The virtual GBV summit held on July 26-27, 2021 was organized by COIN as part of the United Caribbean against GBV project, funded by the US Department of State through its Western Hemisphere Affairs office. This project will unite organizations from 12 Caribbean countries in the implementation of community initiatives to fight against gender violence.
After a long competitive process, on Monday 26th, certificates of recognition were awarded to the 6 organizations selected to receive project funds. The selected organizations were:
• ORG Bahamas
• The Toya Foundation in Haiti
• The Barbados National Women's Organization
• CARE in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Raise your voice in Santa Lucia
• And the Nucleo de Apoyo a la Mujer (NAM), in consortium with 3 leading organizations of the Dom. Rep. On the issue of addressing gender-based violence, against women and intra-family violence. The CENSEL Center for Legal Services for Women, the Cactus Foundation, the Research Center for Female Action –CIPAF and in collaboration with the Gender and Family Institute of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo IGEF-UASD
The virtual summit attracted experts from across the Caribbean who participated in three panel discussions on the importance of terms when we talk about violence, the challenges and promising practices for changing attitudes that lead to gender-based violence, and on the services available to victims and survivors of gender violence. Academics such as Dr. Gabrielle Hosein from the University of the West Indies, researcher Carol Watson, and Professor Pedro Guerrero from the Network of Public Universities of Haiti; technicians such as Noha Saad from the UNDP regional office and Chanela Henríquez, from the department of violence prevention and intrafamily of the Ministry of Women of the Dominican Republic and activists such as Onika Mars, vice president of the Coalition against Gender Violence, Kevin Liverpool, administrator of the Caribbean Male Action Network (CariMAN), Naike Ledan, country director of Housing Works in Haiti, Charlene Paul, director of the Bahamas chapter of the organization Women in leadership in the Caribbean and Monique Manigat coordinator of One Billion Rising at Haiti.
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