11 December 2020 — 11:00–14:00 CET (21:00 Sydney | 05:00 Ottawa)
Save the date for a virtual conference led and organized by Global Independent Refugee Women Leaders (GIRWL) and hosted by the World Refugee & Migration Council.
Marking the end of the international campaign 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence, this highly interactive virtual conference will bring together women refugees from around the world at a critical moment. Panels will include refugee women from around the world leading discussions on topics of gender-based violence including access to sexual and reproductive health as well as economic, physical, psychological, and sexual violence against women.
Follow the conversation online via @wrmcouncil and @GIRWL1 with the hashtags #UnpackingGBV #16Days #OrangeTheWorld #16DaysOfActivism. Learn more about GIRWL here.
Watch the conference:
Agenda
Introduction
- Presentation of GIRWL Co-founders
- Introductory words from Bárbara Romero (GIRWL) (El Salvador)
- Welcome from Devota Nuwe, WRMC Council Member and Head of Programs, Refugee Law Project, School of Law, Makerere University (Kampala, Uganda)
- Najeeba Wazefadost (GIRWL) explains the dynamics of the panels. (Afghanistan – Australia)
Panel 1: Violence against women in access to sexual and reproductive health
Participants:
- Refugee woman: Parwana Amiri, youth activist (Afghanistan – Greece)
- Refugee woman: Nicole Santamaría, intersex trans woman (El Salvador – USA)
- Jayne Fleming, Pro Bono Counsel and Human Rights Team Lead, Reed Smith, and International Project Leader at Lamp Lifeboat Ladder (Jordan – USA)
Panel 2: Economic and patrimonial violence against women
Participants:
- Refugee woman: Hamma Ayena, Maglaha (speaking in Arabic), women’s rights (Western Africa SMARA)
- Refugee woman: Wafaa Jammal AlHayek, quality of response to migrant women (AUE – Dubai)
- Refugee woman: Tina Dixson, research in queer women (Ukraine – Australia)
BREAK – Anila Noor invites participants to take a break of 5 minutes
Panel 3: Bodily violence against women (sexual, psychological, physical violence)
Participants:
- Refugee woman: Lilith Raza, trans activist (Pakistan – Germany)
- Refugee woman: Noura Bittar Søborg, advocate against rape (Syria – Denmark)
- Rachel Levitan, Vice President, International Programs, HIAS (USA)
Conference summary
- Conference summary by Anila Noor, GIRWL
Closing remarks
- Caroline Masboungi, UNICEF GBV service delivery and innovations work (Amman, Jordan)
- Rosemary McCarney, WRMC member, Massey College Senior Fellow in Foreign and Defence Policy, and former Ambassador of Canada to the United Nations (Canada)
- Andrea Ayala, GIRWL (El Salvador)
This conference was made possible with the generous support of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and through a partnership with Cuso International.
