Gender Salon #2: Community Solutions to Gender Based Violence
When: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 12:00 PM-1:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).
Where: Board Room
Note: The GMT offset above does not reflect daylight saving time adjustments.
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Dear All,
Please join us for Gender Salon #2: Community Solutions to Gender Based Violence this Wednesday, April 27th from noon to 1:30PM in the IREX Board Room. All IREXers are welcome to attend (and please feel free to bring your lunch)!
Vice President Biden recently visited the University of New Hampshire to talk to students about sexual violence on college campuses. His remarks sparked several questions amongst the IREX Gender Awareness Campaign (I-GAC) team, including: what are some grassroots solutions to this, and other, Gender-Based Violence (GBV) issues?
USAID defines GBV as an act that “results in physical, sexual and psychological harm to both men and women and includes any form of violence or abuse that targets men or women on the basis of their sex.” (USAID Gender-Based Violence Working Group, April 2009). In preparation for our upcoming Gender CofP Salon to be held Wednesday, April 27th we urge you to consider this definition when reflecting on the following examples of GBV solutions:
- PREVENTION Models: Biden profiled the Bringing in the Bystander Program and Know Your Power campaign, student-driven initiatives, which focus on creating a community of responsibility and awareness (http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/04/04/ending-sexual-violence-one-student-one-campus-time
Although this list is, by no means, exhaustive, and we fully recognize that every country, and community, requires a nuanced approach to gender based violence, the IREX Gender Awareness Campaign team believes this to be a fruitful starting point to look at the different levels, and stages, of GBV and to consider how IREX can become involved in finding solutions.
Thank you all, so much, for your time and we look forward to seeing you next Wednesday!
All the best,
Michelle & the I-GAC Team
Michelle L. Paison • Development Associate • Development Division • International Research & Exchanges Board
2121 K St, NW Suite 700, Washington, DC 20037 | 202.628.8188 x174 | mpaison@irex.org