Date: 6 December 2024
The panel, co-sponsored by the UK Government, Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice, Global Justice Center, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, Physicians for Human Rights, Emergent Justice Collective, TRIAL International, FIDH -Fédération internationale pour les droits humains, Asia Justice Coalition, and The Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law, will bring together experts to discuss advancing gender justice within the treaty, including:
Incorporating gender apartheid, reproductive violence, forced marriage, and slave trade.
Integrating provisions to ensure the treaty is survivor-centric.
The process to date and considerations for the way forward.
Speakers:
𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 & 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞: Leila Sadat, Washington University School of Law.
𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐝: Akila Radhakrishnan, Atlantic Council, Strategic Litigation Project.
𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞: Alexandra Lily Kather, Emergent Justice Collective.
𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐭: Ashita Alag (she/her), Global Justice Center.
𝐀 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐬-𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡: Uliana Poltavets, Physicians for Human Rights.
𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐲 𝐀𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝: Hannah Garry, The Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA
Moderated by Alix Vuillemin, Executive Director, Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice.
Opening remarks by Ms. Hazel Cameron, Head of Human Rights Department, UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).
for further details and registration please see the event website:
https://shorturl.at/8K5Hd
