Turning Laws into Actions: Eliminating Gender-based Violence in Asia-Pacific
The 3rd Asia-Pacific Summit on Gender-based Violence
June 16-18 2021 I Hong Kong I Live on Zoom
Program
DAY 2: June 17, 2021 (Thursday)
18:00-20:00
(GMT+8)
Session 3: Moving Towards Survivor-Centered Approaches
Objective: Examine integrated responses that place survivors at the center. Explore multi-sectoral coordinated responses and good practices and lessons learnt about comprehensive and coordinated service delivery and providing pro-bono legal assistance to survivors of gender-based violence.
Moderator
Speakers
Topic: A Journey to Justice and Practice for Vulnerable Victims of Sexual Assault in Taiwan
Topic: Gender-based Violence in Japan in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Topic: Victim Access to Justice – WCC’s Multi-pronged Approach
Topic: New Development of Big Data and Early Warning Tools for Social Work Practice
Topic: Narrative Justice for Victims of Sexual Violence
20:00-20:30
(GMT+8)
Break
20:30-22:30
(GMT+8)
Session 4: Digital and Image-based Sexual Violence
Objective: Present newly emerged challenges (e.g. gender-based violence in the cyber world) and discuss the ways forward.
Moderator
Speakers
Topic: Victims First: Building a Service that Places the Victim Front and Centre
Topic: Blame Women, Exculpate Men: Victim Blaming in Online Sexual Abuse and Harassment
Topic: Law Reforms on Image-based Sexual Violence: Challenges and Ways Forward
Topic: Multiple Strategies to Prevent and Respond to Image-based Sexual Violence
Topic: Taiwan’s Regulations of Internet Platform Providers and their Impacts
Language: Simultaneous English/Putonghua/Cantonese interpretation will be provided
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