The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, 2010

(May 2011) From Nov. 25 through Dec. 10, 2010, the Interagency Gender Working Group commemorated the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence by hosting three exciting events in Washington D.C.

I. Gender-Based Violence in the Congo—What the Research Is Showing and What Practitioners Are Seeing

Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010, at the Woodrow Wilson Center

A panel discussion featuring:

  • Lynn Lawry, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)
  • Heidi Lehmann, International Rescue Committee
  • Nancy Glass, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing

II. CARE’s Integrated Gender-Based Violence Work in 30 Countries: Report of a Mapping Exercise

Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, at the Population Reference Bureau

A brown bag presentation hosted by the Gender-Based Violence Task Force of the IGWG featuring:

  • Doris Bartel, CARE

III. Domestic Violence in sub-Saharan Africa: Linkages and Maternal Health

Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010, at PATH

A brown bag presentation hosted by the Gender-Based Violence Task Force of the IGWG featuring:

  • Holley Stewart, Africa's Health 2010
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