The GREAT Inititiative - Gender Right & Equality Trust

Bineta Diop to speak at the International Women’s Summit on 13th July

July 12, 2011  Events, News

The World YWCA is hosting its fourth International Women’s Summit (IWS) under the theme “Women Creating a Safe World ”. The IWS will be held in Zurich , Switzerland , on July 12-13, 2011 as part of its 27^th World Council.

The IWS will broadly discuss this theme and further define equitable, safe and inclusive spaces and programmes for women, thus advancing CEDAW and MDG commitments. Safe space is about the personal, economic and political security of women and girls, their right to live free from violence, to make choices about where to live and work, to move freely and participate in all facets of democracy, as well as to have full access to sexual and reproductive health services, including universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support.

Bineta Diop, Executive Director of our partner FAS, will speak tomorrow during the session on ‘Ending Violence against Women and Securing Justive’ about ‘Addressing the Social and Economic Dimensions of Violence Against Women’.