The Accelerator for GBV Prevention was created to support and drive a Shared Advocacy Agenda for more and better funding and policy for GBV prevention. The Shared Advocacy Agenda is a collective call to action for the evidence-driven and transformative effort needed to prevent GBV.
The Accelerator brings together the GBV prevention community to advocate collectively for funding and policies to prevent GBV.
Over recent decades, the work of women’s movements, researchers and practitioners has built a substantial evidence base for this work. The Accelerator exists to build shared understandings of what such policy and programming looks like, and to ensure it gets the funding it needs. We do this in two main ways.
We work closely with the GBV prevention movement – in collaboration with regional and national networks and women’s funds – to co-create advocacy strategies and communication tools and to support movement voices in global spaces and in bilateral engagement.
We build shared understandings and accountability mechanisms for GBV prevention at the global level: engaging donors, governments, women’s rights and other social justice organisations in an intersectional and transformative approach to ending violence.
We work closely with the GBV prevention movement – in collaboration with regional and national networks and women’s funds – to co-create advocacy strategies and communication tools and to support movement voices in global spaces and in bilateral engagement.
We build shared understandings and accountability mechanisms for GBV prevention at the global level: engaging donors, governments, women’s rights and other social justice organisations in an intersectional and transformative approach to ending violence.
There are a number of organisations and initiatives building evidence, undertaking research, and funding movements linked to GBV prevention. The Accelerator seeks to support and align with existing work and initiatives, not duplicate.
The Accelerator is not a fund. We are a platform for joint learning, collaboration and collective advocacy, supporting the advancement of financial and policy commitments towards GBV prevention.
Muthoni Muriithi (she/her) is a pan-African feminist, gender justice advocate, and human rights lawyer and campaigner, with over 18 years of experience advocating for gender equality, including addressing gender-based violence. Muthoni has previous experience working with various organisations like World Wide Web Foundation as Senior Gender Policy Manger, Oxfam International as the Enough (Ending Violence Against Women and Girls) Campaign Lead for Africa. She also worked with Equality Now leading various programs, including the Adolescent Girls’ Legal Defense Fund to support survivors of violence access justice, supported numerous campaigns to advocate the amendment of discriminatory laws, led the Solidarity for African Women’s Rights Coalition – a coalition of women’s rights organizations advocating for the ratification of the Maputo Protocol. Muthoni is motivated by the possibility of collective action to make change happen and in particular in the lives of women, girls, and non-binary people.
Biology and Political Science graduate with a passion for increasing healthcare access in resource-poor regions through evidence-based policy interventions. With a flair for effective communications and advocacy tools, she hopes to couple this with my knowledge on gender and health issues to amplify crucial areas within these domains to enact effective and sustainable change. Her experience spans from the United States all the way to Southern Africa at large. Specialties in Sexual Reproductive Health and LGBTQIA+ centred work.
Yasmina Benslimane is a feminist activist, consultant, and women empowerment coach with a strong commitment to advancing gender equality and empowering women. She is the founder of Politics4Her, a non-profit organization that advocates for greater political participation and leadership for young women and girls.
These are the GBV prevention leaders who brought their versatile advocacy, funding and research experience to co-create the Shared Advocacy Agenda and Accelerator. Advisory Group members continue to provide their time, expertise and resources to the initiative’s evolution, as we transition to a permanent governance structure.
To become a supporter, email us at codirectors@preventgbv.org
The Accelerator is based in the following principles:
