From the 13th to 15th of November 2024, The Nursing Network on Violence Against Women International (NNVAWI) will come together for its landmark 25th conference in Phuket, Thailand. NNVAWI is a strong international organisation of researchers, nurses, midwives and other healthcare providers committed to creating a world free from violence. From our first gathering of a handful of nurses in Massachusetts nearly four decades ago (1985), NNVAWI has grown into a global network of more than 400 members and friends, several of whom have gathered at nearly every conference since the network was founded. As we celebrate the 25th gathering of NNVAWI members, guests and people with lived experience of gender-based violence (GBV), we also celebrate the remarkable determination, staunchness and hard work that has sustained and grown our Network and its accompanying conference.

NNVAWI is deeply committed to health equity and addressing the legacies of colonialism inherent in many high-income country visa policies that bar otherwise deserving scientists from the opportunity to network, learn and present their work. Accordingly, the NNVAWI Board of Directors and conference sub-committee are delighted that this 25th conference also marks the first time our conference will be held in a low- and middle-income country (LMIC). The decision to host our conference in Phuket, Thailand was motivated by our increasing commitment to supporting LMIC researchers who are often less resourced in the important work they are undertaking. Holding our meeting in Southeast Asia also offers an opportunity to showcase the work of network members in a region that faces high levels of GBV (World Health Organization [WHO] 2021), lending support to the already robust local awareness, research and advocacy efforts. The result of this decision has been outstanding, with this year's meeting receiving a record number of abstract submissions, and more than 160 presentations taking place over 3 days. The authors hail from five continents, representing over 30 countries, and a good number of these reside in LMICs. Importantly, we will also be hearing from a large contingent of graduate students and early-career researchers—the future of violence prevention and our organisation.

Our 25th conference theme is Promoting Health Equity to End Gender-Based Violence: Innovations in Research, Practice, & Advocacy. Our call for abstracts prompted particularly strong responses of impactful and innovative work in seven important topic areas, specifically: Violence training, education and mentoring for health care professionals; Help-seeking and gender-based violence; the Intergenerational and longitudinal effects of violence; Measurement development and validation; Violence, pregnancy and maternity care and Recovery, resilience and strengths.

2024 年 11 月 13 日至 15 日，国际暴力侵害妇女护理网络 （NNVAWI） 将在泰国普吉岛齐聚一堂，参加具有里程碑意义的第 25 届会议。NNVAWI 是一个强大的国际组织，由研究人员、护士、助产士和其他医疗保健提供者组成，致力于创造一个没有暴力的世界。从近四十年前（1985 年）我们在马萨诸塞州的少数护士第一次聚会开始，NNVAWI 已经发展成为一个拥有 400 多名成员和朋友的全球网络，其中几位成员自网络成立以来几乎参加了每一次会议。在我们庆祝 NNVAWI 成员、嘉宾和有性别暴力 （GBV） 亲身经历的人的第 25 次聚会时，我们也庆祝维持和发展我们的网络及其伴随会议的非凡决心、坚定和辛勤工作。

NNVAWI 坚定地致力于健康公平，并解决许多高收入国家签证政策中固有的殖民主义遗留问题，这些政策使本应得的科学家无法获得交流、学习和展示他们工作的机会。因此，NNVAWI 董事会和会议小组委员会很高兴第 25 届会议也标志着我们的会议将首次在中低收入国家 （LMIC） 举行。我们决定在泰国普吉岛举办我们的会议，是因为我们越来越致力于支持 LMIC 研究人员，这些研究人员在从事的重要工作中往往资源较少。在东南亚举办我们的会议也提供了一个机会，可以展示网络成员在面临严重 GBV 的地区所做的工作（世界卫生组织 [WHO] 2021），为已经很强大的当地意识、研究和宣传工作提供支持。这一决定的结果是出色的，今年的会议收到了创纪录的摘要提交，并在 3 天内进行了 160 多篇报告。作者来自五大洲，来自 30 多个国家，其中许多居住在中低收入国家。重要的是，我们还将听取一大批研究生和早期职业研究人员的意见——暴力预防和我们组织的未来。

我们的第25届会议主题是“促进健康公平以结束性别暴力：研究、实践和宣传的创新。我们征集摘要后，在七个重要主题领域开展了有影响力和创新的工作，特别是：医疗保健专业人员的暴力培训、教育和指导;寻求帮助和基于性别的暴力;暴力的代际和纵向影响;测量开发和验证;暴力、怀孕和生育护理以及恢复、复原力和力量。