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 March 8th, 2007
Mary Robinson delivers assessment of Irish initiative to tackle gender based violence. Rape and sexual violence puts women at increased risk of contracting HIV/AIDS, according to an international expert on gender violence who addressed an event to mark International Women’s Day in Dublin, today (8.03.07). Professor Charlotte Watts, from the London School of Hygiene and [...]
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Published on November 27th, 2006
Mary Robinson delivers assessment of Irish initiative to tackle gender based violence. Ireland has the capacity to make a significant impact in preventing and responding to gender based violence, provided the issue continues to be prioritised at a political and organisational level. According to the Director of the Ethical Globalisation Initiative, Mary Robinson, “the measures [...]
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Published on March 8th, 2006
Aid workers, development agency staff and peacekeeping forces taking part in humanitarian programmes will be encouraged to learn more about gender based violence before they travel abroad. Speaking at an event to mark International Women’s Day at Filmbase, Temple Bar, the Minister of State for Development Cooperation and Human Rights, Conor Lenihan, said that his [...]
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Published on November 18th, 2005
Ireland’s leading development, humanitarian and human rights organisations – in conjunction with the Government – have pledged to become a significant international force in responding to violence against women and children. Unveiling a study into gender based violence, today (18.11.05), nine NGOs and Development Cooperation Ireland (DCI) undertook to implement a range of measures that [...]
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