Roundtable panel: Gender-based Violence Survivors at the Core of Justice Programming

The expert panel will discuss strategies and approaches to realize the Call to Action on preventing and responding to GBV drawing from results of the latest cutting-edge research, as well as practice-informed lessons learned from justice programs around the world.

Key questions:

• What are some of the best practices for justice sector programming to prevent and respond to gender-based violence against women and girls? How do we know they work?
• What is the role of specialized services in increasing access to justice for GBV survivors? How can we foster multi-sector and inter-agency cooperation on GBV that includes the justice sector?
• What are the main ethical considerations when involving survivors of GBV in justice sector programs?

Panel speakers and moderator:

• Prof. Mary Ellsberg, Director of the Global Women’s Institute, George Washington University
• Caroline Meenagh, Policy Specialist, Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW) Section, UN Women
• Angeella Barekzai, Legal Specialist, IDLO Afghanistan
• Alfred Hill, Program Coordinator, and Chinyelumugo Okoh, Program Manager, IDLO Myanmar
• Anna Wrange, Counsellor, Embassy of Sweden in the Netherlands
• Anne-Floor Dekker, Program Manager Gender, Peace and Security, WO=MEN Dutch Gender Platform
• Dr. Ilaria Bottigliero, Director, Policy, Research and Learning, IDLO (Moderator)