The primary challenge facing the twenty-first century is to eliminate violence against women. At minimum, 1 in 3 women face violence that suppresses their political and civic participation. Until it is confronted, we will not be able to tackle peace holistically or sustainably, and our development dollars are not being used effectively. Like polio, Rotarians are key to meeting this challenge!

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Gender Based Violence: A Threat to Peace
Peace Symposium Breakout Session 1 | Friday, May 31

2. • Kathy Doherty – Attended Chulalongkorn University in summer of 2018
(Class 25), working in Kenya, East Africa - from Chicago, IL USA
• William McInerney – Attended University of Bradford 2016-17 (Class 15),
doctoral student at the University of Cambridge - from North Carolina, USA
• Erin Thomas – Attended Universidad del Salvador 2003-2004 (Class 1),
lives and works in Portland Oregon USA
• Rozy Rani Sarmah – Attended Chulalongkorn University in 2015, works
as a police officer in the Indian State of Assam
Introducing the Panelists

3. A PAGE FOR BIG BOLDBULLET ITEMSGender Based Violence
…is a threat to peace
The greater the gender gap in a country, the more likely the
country is to go to war, use force during conflicts, or to be
involved in violent international crisis.
In order for countries to become more gender-equal, we need to address
the violence and exploitation of women that occurs across the globe, and at
all levels of society.
According to the UN: 35% of women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence in their lifetime – they
have been raped, beaten or abused.
This figure does not account for all the other forms of violence against women – when you add trafficking,
child marriage & other forms of violence, studies show that up to 70% of women experience such violence.

4. Gender Based Violence
…is a threat to peace
Rotary Trustees are global thought leaders in the peace sector
in that they recognize that while peace begins with the absence
of conflict – it includes the broad range of human needs for
dignity and security, food, shelter, education, health and a clean
environment.

5. “Hundreds of private agencies explore and support peace
building. These and the advances in technology have brought
people and nations everywhere closer together in time and space.
And yet wars and conflicts abound, between and within nations
around the world. Their origins stem from: religious, cultural,
economic, and political differences.”

6. “Finding the path to world peace and understanding is not a
spectator sport. It is fully participatory. The cost of failure will be
borne by every man, woman and child on the planet in some way,
directly or indirectly. Over the past 100 years, Rotarians of the
world have achieved some marvelous results. We have the
chance now to become an important player in the most important
goal of all, what we set out to do originally, to achieve
understanding, goodwill and peace throughout the world.”

7. Building Strategic Partnerships
Gender-Based Violence: A Threat to Peace
Reducing and Eliminating Gender-Based Violence…
• What does a global, inclusive, and strategic partnership
look like?
• Who’s in this partnership?
• How can we all find our role?

8. Building Strategic Partnerships
Gender-Based Violence: A Threat to Peace
William McInerney – Education – Engaging boys and men in multi-gender
partnerships to reduce and eliminate gender-based violence
Rozy Rani Sarmah – Criminal Justice – Working with the police to support
survivors and hold perpetrators accountable
Kathy Doherty – Community Engagement – Developing an integrated network of
systems that provide effective treatment, prevention, and advocacy initiatives to
eliminate gender-based violence
Erin Thomas – Global Systems Change – Partnering with governments and civil
society to bring forward a treaty to ban violence against women

9. Gender-Based Violence: A Threat to Peace
William McInerney: University of Bradford 2016

10. Section Break or
statement
Engaging Boys and Men…?

11. 1. Men are the primary perpetrators
2. Rigid gender roles and dominant masculine
social norms drive gender-based violence
3. Men can and should play a positive role
Engaging Boys and Men…?
Gender-Based Violence: A Threat to Peace

12. A PAGE FOR BIG BOLDBULLET ITEMSEngaging Boys and Men…?
Gender-Based Violence: A Threat to Peace

13. Look Within: Get your own house in order
• Don’t use violence
• Educate yourself
• Think critically about your own gender
• Cultivate respectful and peaceful relationships
• Listen to women and follow their leadership
Engaging Boys and Men…?
Gender-Based Violence: A Threat to Peace

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Interrupt The Silence: Be an active bystander
• Challenge violent and sexist jokes, statements,
and norms
• Intervene in violent incidents
• Support victims and survivors
• Be a peaceful and feminist role model
• Join the movement!
Engaging Boys and Men…?
Gender-Based Violence: A Threat to Peace

15. “There has never, ever, in the eight-
thousand-year history of our male-
dominated world, been a moment
quite like this. You and I are living it.
The gender equality revolution.”
Michael Kaufman (2019)

16. Gender-Based Violence: A Threat to Peace
Rozy Rani Sarmah – Chulalongkorn University 2015

17. Gender-Based Violence: A Threat to Peace
Rozy Rani Sarmah – Embedded Video TBA

18. Gender-Based Violence: A Threat to Peace
Kathy Doherty – Chulalongkorn University 2018

19. ขอบคุณค่ะ - khob khun kha!

20. Community Engagement
Gender-Based Violence: A Threat To Peace
2014 Kenya Demographic & Household Survey
• 47% of women ages 15-49 experienced physical/sexual
violence
• Girls below 11 years accounted for 24% of GBV survivors
• 39% of married women ages 15-49 experienced spousal
physical/sexual violence
• Kenya has one of the highest child marriage prevalence
in the world, estimated to be 25 to 30%
• Prevalence of Female Genital Cutting is 21%

21. Community Engagement
Gender-Based Violence: A Threat To Peace
Kenyan GBV Initiatives
• Laws criminalizing every form of GBV
• Anti-Female Genital Mutilation Commission
• Commission on National Gender and Equality
• Police “Gender Desks”
• Nairobi Women’s Hospital/ Gender Violence
Recovery Unit

22. Community Engagement
Gender-Based Violence: A Threat To Peace
Kenyan Government reports GBV is on the rise
• Lack of strong prevention interventions
• Weak protection for survivors
• Evasive prosecution
• Uncoordinated response

23. Community Engagement
Gender-Based Violence: A Threat To Peace
Cabinet Secretary for Health, Sicily Karuiki -
GBV is due to:
• Weak investigative processes
• Harmful cultural practices and norms
• A society that normalizes gender-based
violence

24. Community Engagement
Gender-Based Violence: A Threat To Peace
5P GoK-UN GBV Programme will focus on:
• Prevention
• Protection
• Prosecution
• Programming
• Partnership

25. Community Engagement
Gender-Based Violence: A Threat To Peace
The set of laws and acts
prohibiting GBV is only
useful if society is active in
enforcing them.

26. Community Engagement
Gender-Based Violence: A Threat To Peace
There is one reason that GBV
continues to afflict the world –
SILENCE!
Sicily Karuiki

27. Community Engagement
Gender-Based Violence: A Threat To Peace
It will take all of us to get the work
done!
• Make public spaces safer
• Be each other’s keepers
• Speak up & step up when we witness
sexual, physical or verbal abuse

28. Community Engagement
Gender-Based Violence: A Threat To Peace
What have you done today?

29. Gender-Based Violence: A Threat to Peace
Erin Thomas – Universidad del Salvador 2004

30. Gender Based Violence
…is a threat to peace
Violence against women
and girls is solvable.
Treaties change global norms.
The safety of women should be as central to the discussion of world security as power, democracy, religion,
culture, resources and economic growth.

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I stand for a life free from all forms of violence for
every woman and girl, everywhere. I hereby join
the call for a Global Treaty to Eradicate Violence
Against Women and Girls.
The People’s Call to Nations

32. Parties to the present:
Resolve that the adoption of a global treaty will strengthen the protection of girls and women by ensuring
successful implementation of laws, policies, and measures by state parties to eradicate violence against
girls and women:
ARTICLE 1: All national parties shall enact or enhance comprehensive national reform:
1. Reform laws to eradicate violence against women and girls.
2. Implement interventions through health, justice, and security professionals who serve survivors,
such as judges, police, doctors, and nurses.
3. Provide services to survivors of violence.
4. Enact prevention education campaigns.
ARTICLE 2: Establish a global implementation fund to finance interventions specified in Article 1,
through governments and/or international and local nongovernmental organizations.
The People’s Call to Nations

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By signing:
I urge nations to adopt the Treaty, mandating that
governments and citizens alike undertake the
work required to end this pandemic of violence
against women and girls.
The People’s Call to Nations

34. Questions?
Will McInerney will.mcinerney@gmail.com
Rozyrani Sarmah rozyranisarmah@gmail.com
Erin Thomas erin@everywoman.org
Kathy Doherty crkd1@hotmail.com

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