From Silos to Solutions: Leveraging interagency cooperation to prevent arms-related gender-based violence and violence against women and children

Wednesday 21 February 2024  |  13:15 - 14:45 CET

Centre International de Conférences Genève (CICG), Room C | Geneva, Switzerland

Side Event to the Arms Trade Treaty Working Group Meetings discussing:

• What actions taken within other Geneva-based mechanisms could support the implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty in its efforts to prevent arms-related gender-based violence (GBV) and violence against women?
• How can ATT States Parties better draw on the work of other Geneva-based mechanisms when it comes to gender-based violence and violence against women and children in its efforts to ensure effective treaty implementation and treaty universalization?

Speakers:

Carina Solmirano (Chair) - ATT Monitor Project Lead, Control Arms
Ambassador Francisca E. Méndez Escobar (Opening remarks) - Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations in Geneva
Callum Watson - Gender Coordinator, Small Arms Survey
Nargiz Arupova - Senior Programme Manager, UPR Info
Laura Varella - Coordinator, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
Ambassador Claudia Fuentes Julio (Closing remarks) - Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations in Geneva