EVENTS

#GBVchat Tweetchat Relay

Event: November 30, 2016

Addressing Gender-Based Violence in a Changing World

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9 am – 2 pm ET

On November 30, The Asia Foundation, University Research Co., World Vision, Knowledge for Health (K4Health), Chemonics, Banyan Global, ACDI/VOCA, Promundo, and WI-HER held an online conversation, “Addressing Gender-Based Violence in a Changing World” to mark the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign (#16Days). Development and health experts and justice and community activists will join in a day of conversation on the issues surrounding gender-based violence.

View the conversation with the hashtag #GBVchat.

The event garnered significant engagement on social media: more than 160 people participated directly in the day-long tweetchat, and the tweetchat reached an estimated 1.79 million people.

November 30 Tweetchat Schedule:

9:00-9:30am	K4Health	Integrating GBV Support into Family Planning
9:30-10:00am	Banyan Global	Child Early Forced Marriage (CEFM) in the MENA Region
10:00-10:30am	USAID ASSIST Project	Addressing GBV through Quality Improvement
10:30-11:00am	WI-HER	Exploring Innovative Approaches to GBV Prevention
11:00-11:30am	The Asia Foundation	Risk & Protective Factors for Violence Against Women and Girls in Asia
11:30-12:00pm	Promundo	Engaging Men and Boys to Prevent Gender-Based Violence
12:00-12:30pm	ACDI/VOCA	The Intersection of GBV and Women’s Economic Empowerment
12:30-1:00pm	World Vision	Safe Schools Enable Children to Learn
1:00-1:30pm	Chemonics	Stopping GBV: Safe Spaces and Allies
1:30-2:00pm	Collaborative Reflection & Wrap-Up