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| VIOLENCE & TORTURE AGAINST WOMEN & GIRLS IN TRAFFICKING & PROSTITUTION: EDUCATING SERVICE PROVIDERS |
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| Start Date: | 3/12/2019 | Start Time: | 6:15 PM |
| End Date: | 3/12/2019 | End Time: | 7:45 PM |
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Event Description:
VIOLENCE AND TORTURE AGAINST WOMEN & GIRLS IN TRAFFICKING AND PROSTITUTION: EDUCATING SERVICE PROVIDERS
March 12, 2019
6:15 PM – 7:45 PM (630 2ND AVE)
RSVP Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/un-commission-on-the-status-of-women-63-nst-panel-tickets-56122874027
This Panel Presentation will inform attendees of the need for Social Protection Systems to provide Women Centered informed programs thatmeet the needs of prostituted, trafficked and sexually exploited women and girls who experience torture and assault in systems of exploitation.
This panel will consist of survivors who provide direct services and protection to tortured and exploited women as well as international experts in the area of Non-state Torture (NST) who advocate for legislative and system changes to address and acknowledge torture gender-based violence.
CHAIR: Baroness Anita Gale, Shadow Minister for Women & Equalities, House of Lords, UK
Jeanette Westbrook – survivor of family-based torture and human trafficking
Summer Dickerson - survivor of NST in prostitution
Megan Walker - London Abused Women's Centre, Canada
Christine Stark - survivor of NST in human trafficking
Jeanne Sarson and Linda MacDonald – Persons Against Non-State Torture
Jackie Jones – WAW, EWLA, Campaigning for a UN Treaty to eliminate VAWG |
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