CSW70 Parallel Event: Invisible Violence, Suffocating Silence

Sponsors: Justice Coalition of Religious, Passionists International, International Presentation Association, Company of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Description: This event will feature perspectives from the Republic of the Congo, India, Guatemala, and South Africa on persistent gaps between the establishment of gender-responsive policies and laws and the lived reality of gender injustice. Speakers will bear witness to both legal and cultural barriers to justice for women and girls who have experienced both visible and invisible forms of gender-based violence or discrimination. Speakers will also illuminate promising initiatives that seek to overcome these barriers through structural accountability mechanisms, popular education, and normalization of dialogue about gender stereotypes and infringements on the rights and dignity of women and girls.

Flyer: Click on the following links to access the event flyers in English, Spanish, and French

 

○ Ms. Ana Grace Cabrera Cordon: Coordinator on Women, Peace and Security and on Humanitarian Action, UN Women Guatemala

○ Ms. Rozy Khatton: Survivor of gender-based violence (India)

○ Sr. Sneha Gill: Presentation Sister and Advocate, International Presentation Association (India)

○ Sr. Dr. Bed’estelle Rhyta Kimani Moussounda, CP: expert in international labor and gender law, human-rights activist, and author (Republic of Congo)

○ Ms. Clarice Louw: Programmes Manager, Justice Desk Africa (South Africa)

 

Opening remarks: Annemarie O’Connor, UN Representative for Passionists International

Panel Moderation: Despoina Afroditi Milaki, UN Representative for the International Presentation Association

Closing remarks: Teresa Blumenstein, Global Coordinator of the Justice Coalition of Religious (JCoR)