Abstract: Submission #99

Abstract Intimate partner violence is a pervasive problem that has been noted globally and in South Africa. It is on the increase and continues to disproportionately affect women and girls, despite different prevention strategies availableIntimate Partner Violence include physical, psychological, emotional, economical, and sexual abuse with physical abuse being the most perpetrated form of IPV. There is a shift of focus to interventions directed at men in South Africa as supported by one of key pillars of the National Strategic Plan on Gender Based Violence and Femicide (NSPGBVF). Therefore, the aim of this paper is to explore and describe the interventions aimed at men who have committed IPV in South Africa and globally. This will be achieved through syntheses of available literature from 2015 to 2025 from several data bases such as Google Scholar, Taylor and Francis Online, Science Direct, PubMed, EBSCO, PsycInfo. Undertaking this review will seek to conceptualise and contextualise current interventions available for male perpetrators in addressing IPV, their effectiveness, and gaps within the interventions. Implications for practice will include key characteristics of interventions proven to be effective. This will provide a roadmap on what still needs to be improved in these interventions to reduce IPV and achieve the sustainable development goal of 16.1. of significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere. Recommendations for further research will also be considered.