The Sexual Violence Research Initiative is a network of experienced researchers, policy-makers, activists, donors and others committed to the promotion of research on sexual violence and to generating empirical data to ensure that sexual violence is recognised as a priority public health issue. The SVRI was established in 2002 as an initiative of the Global Forum for Health Research. It is hosted by the Gender and Health Research Unit, Medical Research Council, South Africa. The SVRI website provides valuable technical assistance to members and visitors, in the form of research tools and methods, ethics guidelines and protocols. The SVRI website contains over 100 country pages containing country specific resources related to sexual violence. The site also hosts an updated list of funding resources, and shares information on sexual violence research and advocacy activities taking place globally.

For more information please visit www.svri.org.