Background
Violence against women and girls is a major public health problem that is rooted in gender inequality and is also a serious human rights violation that affects the lives and health of millions of women and girls. The prevention of violence against women requires concerted and sustained action among different sectors of government and civil society organizations informed by the best available evidence to prevent violence against all women and girls.
The RESPECT framework provides a technical package of seven evidence-based strategies and approaches with the best potential to end violence against women and girls, namely:
- R - elationship skills strengthened
- E - mpowerment of women
- S - ervices ensured
- P - overty reduced
- E - nviornments made safe
- C - hild and adolescent abuse prevented
- T - ransformed attitudes, beliefs, and norms
The publication of the global framework and implementation guidance is a major step forward in facilitating the update of evidence-based policies and programs to prevent violence against women and girls in the Region. However, a challenge in facilitating, implementing, and adapting the global guidance is a lack of examples from the Region, especially examples recorded in different languages, and the need to adapt the global frameworks to the particularities of the regional and sub-regional context. In response, the UN Women Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) have designed a process for updating and adapting the RESPECT framework for Latin America and the Caribbean. This workshop is an important part of this adaptation process and aims to foster the identification, dissemination, and exchange of knowledge on regional examples and experiences related to the RESPECT strategies.
OBJECTIVES
- Facilitate the adaption of RESPECT in Latin American and Caribbean countries through the exchange of lessons learned from regional examples and case studies related to the theoretical framework;
- Strengthen regional dialogue on works to prevent violence against women and girls, as well as the challenges of adapting global frameworks to the Region;
- Disseminate the regional analysis of good practices in the different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean that have used interventions associated with RESPECT strategies
How to participate
- DATE: Monday, 31 October 2022
- TIME: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. [EDT] [see time correspondence below]
- LANGUAGE: English and Spanish with simultaneous translation
Participants
Policy and program managers responsible for the prevention of violence against women in Ministriesof Health; Policy and program managers responsible for the prevention of violence against women in Ministries/public institutions that promote gender equality and women’s rights; Civil Society: Alianza H, Population Council (led RESPECT experiences); Academic professionals: e.g., Global Women’s Institute, George Washington University; Staff from PAHO, UN Women, UNICEF, UNFPA, and UN Trust Fund; Inter-American Development Bank; The World Bank.
Agenda
WASHINGTON D.C. TIME [EDT]
1:00 pm - Welcome remarks
- Presentation of the RESPECT framework
- Presentation of the report on good practices in the Region
1:10 pm - Question and answer session
1:45 pm - Work in groups
2:25 pm - Closing remarks
Time correspondance
- 10:00 am.– Los Angeles
- 11:00 am. – Belmopan, Calgary, Guatemala City, Managua, San Jose (CR), San Salvador, Tegucigalpa
- 12:00 pm. – Bogota, Mexico City, Panamá City, Kingston, Lima, Quito
- 1:00 pm. – Bridgetown, Caracas, Castries, Georgetown, Havana, La Paz, Nassau, Ottawa, Port-au-Prince, Port of Spain, San Juan, Santo Domingo, Washington DC
- 2:00 pm - Asunción, Buenos Aires, Brasilia, Santiago, Montevideo, Paramaribo
- 7:00 pm. – Geneva, Madrid
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