Webinar Series Flattening the Surge of Violence against Women and Children: COVID-19 and Beyond Immediate and Longer Term Policy Responses Speakers:
Commentator:
Moderator:
Chelsea Clinton
Felicia Marie Knaul
Beverly Essue
Carolina Coll
Vice Chair, Clinton Foundation; Adjunct Assistant Professor Health Policy and Management Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University
Director, University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas; Founding President Tómatelo a Pecho, A.C.
Associate Professor, Global Health Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation University of Toronto
Post-doctoral Fellow International Center for Equity in Health (Brazil)
Violence against women and children was, is and will sadly continue to be, a pandemic long after COVID-19 recedes. “Lockdown” and “shelter-in-place” orders and the disruptions in access to support services, combined with rising unemployment and poverty have put women and young people at increased risk, layering one pandemic onto another. In this webinar – the first in a series being hosted by the Lancet Commission on Gender-based Violence and Maltreatment of Young People with the University of Miami -- speakers will discuss innovative policies that have emerged as a response to COVID-19, and measures to protect, support and empower women and children. In line with the goal of “build back better,” this webinar will focus on strengthening health systems and global health governance including integrating a gender lens into preparedness planning to ensure that mitigating violence is not an afterthought in future emergencies.
Tuesday, October 20, 2020 9:00 – 10:00 am Registration Link: https://bit.ly/33DEZmZ Submit Questions in Advance: https://bit.ly/3bJVkHx