The Femicide Watch Platform is a joint project of the UNSA Global Network and UNSA Vienna. This unique knowledge space provides selected, high-quality information on the issue of femicide: the gender related killings of women and girls. It addresses policy and decision-makers at all levels, actors from the criminal justice system, practitioners, civil society activists, academics, and individuals concerned with this horrible phenomenon.
SAGE aims to promote gender equality through an intersectional perspective on activism and policy changes.
As a club of the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna our main objective is to facilitate discussions of issues regarding gender equality in our community and to create a just environment for all the DA’s students and staff.
Why collecting data on femicide matters? In collaboration with UNODC and SAGE (Students Advocating for Gender Equality), UNSA Vienna is hosting, on December 8, an online event to talk about the paramount importance that data collection on femicide has. On this occasion, the Volume XIII of the UNSA Vienna FEMICIDE Collection “Collecting Data on Femicide” will be introduced.
Femicide is gender related killing of women and girls because of their sex and/ or gender, because they are women and girls. It constitutes gender-based violence against women and girls and is a human rights violation.
Why collecting data on femicide matters? In collaboration with UNODC and SAGE (Students Advocating for Gender Equality), UNSA Vienna is hosting, on December 8, an online event to talk about the paramount importance that data collection on femicide has. On this occasion, the Volume XIII of the UNSA Vienna FEMICIDE Collection “Collecting Data on Femicide” will be introduced.
The event will be online/ZOOM and live streamed on the SAGE and the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna Facebook pages.
We are looking forward to seeing you. We will address all your questions in our final Q&A session.
Panellists
Saide Mobayed, Editor of the Femicide Watch Platform, UNSA Vienna
Dr. Henrike Landré, Co-Chair, Co-founder and Initiator of the Femicide Watch Platform, UNSA Global Network
Dr. Michael Platzer, Liaison Officer and Initiator of the FEMICIDE publication series, UNSA Vienna
Dr. Enrico Bisogno, Leader of the Data Development and Dissemination Section, UNODC Vienna
Moderation:
Esther Madi
MAIS2 Student, Vienna School of International Studies
Please join us by clicking here: https://zoom.us/j/93488001565?pwd=QVRpYk1JK1hFZldJWGRCQ0JuNHBsQT09
This event will be also streamed live on https://www.facebook.com/DiplomaticAcademyVienna.
On 10th December an online/ZOOM virtual book launching hosted by the International Institute for Peace in cooperation with UNSA Vienna features 5 real-time topical statements with online discussants and other Q&A participants (75 minutes), preceded by 6 introductory pre-recorded & edited statements of other book contributors (45 minutes).
The Book edited by Prof. Dr. Helmut Kury and Dr. Sławomir Redo to honour the 75th anniversary of the United Nations comprises 35 contributions prefaced by H.E. Brigitte Bierlein, former Chancellor of Austria and President of the Constitutional Tribunal, and by H.E. Lech Wałęsa, Nobel Price Laurate and former President of Poland.
Panellists
H.E. Amb. Gerhard Künzle, Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germanyto the Office of the United Nations and to other International Organizations, Vienna
Prof. Helmut Kury, University of Freiburg, Germany, Co-Editor
Friedrich Forsthuber, President, Regional Criminal Court, Vienna, Austria
Dr. Inez Wijngaarde, Consultant, United Nations Industrial Development Organization,Vienna, Austria
Dr. Michael Platzer, Moderator, United Nations Studies Association, Vienna, Austria
Online pre-recorded video topical statements in reply to questions (45 minutes):
Dr. Maria Agnes Sashita, Head, Sociology Department,Stella Maris College, Chennai,I ndia
Mehrdad Rayejian Asli, Dean of Department Human Rights in Research Centre and UNESCO Chair for Human Rights, Peace and Democracy, Tehran, Iran
Dr. Thomas Walsh, President,Universal Peace Federation, New York, USA
Prof. Emil W. Pływaczewski, Law Faculty, University of Białystok,Białystok, Poland
Prof. Wojciech Filipkowski, Law Faculty, University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland
Dr. Thomas Walsh, President, Universal Peace Federation, New York,USA
Closure: Dr. Sławomir Redo, Visiting Professor of United Nations Law, Co-Editor
sponsored by KAS, IIP, CFBO, ACPF and UNSA Vienna
Please register under https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QAESmMnhRcqngb7TQj6XxQ and you will receive the link to the event asap.
On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls UNSA Vienna published FEMICIDE Volume XII on "Collecting Data on Femicide".
Even in times of huge uncertainty, the FEMICIDE team seems to be more dynamic and committed than ever. No one remained unaffected by the consequences of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. For each and every one of our FEMCIDE members, COVID-19 brought various and often severe personal challenges. We all had to adopt to new conditions without warning. And still, we were able to achieve meaningful things - our commitment is unstoppable. Some of these include: a COVID-19 reading list on violence against women in times of the current pandemic on our Global Femicide Watch Platform; a video series, with statements on the definition of femicide and the importance of collecting data on femicide from all around the world, on our UNSA Vienna social media channels and, last but not least, the publication at hand, the thirteenth volume of our FEMICIDE publication series.
FEMICIDE XIII provides a collection of relevant articles on the importance of data collection on femicide. A topic that, regrettably, seems to be more crucial than ever, as the rising numbers of cases of violence against women and femicide during the COVID-19 pandemic have shown.
And we can assure you, in the name of the FEMICIDE movement, we will not stop speaking up, joining forces and providing solutions until we see change! A huge thank you to everyone who continues to contribute and support our publication. If you would like to engage and get active yourself – be it as author, peer reviewer, proof reader, activist artist or part of our editorial team – we are happy to hear from you under femicide@unsavienna.org.
We wish you an eye opening and inspiring read!
Helen Hemblade and Helena Gabriel, Editors of FEMICIDE Volume XIII
On the occasion of the "International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls" we are honored to present to you FEMICIDE Volume XIII on "Collecting Data on Femicide".
Even in times of huge uncertainty, the FEMICIDE team seems to be more dynamic and committed than ever. No one remained unaffected by the consequences of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. For each and every one of our FEMCIDE members, COVID-19 brought various and often severe personal challenges. We all had to adopt to new conditions without warning. And still, we were able to achieve meaningful things - our commitment is unstoppable. Some of these include: a COVID-19 reading list on violence against women in times of the current pandemic on our Global Femicide Watch Platform; a video series, with statements on the definition of femicide and the importance of collecting data on femicide from all around the world, on our UNSA Vienna social media channels and, last but not least, the publication at hand, the thirteenth volume of our FEMICIDE publication series.
FEMICIDE XIII provides a collection of relevant articles on the importance of data collection on femicide. A topic that, regrettably, seems to be more crucial than ever, as the rising numbers of cases of violence against women and femicide during the COVID-19 pandemic have shown.
And we can assure you, in the name of the FEMICIDE movement, we will not stop speaking up, joining forces and providing solutions until we see change!
A huge thank you to everyone who continues to contribute and support our publication. If you would like to engage and get active yourself – be it as author, peer reviewer, proof reader, activist artist or part of our editorial team – we are happy to hear from you under femicide@unsavienna.org.
We wish you an eye opening and inspiring read!
Helen Hemblade and Helena Gabriel, Editors of FEMICIDE Volume XIII
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