Programme

• Stephanie Futter-Orel, WAVE Executive Manager 
• Marcella Pirrone, WAVE President

•    Dunja Mijatović, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights
•    Alia El-Yassir, UN Women Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia

•    Antonella Veltri, President of D.i.Re – Donne in Rete contro la violenza, Italy - D.i.Re. Addressing VAW during the COVID-19 lockdown
•    Elaine Mears, Rape Crisis Network Ireland - Rape Crisis Centre adaptation and transformation during COVID-19
•    Iris Luarasi, Counselling Line for Women and Girls/First Vice-President of GREVIO, Albania – Gender-based violence during COVID-19

WAVE has organized 4 breakout rooms, taking place in parallel.

Each breakout room corresponds to one workshop, meaning that after the end of the break out you will just have to wait in the specific room to access the desired workshop. Please click on the desired link to access the breakout rooms/workshops.

Breakout room 1 - Workshop 1 (Reclaiming the Istanbul Convention: offering a positive counter-narrative to the current backlash)

Click here for Breakout Room 1 / Workshop 1 

Breakout room 2 - Workshop 2 (Different models of effectively tackling digital violence and abuse)

Click here for Breakout Room 2 / Workshop 2

Breakout room 3 - Workshop 3 (Child contact and custody proceedings in a changing legal and human rights environment)

Click here for Breakout Room 3 / Workshop 3 

Breakout room 4 - Workshop 4 ( How gender-neutral policy practice is dismantling women’s specialist support services and ways to counteract it)

Click here for Breakout Room 4 / Workshop 4 

Please click on the following links and insert the given password to access the workshops:

Breakout room 1 - Workshop 1 (Reclaiming the Istanbul Convention: offering a positive counter-narrative to the current backlash)

Click here for Workshop 1 

Breakout room 2 - Workshop 2 (Different models of effectively tackling digital violence and abuse)

Click here for Workshop 2

Breakout room 3 - Workshop 3 (Child contact and custody proceedings in a changing legal and human rights environment)

Click here for Workshop 3 

Breakout room 4 - Workshop 4 ( How gender-neutral policy practice is dismantling women’s specialist support services and ways to counteract it)

Click here for Workshop 4 

•    Umayma Elamin Amer Elamin, Migrant Women Association Malta – Migrant Women’s Association Malta SGBV outreach during COVID-19

•    Ana Peláez Narváez, member of the United Nations Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Vice-President of the European Disability Forum and Executive Vice-President of the CERMI Women’s Foundation Spain - How the pandemic has affected women and girls with disabilities and the relevant specialist service provision

•    Liridona Sijarina, Kosovar Gender Studies Center, Kosovo - An intersectional response to the pandemic: Protecting Roma women's rights in Kosovo

WAVE has organized 4 breakout rooms, taking place in parallel. 

Each breakout room corresponds to one workshop, meaning that after the end of the break out you will just have to wait in the specific room to access the desired workshop. Please click on the desired link to access the breakout rooms/workshops.

Breakout room 1 - Workshop 1 (The importance of allyship:how to be an effective and respectful ally)

Click here for Breakout Room 1 / Workshop 1

Breakout room 2 - Workshop 2 (Sexual violence: definitions of consent and response mechanisms)

Click here for Breakout Room 2 / Workshop 2

Breakout room 3 - Workshop 3 (The challenges of maintaining an independent shelter movement in the current political climate)

Click here for Breakout Room 3 / Workshop 3

Breakout room 4 - Workshop 4 (The impact of violence against women on marginalized groups)

Click here for Breakout Room 4 / Workshop 4

Please click on the following links and insert the given password to access the workshops:

Breakout room 1 - Workshop 1 (The importance of allyship:how to be an effective and respectful ally)

Click here for Workshop 1

Breakout room 2 - Workshop 2 (Sexual violence: definitions of consent and response mechanisms)

Click here for Workshop 2

Breakout room 3 - Workshop 3 (The challenges of maintaining an independent shelter movement in the current political climate)

Click here for Workshop 3

Breakout room 4 - Workshop 4 (The impact of violence against women on marginalized groups)

Click here for Workshop 4

This meeting is a private meeting, open only to StepUp campaign members.

The WAVE General Assembly is a private meeting only open to WAVE Members.