Commission on the Status of Women Session 65
ONLINE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN & SDG’s Agenda 2030
Virtual Webinar – Wednesday March 17, 2021
11.00 EST
Webinar registration https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kuHbEQQOQsSYSarnsvTH_Q
Online is the new front line for violence against women and girls, and it has increased exponentially during COVID-19 and the lockdowns. Online violence is an epicenter of risk, intersectional and intergenerational, and compounding multiple forms of violence against women and girls, including trafficking.
Distinguished Speakers;
Baroness Hussein-ECE, Co-chair of the UK APPG on Population, Development & Reproductive Health- Violence Against Women in Public Life
Ms. Simona Lanzoni, Second Vice President of Grevio-CoE Vice President Head of Projects and Advocacy Fondazione Pangea onlus -VAW New Frontier Between Hate Speech & Cyber Space
Revd Dr. Carrie Pemberton Ford, Senior Fellow in Ethics and Public Life MBIT University of Cambridge Founding Director of the Cambridge Centre for Applied Research in Human Trafficking www.ccarht.org – The internet of women / not things– addressing the challenges of on-line recruitment, exploitation, and rapacious monetisation through policy, responsible business and education
Ms. Mandy Sanghera, International human rights activists/ philanthropists
The Real Hidden Cost of the Pandemic on Women
Ms. Shelley Zalis, CEO, The Female Quotient
Creating Safe, Virtual Spaces for Women in Business
Ms. Sadia Mir, WUNRN EU – Online VAW SDGs and Agenda 2030, Moderator
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