Join us for this HRC56 side event focusing on the gender impacts of the recent Israeli aggression. Our partners, Women’s Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling – WCLAC, will share evidence-based data and firsthand testimonies from Palestinian women on Gender and Sexual-based Violence.
Join the Palestine Working Group and other WILPFers to discuss the ongoing occupation, dehumanisation, and unfolding genocide of Palestinians. Let’s explore how women and peace movements can unite to end this injustice and forge a path toward justice-based peace and freedom.
One year after the catastrophic earthquakes struck northern Syria and Western Turkey, we honor the extraordinary resilience and leadership of Syrian women who have led recovery efforts with unwavering determination. Amidst the backdrop of ongoing conflict, disaster, and complex political dynamics, Syrian women have emerged as beacons of strength.
Join us to hear their powerful stories and delve into the complexities of disaster response and conflict dynamics through a gendered lens. This event offers a rare chance to witness firsthand accounts of courage, care and strength, providing crucial lessons on resilience, leadership, and the necessity of redefining disaster management to inclusively consider gender, politics, and conflict dynamics.
On the occasion of the anniversaries of the chemical attacks in Khan Shaykhun April 4th 2017, and Douma April 7th 2017, this roundtable will host international and Syrian experts including advocates, women and men survivors of human rights abuses who have been leading initiatives to fight impunity against international crimes committed in Syria. The roundtable will explore available judicial and non-judicial mechanisms to investigate and prosecute perpetrators of chemical weapons crimes, the perspectives to move towards accountability, and the efforts needed to ensure protection and safety for witnesses who risked their lives providing investigation bodies with access to the truth, it will also include a discussion on the role of victims and the efforts they are making to seek truth, justice, and accountability, the role of victims associations, the space for discussion on preparation including the psychological support, and guarantee of non recurrence.
Moderator: Randa Siniora, General Director, Women’s Center for Legal Aid and Counselling (WCLAC)
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Join The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) for an-in person side event at CSW67, to unpack the multifaceted impacts of modern connective technology on the work of feminist activists and feminist organisations in the MENA region.
Reflecting on an ever-evolving technology trad-eoff, women civil society representatives from Syria, Yemen, and Libya will share their insights and experiences, looking back at technology and the revolution during the Arab Spring uprisings, the impact of Covid-19 pandemic, and all the way to their present day efforts to redesign the peace table.
Bullying is any abusive practice or behaviour directed by an individual or group of individuals towards another individual or group. Bullying can be considered a form of harassment that is more frequent and systematic. It aims not only to violate the receiving party, but also to belittle them. Bullying is characterised by being targeted at a person or group of people, while harassment need not be targeted.
Harassment/Taharrush is a group of unwanted abusive practices that are threatening to the recipient by their very nature. Unlike bullying, harassment need not be targeted. It may take place directly or indirectly, so that it creates an atmosphere of distress, heaviness, and insecurity.
Assault is any actual or attempted aggressive act that deliberately violates or threatens the physical space of an individual or group. It is often believed that assault is limited to direct physical violations only, but as a concept it also includes indirect infringement on personal space.
Exploitation occurs when a person or group of people uses their power, status, or positionality for personal benefit through the use of force, duress, violence, coercion, deceit, or trickery that causes direct or indirect harm to another person or group of people, or to public interest.
