Update
Gender Based Violence: the Shadow Pandemic
A webinar hosted to discuss gender based violence and what we can do differently as women to form cross national coalitions for prevention and to create support systems for survivors.
I was able to be a guest speaker on a webinar hosted by GroundBreakers where we delved into the increasing issue of gender based violence, and how it increases during a crisis such as the one we are in now. Government interventions to curb the virus has women locked up all day or in close quarters for prolonged periods of time with potential abusers, and, without access to services and support systems.
I am usually very reluctant to do speaking engagements and it is one of the things I want to do more of: to use my voice for the issues I am passionately working on. So this was an opportunity to practice courage. I wrote about the experience. Read the full article in the link.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/isata-kabia-41527b29_courageousleadership-femaleleaders-genderbasedviolence-activity-6694552161478619136-xVUR