National and local laws and policies to prevent VAW are strengthened, if needed, and implemented; favorable social norms, attitudes and behaviours are promoted; and policy and programming is increasingly informed by an expanded knowledge base on effective This outcome will focus on strengthening the capacity of public and private institutions to implement policies to prevent violence against women and strenghtening women’s voice and agency to influence policies and to hold authorities accountable for implementation. Innovative initiatives will be developed and documented to create more gender equitable roles and relations inside the household. This will also promote an expanded knowledge base of effective approaches to prevention of VAW through national and local level research and analyses; and an infrastructure of knowledge management and learning on GBV prevention that will be used by policy makers, programme planners and implementers.