Breaking the Cycle

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Understanding the Intersections of Violence Against Women & Children

TO COMMEMORATE 16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE

WHEN: Monday, December 10, 2012

9:30 am to 12:30 pm

WHERE: PAHO, 525 23rd St, NW,

Washington, DC – Room B

The event will be livestreamed in English and translated into Spanish and Portuguese, at:

English – www.livestream.com/paho

Español - www.paho.org/Virtual/RompiendoelCiclo

Português - www.paho.org/Virtual/RompendoOCiclo

OPENING REMARKS:

Dr. Mirta Roses Periago

Director of PAHO

Dr. Neil Boothby

U.S. Government Special Advisor and Senior Coordinator to the USAID Administrator on Children in Adversity

PANEL PRESENTATIONS:

Jacquelyn Campbell of Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing: “The Relationship Between Violence Against Women and Violence Against Children: An Overview of the Evidence”

Alessandra Guedes of the Pan American Health Organization/WHO: “Intergenerational Effects of Violence Against Women and Children: Findings from Latin America”

Michele Moloney-Kitts of UNAIDS and Together for Girls: “From Survey Data to National Action”

Lori Heise of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: “What Works to Prevent Partner Violence and Child Maltreatment: Lessons for the Future”

Closing remarks: Mary Ellsberg, Director of The Global Women’s Institute at George Washington University

Moderator: Doris Bartel, Senior Director, Gender and Empowerment Unit in CARE USA and IGWG. 

A light lunch will be served.

Please RSVP to laronson@prb.org by December 3.

Organized and sponsored by PAHO, USAID, George Washington University’s Global Women’s Institute, Johns Hopkins University, and the Gender-Based Violence Task Force of the Interagency Gender Working Group, co-chaired by PRB and CARE.