Partnership Forum side event
COVID-19 and Gender Violence: Extra challenges need extra solidarity
2 February, 8-8:50 am EST
Progress towards achieving the SDG 5 has been hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to the challenges already faced by women, the pandemic has exacerbated their situation. This situation has had a profound impact on the efforts made by the NGOs working in the field of gender equality. Accordingly, this entails identifying the most prominent challenges and sharing experiences among women’s organizations to promote solidarity and advance the situation of women in different regions. All this along with highlighting success stories and benefiting from the lessons learned since the rise of the pandemic.
On the sidelines of the UN ECOSOC Partnership Forum, Maat for Peace in cooperation with Gals Forum International, The Kurdish Women Movement, The International Alliance of Women ,The Women’s Major Group and The NGO Major Group-Africa is organizing a side event to tackle the above mentioned challenge on the 2nd of Febraury 2022 at 8 am EST/1pm GMT.
To register to the event: https://whova.com/portal/registration/ecoso_202202.
The event Speakers
- Hagar Monsif :Vice Chairman for SDGs at Maat Foundation
- Nalini Singh: Pacific and SIDS Organizing Partner at the Women Major Group
- Dilar Dirik : Researcher at Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford and feminist activist.
- Esther Namboka: Executive Director Gals Forum International
- Marion Böker: Acting President at International Alliance of Women (IAW)
For more information kindly check the event’s concept note bellow
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