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IGWG Gender-Based Technical Update

The Interagency Gender Working Group’s Technical Update on Gender-Based Violence
The second IGWG Technical Update on Gender-Based Violence was held in Washington, DC, on November 30, 2005. Attended by more than 100 representatives of NGOs, government agencies, and funders, the day-long seminar focused on lessons learned and impact of interventions that address GBV from a reproductive health perspective. Featured speakers included Dr. Kent Hill, Assistant Administrator of USAID’s Bureau for Global Health, as well as representatives of global interventions in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia.

Topics covered by the panelists included:

  • Strengthening Health Services to Address GBV
  • Changing Gender Norms through Edutainment
  • Community Mobilization
  • Evidence-Based Advocacy

Panelists included representatives of such well-known projects and organizations as CEDOVIP (Uganda), Intercambios (Latin America), Men as Partners (South Africa), Puntos de Encuentro (Nicaragua), Raising Voices (East Africa), Rifka Annisa (Indonesia), and Soul City (South Africa).

Event Information

View the participants' list (PDF: 20KB)
View the speakers' bios (PDF: 44KB)
View the final agenda

Presentations

  • Sarah Bott, Global Best Practices Addressing Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Reproductive Health (RH) Programs (PPT: 61KB)

  • Mary Ellsberg, Using Evidence for Change in Latin America (PPT: 343KB)
  • Elli Nur Hayati, Rifka Annisa's Advocacy Work on VAW: Translating Evidence Into Policy in Indonesia (PPT: 621KB)
  • Virginia Lacayo, "We Are Different, We Are Equal" - Communication for Social Change to Promote Women's and Young People's Rights in Nicaragua (PPT: 3.82MB)
  • Lori Michau, Mobilizing Communities to Prevent Domestic Violence: A Systematic Approach (PPT: 474KB)
  • Christine Musuya, Working in Kawempe Community to Prevent Domestic Violence (PPT: 286KB)
  • Ana Flávia d'Oliveira, Primary Health Care Programs: Brazil's Response (PPT: 67KB)
  • Dean Peacock, The South African Men as Partners Network: Mobilizing Men for Gender Justice (PPT: 989KB)
  • Diana Prieto, GBV Guidelines for USAID PHN Officers (PPT: 34KB)
  • Julie Pulerwitz, Measuring the Impact of Gender-focused Interventions (PPT: 591KB)
  • Sangeeta Rege, Challenges in Sustaining a Hospital-Based Crisis Centre: Learnings of the First Hospital-Based Crisis Centre in India (PPT: 169KB)
  • Shereen Usdin, Soul City: Evaluation of a Gender Violence Campaign (PPT: 3.34MB)