Pierotti, Senior Social Scientist at the World Bank’s Africa Gender Innovation Lab.
Dr Tara Cookson, Canada Research Chair in Gender, Development & Global Public Policy at the University of British Columbia, and Co-founder of Ladysmith.
🎧 Listen to learn:
➡︎ How education, family law, and property rights affect intimate partner violence
➡︎ The four ways social protection can prevent intimate partner violence
➡︎ Why this research area remains underexplored
➡︎ Examples of innovations linking violence prevention and social protection
➡︎ How evidence can guide policy and practice
⚡Follow SVRI on Instagram.
🌐Check out the SVRI website.
🎥 Watch our film on YouTube.
💬 Connect with the SVRI [email protected] and our host, Elizabeth Dartnall.
🎙️ An OG Podcasts Ltd production.
Resources:
Cookson, T. P., Fuentes, L., & Bitterly, J. (2025). Addressing gender-based violence through social protection: a scoping review. Development in Practice, 35(3), 305-320.
Cookson, T. P., & Barrantes, A. (2024). Gender, social protection systems and street‐level bureaucrats. International Social Security Review, 77(4), 7-22
Cookson, T. P., & Fuentes, L. (2025). Gender Data, Intersectionality, and a Feminist Politics of “Negotiated Refusal”. Violence Against Women, 10778012241309362
UN Women. (2025). World survey on the role of women in development 2024: Harnessing social protection for gender equality, resilience and transformation.
Lori Heise Rachael Pierotti (2024) Policy Levers to Reduce Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Assault. Literature Review and Research Agenda.
SVRI Forum 2024 Plenary Session: Scale Up
Please share new resources with us at [email protected].
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By SVRIPolicy reform has enormous potential to prevent intimate partner violence (IPV) - yet this area is surprisingly under-researched. Through systems such as education, legal frameworks, and social protection policies, governments and their policies are uniquely placed to shape the environments in which violence either thrives - or is prevented.
So, what policies can reduce intimate partner violence at scale? In this episode, we explore how areas such as education systems, legal frameworks, and social protection policies have the power to shape safer, more equitable societies.
Your host is: Elizabeth Dartnall, Executive Director, Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI).
This episode’s guests are:
Dr Rachael Pierotti, Senior Social Scientist at the World Bank’s Africa Gender Innovation Lab.
Dr Tara Cookson, Canada Research Chair in Gender, Development & Global Public Policy at the University of British Columbia, and Co-founder of Ladysmith.
🎧 Listen to learn:
➡︎ How education, family law, and property rights affect intimate partner violence
➡︎ The four ways social protection can prevent intimate partner violence
➡︎ Why this research area remains underexplored
➡︎ Examples of innovations linking violence prevention and social protection
➡︎ How evidence can guide policy and practice
⚡Follow SVRI on Instagram.
🌐Check out the SVRI website.
🎥 Watch our film on YouTube.
💬 Connect with the SVRI [email protected] and our host, Elizabeth Dartnall.
🎙️ An OG Podcasts Ltd production.
Resources:
Cookson, T. P., Fuentes, L., & Bitterly, J. (2025). Addressing gender-based violence through social protection: a scoping review. Development in Practice, 35(3), 305-320.
Cookson, T. P., & Barrantes, A. (2024). Gender, social protection systems and street‐level bureaucrats. International Social Security Review, 77(4), 7-22
Cookson, T. P., & Fuentes, L. (2025). Gender Data, Intersectionality, and a Feminist Politics of “Negotiated Refusal”. Violence Against Women, 10778012241309362
UN Women. (2025). World survey on the role of women in development 2024: Harnessing social protection for gender equality, resilience and transformation.
Lori Heise Rachael Pierotti (2024) Policy Levers to Reduce Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Assault. Literature Review and Research Agenda.
SVRI Forum 2024 Plenary Session: Scale Up
Please share new resources with us at [email protected].