UNIC UNiTE - Ending Violence Against Women

An online session to reflect and discuss about how the challenge of Ending Violence Against Women is being addressed in different cities and by different stakeholders.

The 16 days of Activism against Gender Based Violence is an annual international campaign that kicks off on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day.

Within this framework, the University of Deusto and university College Cork organise a Virtual Meeting Platform with the aims of:

Connecting academic and civil society stakeholders across the UNIC consortium who are active in addressing the local to global challenge of Ending Violence Against Women
exploring potential for collaborative action between and across the UNIC cities

The event will be divided in two parts:

A round table with community and academic partners to get to know how the challenge is being addressed at different levels
A facilitated group diolague among participants to share experience and insights on this local to global challenge and explore some possible areas of focus for UNIC collaboration

Speakers

Mary Crilly, Founder and CEO of Sexual Violence Centre Cork
Prof. Maggie O’Neill, Dept of Sociology & Criminology, UCC
Prof. Dolores Morondo, Human Rights Institute, University of Deusto.
Estibaliz Linares Bahillo, Deusto Social Values Research Team member, University of Deusto. Consultant at Sortzen.org
Ekin Çakır, PhD Reseacher, Koç University Trauma and Stress Research Lab, Turkish Psychological Association-Women and Gender Studies Unit