Ending the Cycle of Gender-Based Violence

​This session addresses strategies to combat gender-based violence, prevent intimate partner violence, and support survivors, with a focus on cross-sector collaborations for impactful change.

​Discussion questions

• ​How does gender-based violence show up in your life and your community?

• ​Who can prevent and what are some practices to prevent gender-based violence

• ​How might we collaborate across sectors to prevent and address gender-based violence?

• ​How might we elevate survivor voices and engage men and boys effectively?

​Discussion leaders

• ​ElsaMarie DSilva is the Founder of Red Dot Foundation (India) and President of Red Dot Foundation Global (USA), leading Safecity, a platform crowdsourcing personal experiences of sexual violence to create the largest crowd map on the issue globally.

• ​Jessica Minhas is the Founder & CEO of I’ll Go First, with a passion for storytelling, mental health access, human rights, and developing inclusive tech solutions to prevent gender-based violence.

• ​Mahnaz Harrison is the President & CEO of Last Mile4D, advocating for women's rights through the intersection of social change and technology, with a focus on preventing gender-based violence and Female Genital Mutilation.

• ​Mathangi Swaminathan is the Founder of Parity Lab and an Echoing Green Fellow, recognized for leadership in reducing gender bias and addressing gender-based violence through a survivor-led movement in India.
  
  Thank you to The Sidebar leadership team for your support in making this happen!