News & Events
The Consortium primarily works to assist organisations with institutionalizing responses to GBV. However, it has undertaken a small number of public events to raise awareness about GBV.
The Consortium’s advisor, Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has spoken on a number of occasions, and the Consortium has hosted other experts in the field including: Dr Yakin Erturk, UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women; Professor Charlotte Watts, the Sigrid Rausing Chair in Gender Violence and Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; and Everjoice Win, the International Head of Women’s Rights for Action Aid International. Broadcaster Claire Byrne, and journalist and author, Roisin Ingle have helped raise the profile of GBV through their involvement in Consortium events.
Latest News and Events
Published on December 1st, 2011
Speakers at the event included: Nata Duvvury: Co-Director, Global Women’s Studies Programme, NUI Galway. Lori Michau: Co-Director, Raising Voices, Kampala, Uganda (via video link). Carol Wrenn: Gender Equality Programme Officer, Trócaire. Date: Wednesday, December 7th, 2011. Location: Irish Aid Volunteering and Information Centre, 27-31 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin 1. Nata Duvvury speaking at the event. Lori [...]
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Published on September 13th, 2011
The focus of the Consortium’s 2011 Annual Seminar was addressing gender based violence in fragile states. Also at the event, the Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore launched the National Action Plan on United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325; Women, Peace & Security. Speakers on the day included: Mary Robinson, was the first woman President of Ireland (1990-1997), former United [...]
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Published on June 9th, 2011
KODE (Kimmage Open and Distance Education) launched a new course: *Understanding and Addressing Gender Based Violence in Development Contexts*, on July 6th 2011. This eight week distance education course focusses specifically on: * Gender Based Violence against Women. * Non-Emergency Development Settings. * Lower Income Countries. Please see KODE website for more information on the [...]
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Published on December 23rd, 2010
The Irish Joint Consortium on Gender Based Violence held a seminar on: ‘Engaging Men and Boys to prevent and address Gender Based Violence in Development and Humanitarian settings’, on January 17th. The guest speaker was Dr Gary Barker, PhD. Mr Barker is International Director of Promundo, based in Washington DC, previously being a founding Executive [...]
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