Materials from Gendered Violence and Violations conference now available online

The Gendered Violence Research Network (GVRN) hosted the Inaugural Asia-Pacific Conference on Gendered Violence and Violations at the University of New South Wales in Sydney on 10-12 February 2015.

The conference "combined and expanded interdisciplinary research and practitioner knowledge to encourage innovation and best practice in responding to gendered and sexualised violence" and provided the opportunity to "explore less visible violations related to gendered inequality and injustice, including the continuing effects of colonisation." Conference themes focused on:

• "Investigating psycho-social, therapeutic and prevention interventions for gendered violence and violations
• Engaging with policy and legal responses to gendered violence and violations
• Exploring conceptualisations and representations of gendered violence and violations."

Presentation files from some of the conference presenters are now available online.

The opening address, The International Drive to Achieve Gender Equality and the Elimination of Gender-based Violence against Women and Girls, was given by Anne Edwards, AO, Emeritus Professor, and Chair, of ANROWS (Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety).

Plenary sessions included: 

• Family Violence and Sexual Assault in Indigenous Communities: challenges and intersectoral responses by Professor Kerry Arabena, Chair of Indigenous Health, University of Melbourne
• Legal Pluralism, Domestic, and Sexual violence: case studies of non-state justice in the Asia-Pacific region by Professor Kathleen Daly of Griffith University
• What Works to Prevent Violence against Women and Girls: emerging evidence and innovative approaches by Dr Emma Fulu of the South African Medical Research Council and Technical Lead of What Works to Prevent Violence against Women and Girls
• Giving Voice to Victim Survivors: an impact study on violence in armed conflict by Kristin Kalla of the International Criminal Court
• The Banalization of Torture by Professor Elizabeth Sheehy of the University of Ottawa.

Materials from the master classes, concurrent sessions and poster sessions are also available online.