Understanding IPV Over Time: The Power of Longitudinal Research. The latest episode of The Sexual Violence Research Podcast from the SVRI

The latest episode of The Sexual Violence Research Podcast from the SVRI is out now. You can listen to the podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6WLQq4KBm6w4L83n8WcXUW?si=gydDQY_uQYeq1JFxTWnHVw

Understanding intimate partner violence (IPV) requires more than a snapshot in time. Long-term studies that follow people and communities over years can reveal patterns, risks, and protective factors, as well as outcomes, that shorter-term research often overlooks. They help us see how violence develops, changes, or declines across different stages of life.

In this episode host Ayesha Mago, Global Advocacy Director of the Sexual Violence Research Initative (SVRI), is joined by Kate Doyle, Senior Fellow at Equimundo, and part of the team behind Rwanda's Bandebereho programme, and Dr Khadija Mitu, Research Lead on the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) research programme, and Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Together they explore why this kind of research matters for prevention, what challenges researchers face in carrying it out, and how the findings can shape policies and programmes that make a real difference.

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The Sexual Violence Research Podcast by The SVRI: Understanding IPV Over Time - The Power of Longitudinal Research