Parent and caregiver support programmes are in a unique position to reduce violence in the family - specifically violence against children and against their mothers and female caregivers. Both types of violence have long-term consequences for children’s health, development, and well-being. While very few parenting programmes explicitly seek to reduce both violence against children and violence against women, emerging evidence demonstrates that parenting programmes can reduce both simultaneously — highlighting opportunities to strengthen existing programmes.

This brief is designed for practitioners implementing parenting programmes to learn more about the rationale for working at the intersections of violence against children and violence
against women. It summarises existing research on how these two forms of violence intersect, their consequences and emerging evidence of effective programmes. it also describes the role of unequal gender norms in perpetuating violence, shaping parenting practices, and influencing children's opportunities - and why this, too, matters for parenting programmes.

The brief is the first in a series designed to support practitioners in integrating the prevention of violence against children and violence against women, as well as the
promotion of gender equality, into existing parenting programmes. (From the introduction). Record #8650