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CSW66 Side Event on Climate Change and VAW
Under the umbrella of the 24-hour Generation Equality Forum side event convened by UN Women, you are invited to connect with the Leaders and partners of the Action Coalitions on Gender based Violence and Feminist Action for Climate Justice for a panel discussion where experts share their reflections on the intersection between climate change and gender-based violence policy and programming.
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Event type: Conferences, meetings, symposiums
Start date: 16 March 2022 | Start time: 11:00 UTC +00:00
End date: 16 March 2022 | End time: 12:15 UTC +00:00
Location:
Zoom Platform,
Caribbean Region
Event description
You are invited to a CSW66 Side-Event on Climate Change and Gender-based Violence against Women and Girls, organized by UN Women along with leaders of the Action Coalitions on Gender-based Violence and Feminist Action for Climate Justice and other partners, under the umbrella of the 24-hour Generation Equality Forum side-events.
The side-event brings together experts and practitioners to highlight the linkages between the impacts of climate change and gender-based violence against women and girls; and identify possibilities and strategies for preventing and responding to GBV in the context of climate change.
Register here:
https://unwomen.zoom.us/WEBINAR/REGISTER/WN_OUMBEATQS9U2X9N9FBQVPG
Panelists:
- Reem Alsalem, UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
- Cate Owren, Senior Gender Programme Manager, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- Melania Chiponda, Policy Advocacy Lead, Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA)
- Hon. Powes Parkop, Governor of the National Capital District, Papua New Guinea
- Diana Dalton, Deputy Director and Head of the Gender and Equalities Department, UK’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
- Jamille Bigio, Senior Gender Coordinator, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
- Elizabeth Riley, Executive Director, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA)
Moderator:
- Kalliopi Mingeirou, Chief of Ending Violence against Women Section, UN Women
Sponsored by: UN Women Headquarters