Working to Prevent Gender-Based Violence with Vital Voices

About our work

New Perimeter teams with Vital Voices Global Partnership to support its work to combat gender-based violence through Voices Against Violence: The Gender-Based Violence Global Initiative. One primary component of the project is the Justice Institutes on Gender-Based Violence, an interactive training program, which facilitates the creation of a holistic and victim-centered response to addressing violence against women. The Justice Institutes convene judges, prosecutors, police officers and representatives of both governmental and non-governmental victim service providers for a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary training. The goal is to improve victim protection, increase offender accountability and create a coordinated community response to gender-based violence.

Key deliverables

• Provide legal research in target jurisdictions to assist in development of training materials for Justice Institutes
• Act as Justice Institute training facilitators in countries around the world
• Provide research and training to support women entrepreneurs and non-profit leaders participating in Vital Voices programs

Key facts

• In 2019, New Perimeter provided research assistance to Vital Voices related to domestic violence laws in Cuba, Argentina, South Africa, the Philippines, and Bosnia, and helped to facilitate sessions at a Justice Institute in Argentina.
• New Perimeter lawyers have helped deliver Justice Institutes in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Mexico, Northern Ireland, Poland, Romania, and Thailand.
• In 2020, New Perimeter provided research related to domestic violence laws in Russia.
• In 2021, New Perimeter provided a remote training on basic legal considerations for leaders of nonprofits that combat human trafficking.

Featured staff

Featured lawyer: Mike Bedke
Program managers: Sara K. Andrews, Crystal Doyle