This year’s European Development Days (5 and 6 June, Brussels) zoom in on a theme close to our hearts: empowering and engaging women and girls in global sustainable development.
Drawing on her experiences, VVOB will be leading a large debate at the EDD this year: ‘Eliminating Violence in and around Schools and other Educational Settings: Establishing and Sustaining Partnership Approaches to Eliminating Violence in and around Schools and Other Education Settings’.
- Anne-Brigitte Albrectsen, CEO of Plan International
- Anna Murru, partnership manager of VVOB
- Nora Fyles, head of the United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) Secretariat
- Hendrina Doroba, executive director of FAWE
- Madeleine Kennedy-Macfoy, coordinator of the Gender Equality Action Plan at Education International (EI), and leader of the joint EI/UNGEI programme ‘Teachers Take Action to End school-related gender-based violence'
These panellists will share experiences on how to support teachers, school leaders, students and communities to take action against school-related gender-based violence. Violence in and around schools and other educational settings is one of the most significant barriers to achieving gender equality in and through education, and seriously undermines efforts to achieve SDG 4 and SDG 5 of Agenda 2030. More than 246 million children experience gender-based violence in or around schools annually. This is a violation of their human rights, and a form of gender-discrimination that has far-reaching physical, psychological and educational consequences.
Find out more about VVOB's large debate here.