Empowering Youth. Transforming Communities. Ending Violence.
Project Timeline
February 2024 – February 2027
Our Mission
INIFIRES is a participatory research initiative aimed at tackling IPV among young people in both formal and informal relationships across Uganda. We work with communities, researchers, and youth to co-create innovative, game-based interventions that raise awareness, promote help-seeking, and foster long-term change.
Our Vision
To deliver a mobile-accessible digital game and an interactive website that support young people and their allies—both formal and informal—in preventing and responding to IPV. Through education, empowerment, and innovation, we aim to build safer relationships and stronger communities.
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a critical public health issue and a violation of human rights. Globally, nearly 1 in 3 women aged 15–49 have experienced physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner. In Uganda, the numbers are even more alarming—over half of married or cohabiting women report having experienced IPV.
Young people, especially adolescent girls, are disproportionately affected. In Uganda, adolescent females face four times the risk of IPV compared to women aged 20–24. While most research focuses on married women, evidence shows that IPV is also prevalent in informal dating relationships, particularly among youth in conflict-affected regions like northern Uganda.
What We Do
We are committed to:
Mobilising Communities
Using participatory monitoring and evaluation to ensure community engagement, assess impact, and promote sustainability.
Understanding the Scope
Investigating the prevalence of IPV among young people in both peaceful and conflict-affected regions.
Identifying Risk Factors
Exploring the drivers and facilitators of IPV and how they vary by relationship type and regional context.
Assessing Impact
Examining the physical, psychological, and social consequences of IPV on victims and their children.
Co-Creating Solutions
Collaborating with young people and community partners to develop a prosocial mobile game and digital resources that address IPV and encourage help-seeking.
IPV is defined as behaviour by an intimate or ex-intimate partner that causes physical, sexual or psychological harm, including physical aggression,
sexual coercion, psychological abuse, economic abuse and controlling behaviour such as isolation from family and friends and monitoring movements.
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