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3rd Plenary Session

Dorothy Estrada Tanck Fernanda Hopenhaym Nekirah Nicholls Cosbert Woods

A panel discussion comprising:
Ms Dorothy Estrada Tanck – a member of the UN Human Rights Special
Procedures Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls;
Ms Fernanda Hopenhaym – a member of the UN Human Rights Special

Procedures Working Group on Business and Human Rights;
Ms Nekirah Nicholls – a member of the UN Youth Advisory Group(YAG) for
Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean.
Moderator: Mr Cosbert Woods - UN Country Coordination Officer, St. Kitts
and Nevis.

How do we break the cycle of violence?

We need to ensure respect, equality and accountability across the supply
chain. Creating and implementing solutions is a right not a privilege.

What societal changes are needed?

VAWG is more prevalent in poorer economies and where patriarchal op-
pression is traditionally accepted.
1 in 3 women have experienced violence from family and friends.
There have been recent increases in violence online and the effects of
Covid and climate change. Poverty has exacerbated child marriage and
trafficking in women and girls. Overcrowding and lack of privacy also con-

tributes and cultures where divorce is difficult, reconciliation is often
forced upon the family with women carrying the burden of proof.
Sexual harassment often goes unreported due to shaming and marital
rape is not illegal in many countries.
Private enterprise has a part to play with many examples in the work-
place of discrimination and misogyny, even by co-workers.
Environmental changes and the effects of war frequently affect women

disproportionately
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