The kNOwVAWdata initiative works with partners to build national and regional capacity to produce, analyse and use data on violence against women. The initiative began in 2016 in the AsiaPacific region, with the support of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, to meet the growing demand for technical support to undertake national studies on the VAW prevalence. It is now a global flagship initiative for UNFPA supported across the Africa region, Arab States, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. kNOwVAWdata includes a fourweek course run by the University of Melbourne, a network of data practitioners, knowledge products and contributions to the development of statistical methods and app roaches to measuring violence against women. This paper provides an overview of the kNOwVAWdata initiative activities and future directions. It highlights recent work undertaken by UNFPA and University of Melbourne on technologyfacilitated genderbased vi olence (TF GBV), specifically with respect to ongoing and topical discussions relating to the increasing demand for data and research on TF GBV.
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