On Monday, 10 December 2012 PAHO will host an expert panel discussion in observance of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and the "16 days of activism against gender violence" campaign.
What: An expert panel discussion in observance of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and the "16 days of activism against gender violence" campaign.
When: Monday, 10 December 2012, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (EST)
Where:
In person: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) HQ, Room B
525 23rd St. NW, Washington, DC (Corner 23rd St. & Virginia Ave)
Virtually: https://www.livestream.com/paho (English)
www.paho.org/Virtual/RompiendoelCiclo (Spanish)
www.paho.org/Virtual/RompendoOCiclo (Portuguese)
Who:
Organized by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Global Women's Institute of the George Washington University, Johns Hopkins University, and the Inter-Agency Gender Working Group.
Speakers
- Dr. Mirta Roses Periago, PAHO Director
- Dr. Neil Boothby, Special Advisor and Senior Coordinator to the USAID Administrator on Children in Adversity
- Jacquelyn Campbell, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing: "The relationship between violence against women and violence against children: an overview of the evidence"
- Alessandra Guedes, PAHO advisor on intra-family violence: "Intergenerational effects of violence against women and children: findings from Latin America"
- Michele Moloney-Kitts, UNAIDS y Together for Girls: "From survey data to national action"
- Lori Heise, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: "What works to prevent partner violence and child maltreatment: lessons for the future"
- Mary Ellsberg, Director of the Global Women's Institute at the George Washington University
Context: The panel will discuss the findings of new studies carried out in different regions, including Latin America and the Caribbean, which show that exposure to violence during childhood—whether as a direct victim of physical or sexual abuse or as a witness to violence against mothers—increases one's risk of suffering violence later in life. Panelists will discuss the evidence, its implications and examples of effective interventions.
Links:
- Fact sheets on violence against women (PAHO)
- 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence
- United Nations Secretary General's Campaign "UNiTE to End Violence against Women"
- WHO Violence and injury prevention
- Interagency Gender Working Group
- Global Women's Institute — George Washington University
- Together for Girls
- Video message from PAHO Director Mirta Roses Periago
- Jerry Rivera, PAHO Champion of Health (PSA, in Spanish)
- http://www.paho.org/paho110/
- http://www.paho.org
- https://www.facebook.com/PAHOWHO
- https://www.youtube.com/pahopin
- https://twitter.com/pahowho
- https://twitter.com/opsoms
Media Contacts:
Leticia Linn, linnl@paho.org, Tel. + 202 974 3440, Mobile +1 202 701 4005, Donna Eberwine-Villagran, eberwind@paho.org, Tel. +1 202 974 3122, Mobile +1 202 316 5469, Sebastián Oliel, oliels@paho.org, Phone +1 202 974 3459, Mobile 202 316 5679, Knowledge Management and Communications, PAHO/WHO—www.paho.org
