Standing by our promise to leave no one behind: prevention of and response to Gender Based Violence in Afghanistan
Webstream (without interpretation)
Humanitarian Talks
Information
This session will focus on the humanitarian crisis presently unfolding in Afghanistan and with a point of departure in the ‘Call to Action on GBV’, the event will:
Bring attention to gender considerations as key for the ability of humanitarian actors to mitigate gender-specific risks and effectively reach all segments of the affected population
Call for all stakeholders in the humanitarian system to prevent, mitigate, and respond to GBV and other gender-specific risks by incorporating gender considerations into humanitarian crisis response from the outset of a crisis, and delivering gender sensitive humanitarian response, in the present crisis in Afghanistan and elsewhere.”
Organisers
Denmark/DRCSTC
Speakers
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Qudsia Raheen
Women’s rights activistJR
Jared Rowell
Country Director AfghanistanDanish Refugee Council (DRC)AR
Athena Rayburn
Director of Advocacy, Communications, Campaigns and MediaSave the Children AfghanistanJB
Jacqueline BRYLD
Chief AdvisorDanish Ministry Of Foreign AffairsLT
Lone Thorup
MT
Mette THYGESEN
Director, Department of Humanitarian Action, Civil Society and EngagementMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark (moderator)