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About
As more and more countries enforce lockdowns to slow the spread of COVID-19, the rates of sexual and gender-based violence around the world seem to be increasing. Jaslika has convened an international panel of experts to discuss why crisis situations, and pandemics in particular, aggravate gender-based violence, as well as its impacts on children and women. They will also identify good practices in various countries, capacity gaps, needs, and strategies on how to mitigate the impacts.
The four-member panel will include Berhan Taye, a senior policy analyst at Access Now; Dr. Changu Mannathoko, the country managing partner at Joint Minds Consult in Botswana; Justice Martha Koome, a judge in the Kenyan Court of Appeal and the Chair of the National Council on the Administration of Justice (NCAJ) Special Task Force on Children Matters; and Megan O’Donnell, the assistant director of the gender programme and a senior policy analyst at the Center for Global Development in Washington D.C. The webinar will be moderated by Jaslika’s director, Dr. Sheila P. Wamahiu, a leading expert in education and child rights in East Africa.
This webinar is interactive, so the audience will be able to write-in their questions to the panel members regarding this topic.
Objectives
Reflection on the impact of GBV especially on women and children in times of crisis
Learning on good practices, capacity gaps, needs and strategies on how to mitigate the impacts
Programme
Presentations by key speakers followed by Q&A session.
Event Speakers
Moderator: Dr Sheila Wamahiu, Director, Jaslika Consulting