Preventing Violence against Women and Girls through Social Norm Change

Given the developments in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond since the global Expert Group Meeting on VAWG prevention that took place in 2012, UN Women and UNFPA, in partnership with the Australian Government and KWDI, hosted an Asia-Pacific Forum on Preventing Violence against Women and Girls: Evidence and Tools for Social Norm Change, for senior experts, policymakers, practitioners and development partners on 1-2 December 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. The primary aim was to reflect on how social norms change can be affected, share concrete evidence and good practices in the area of prevention, present practical and evaluated tools to promote and implement preventive actions, and explore ways forward.

This learning paper provides an overview of the evidence coming out of the Forum on Preventing Violence against Women and Girls.