Addressing Gender-Based Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Emerging Risks and Solutions
Webinar: Addressing Gender-Based Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Emerging Risks and Solutions Description: One in three women worldwide experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime, mostly by an intimate partner. Emerging data from around the world indicate a rise in domestic and gender-based violence (GBV) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please join Women in Global Health – Georgia, USA, for a discussion focused on challenges and opportunities to delivering a survivor-centered prevention and response strategies globally and locally. Speakers: -Dr. Kathryn Yount, Professor of Global Health and Sociology, Emory University -Ms. Barbara Gibson, Safe House Director, Women’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence -Dr. Mahlet A. Woldetsadik, Co-Chair, WGH Georgia (moderator) Time: Mar 9, 2021 12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) Register