A ground-breaking forum of global gender violence experts discusses the catastrophic impact of natural disasters and pandemics on already marginalized women and girls and explores innovative strategies to mitigate these risks and provide victims with the resources they need for safety, healing, and empowerment.
A ground-breaking forum in which human rights experts address sexual violence and trafficking of women and children in the context of armed conflict, with a special focus on the current human rights crises in Ethiopia, Ukraine, and Afghanistan.
WELCOME
Aaron Marcu
First Deputy Director, OSCE/ODIHR
Kateryna Ryabiko
Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
OPENING REMARKS
Åsa Regnér
Deputy Executive Director for Policy, Programme, Civil Society and Intergovernmental Support, UN Women
PANELISTS
Purna Sen
Visiting Professor at the Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit, London Metropolitan University; former UN Women’s Director of Policy Division
Fawzia Koofi
Former Second Deputy Speaker of the Parliament in Afghanistan and women’s rights activist
Mykola Kuleba
Founder of Save Ukraine and former Ombudsman for Children in Ukraine
Tatiana Kotlyarenko
OSCE/ODIHR Adviser on Anti-Trafficking Issues
Malaika Oringo
Founder and CEO, Footprint to Freedom; member of the OSCE/ODIHR International Survivors of Trafficking Advisory Council
Niat Amare
Senior Immigration Specialist, Immigration Intervention Project, Sanctuary for Families
MODERATORS
Ruchira Gupta
Emmy-award-winning filmmaker and Board Member, Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
Tatiana Kotlyarenko
OSCE/ODIHR Adviser on Anti-Trafficking Issues
