The Regional Ministry of Social Inclusion, Youth, Families, and Equality, through the General Secretariat for Families, Equality, Gender Violence, and Diversity, is launching the 16th edition of the International Congress for the Study of Violence against Women, which will take place in Seville on November 11 and 12, 2025, under the theme: “Everyday Violence against Women.”

The Regional Ministry of Social Inclusion, Youth, Families and Equality, through the General Secretariat for Families, Equality, Gender-Based Violence and Diversity, is launching the 16th International Congress on the Study of Violence against Women, a forum for meeting, training, and research on gender-based violence, which has become a benchmark at the regional, national, and international levels.

The sessions of this international congress will be held on November 11 and 12 at the Seville Congress and Exhibition Center.

Its organization is based on the conviction that ongoing, specialized training and information are key to continuing to advance in the prevention, treatment, and eradication of gender-based violence. Therefore, this forum actively promotes the participation of various stakeholders directly involved in its treatment, such as professionals working in various social promotion and protection systems, women’s associations, groups, social agents, and professional associations operating in different regions, universities, and the general public.

Over the course of these two days, the scientific program will be divided into presentations and thematic panels that will address issues related to various thematic areas. This year, the theme is “Everyday Violence Against Women”.

As in previous editions, the aim is to delve deeper into the concept of gender-based violence in its various manifestations and the various acts through which this violence is perpetrated, using a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach.

In this new edition, we begin with the reality that gender-based violence has many expressions in women’s daily lives, and that many instances go unnoticed and are normalized, causing them considerable harm and damage. The beginning of a situation of discrimination or abuse against women often begins in common areas of our society, such as the home or the workplace.

These everyday forms of violence particularly affect women in particularly vulnerable situations, such as women with disabilities, minors, older women, and migrant women, among others, due to their economic dependence or limited resources.

We hope this conference will serve to prevent and eradicate these common forms of violence and, at the same time, raise awareness about the violence perpetrated against women in the most mundane aspects of everyday life.

Based on this objective, the interventions are linked to different life stages of women and are addressed from the perspective of the areas of responsibility of the Regional Ministry of Social Inclusion, Youth, Families, and Equality. Thus, special attention will be paid to adolescence and young adulthood, including a specific panel to address the prevention of gender-based violence at these stages and another panel on vicarious violence. A panel will also be developed to address gender-based violence against older women and the specific aspects of this violence, including economic violence.

Another purpose of this edition is to highlight the work carried out by the working groups of the Andalusian Observatory on Gender-Based Violence, whose operation is being promoted by the Andalusian Government. The Government aims to highlight its multidisciplinary and regulated nature as a means of improving public policies aimed at mitigating this gender-based violence. Thus, we will report on the activities of the two working groups created within it: “Disability and Gender-Based Violence” and ” Cyber- Gender-Based Violence”.

Finally, in the research section, which is a fundamental tool for developing effective interventions and policies aimed at preventing and eliminating gender-based violence, the scientific articles and best practices awarded by the Academic Scientific Committee of the 15th Congress will be presented.

We invite you to participate and submit scientific papers that will undoubtedly enrich this forum. We also encourage you to participate in the discussions through social media, which are key to the multiplier effect of this event, using the hashtag #16VGCongress.

We look forward to seeing you!