The UNISA Institute for Social and Health Sciences (ISHS) takes great pleasure in inviting you to participate in a workshop entitled Preventing Violence against Woman and Children: A Data to Action Workshop to be held from the 27th to the 29th June 2006. Violence against women and children infringes on the human rights of these vulnerable groups and is therefore a real threat to the development and sustainability of a human rights culture that guarantees safety in South Africa.