FCDO, Ministry of Justice and Home Office special roundtable to mark 16 Days of Activism

Written By The Vavengers

FCDO, Ministry of Justice and Home Office held a special ministerial roundtable with advocates to mark the 16 days of activism on violence against women and girls (VAWG). The agenda was about the violence women and girl children are facing all over the world and why no country or context is immune. Our CEO Sema Gornall was part of the roundtable and she highlighted global issues facing women and girls including the intersectionality of Gender-Based Violence with war, poverty and racial injustice.

The roundtable speakers included:

• Anneliese Dodds, Minister for Development and Women & Equalities

• Alex Davies-Jones, Minister for Victims and VAWG

• Jess Phillips, Minister for Safeguarding and VAWG

• Sharon Gaffka, spiking campaigner

• Rehema Muthamia, Solace Women's Aid ambassador

• Jess Davies, online misogyny campaigner

• Nour Norris - domestic abuse campaigner

• Halimot Ogunnaike, FGM/C and human trafficking campaigner

• Sema Gornall, human rights activist and CEO of The Vavengers

 
The Vavengers
Previous

Yentl Syndrome: The Urgent Need to Listen to Women in Healthcare
Next

The Vavengers contributes to ‘Ethics in Researches on Modern Slavery’ a review of the current landscape and evaluation of research ethics appropriateness