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About Institute of Domestic Violence, Religion & Migration (IDVRM) C.I.C.

The Institute of Domestic Violence, Religion & Migration (IDVRM) is a non-profit social enterprise that is dedicated to developing and strengthening community-led, culturally resonant and faith-sensitive responses to domestic violence in development, humanitarian and migration contexts internationally. We support governments, aid organisations and service providers with research and intervention design and delivery, capacity-building and training. IDVRM span out of the work of Project dldl/ድልድል previously led by Dr Romina Istratii at SOAS University of London, UK, with ~£1.8M funding awarded by UK Research and Innovation. The Project developed novel research and intervention responses to domestic violence in Ethiopia and migrant communities in the UK, while promoting equitable collaboration and two-way knowledge exchange between Europe and Africa. Our approach as an Institute is guided by the Project dldl/ድልድል Model® premised on decolonial reflexivity, interdisciplinarity, cultural and theological knowledge and genuine co-creation involving grassroots organisations, women’s platforms and faith-based stakeholders. We approach domestic violence as transboundary and interconnected with conflict-related violence and abuses experienced in displacement, seeing violence as a continuum that requires complex responses. We are a female-led company and comprise a collective of highly specialised researchers, practitioners and community members with lived experience of the issues we address, representing over 17 countries and territories in the world.