SVRI Forum 2026 is a space to connect, share, and learn and we’d love your input. We’re shaping the programme now and want to know what you think should be explored in our plenary and dialogic sessions.

The survey has two short sections: one on plenaries and one on dialogic sessions. It should take about 7–8 minutes to complete. Closing date for contributions: 30 November 2025.
Section 1. About you

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* 1.1. Your name and surname (optional):

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* 1.2. Organisation / affiliation (optional):

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* 1.3. Region/Country

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* 1.4. Sector / area of work (tick all that apply):

Section 2. Opening plenary

The opening plenary sets the scene for the Forum. It’s the moment where we come together as a community to reflect, be inspired, and connect across our different areas of work. Previous opening plenaries have explored themes such as Meeting the Moment – Movements, Tech; Climate Change and GBV; Intersections of VAW and VAC and Humanitarian Settings.

For SVRI Forum 2026, we’d like your input on what you most want to hear about when we gather for the opening plenary - the ideas, challenges, or themes that would resonate most as we begin the week together.

Please rate each theme below and tell us what you’d most like to see explored.

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* 2.1. Backlash, Rights, and Geopolitics

How the field navigates backlash against gender equality, shrinking civic space, funding cuts, and conflict-related sexual violence.

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* What’s one key question or message you’d like a plenary to tackle here?

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* 2.2. Technology, AI, Disinformation, and Safety

Technology-facilitated GBV, online hate and disinformation, AI-driven risks and opportunities, and how we can ensure accountability and safety online.

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* What should a plenary on technology, AI, and safety focus on?

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* 2.3. Climate, Economy, and Structural Drivers

How climate change, displacement, and economic injustice intersect with violence and what prevention and resilience look like in practice.

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* What’s one key idea or speaker you’d love featured under this theme?

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* 2.4. Strengthening the Evidence Ecosystem

Building a stronger, more inclusive evidence base: rebalancing power in research, centering survivor and practitioner leadership, integrating ethical AI and data practices, and caring for those who do the work.

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* What should the Forum spotlight to strengthen the evidence ecosystem?

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* 2.5. Innovations in Prevention and Response

Fresh approaches to prevention and response - multisectoral collaboration, institutional accountability, private-sector engagement, and better data.

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* What’s one innovation or breakthrough that deserves a plenary spotlight?

Section 3. Dialogic session priorities

Dialogic sessions are interactive spaces for deep discussion, co-creation, and learning.

Please rate which areas you’d most like to explore through smaller, participatory dialogues.

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* 3.1. Backlash, Rights, and Geopolitics

Protecting civic space, sustaining organisations amid funding cuts, and addressing rights rollbacks.

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* What specific challenges or practical strategies should we unpack here?

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* 3.2. Technology, AI, Disinformation, and Safety

Cross-border remedies for TFGBV, practical tools for prevention, AI-driven harms and protections, and supporting those facing gendered disinformation and online hate.

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* What hands-on approaches or case studies should this dialogue include?

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* 3.3. Climate, Economy, and Structural Drivers

Integrating GBV prevention into climate and economic justice work; addressing masculinities and patriarchy as root causes.

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* What concrete examples or questions could make this a rich discussion?

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* 3.4. Strengthening the Evidence Ecosystem

Improving research uptake, equitable partnerships, ethical AI and data use, care and wellbeing for practitioners, and survivor-centred knowledge production.

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* What gaps or tensions would you like explored in a dialogic session?

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* 3.5. Innovations in Prevention and Response

Testing new models, linking prevention with response, and co-designing solutions with communities and the private sector.

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* What key learning or collaboration opportunity should a dialogic session address?

Section 4. Final reflections

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* 4.1. Looking across both plenary and dialogic options, which two or three themes feel most urgent for collective discussion?

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* 4.2. Are there any speakers, projects, or regions you’d like to see highlighted?

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* 4.3. Any other ideas or suggestions to help shape the programme?

Thank you for sharing your insights. Your input will help shape SVRI Forum 2026 so it reflects the field’s most pressing questions, emerging innovations, and shared priorities. We will share the findings early next year.

For any questions, contact us at forums@svri.org.

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