2007-12-02T01:19:00.000-08:00

ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION

What Policies can inspire more men to end gender-based violence?

HAMCO AUDITORIUM

CHINMAYA CENTRE OF

WORLD UNDERSTANDING

89 Lodi Road, New Delhi

7 DECEMBER 2007

11.00 AM TO 1.30 PM

Contemporary state of knowledge and activism on gender equality and gender-based violence has identified intervention with boys and men on gender issues as a critical area for programmes and research. Social science research on issues of gender as well as the women’s movement has encountered the pervasive impact of gender-based violence. It is only recently in the Asian context that such work has begun to r ecognise the imperative of investigating gendered violence through an explicit focus on men, positioning them as both perpetrators and victims of violence. Identifying men as active agents within this context also offers the possibility of intervention into their actions.

Despite the obvious cultural, religious, and socio-economic differences across the region, there are significant overlaps in the forms of gender-based violence. In this context, the participants to this Round Table will dialogue on what policies will contribute to boys and men becoming active agents in the prevention of gender based violence. The Round Table brings in expertise from within south Asia and beyond.

The following speakers will present their views and analyses.

MODERATOR

MR. IMRAN ASlAM

Playwright, Journalist and

President, GEO TV, Pakistan

INTRODUCTION

Ms. WINNIE BYANYIMA

Director of Gender Team /

Bureau of Development Policy,

UNDP, New york, UsA

DISCUSSANTS

Ms. RENUKA CHOWDHURY

Hon’ble Minister of state for

Women and Child Development

(Independent charge),

Government of India

JUSTICE KALYAN SHRESTHA

Supreme Court, Nepal

MOULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD

Masjid Council for Community

Advancement (MACCA),

Bangladesh.

MR. DEAN PEACOCK

Co-Director, Sonke Gender

Justice Network, Cape Town,

South Africa

DR. KALYANI MENON-SEN

Feminist Activist,

Researcher and Trainer, India

MR. ALAN GREIG

Consultant on Gender, Violence

and HIV/AIDs, USA

CONCLUSION AND VOTE OF

THANKS

MR. JAMES LANG

Programme Advisor, Gender

UNDP Asia Pacific Regional

Policy Discussion