Fighting for gender justice

Thursday, 17 November 17, 2022, 15:00-18:30 CET<
European Parliament, room ASP 5E2, Rue Wiertz 60, 1047 Brussels, Belgium
This event is accessible.
Simultaneous translation to EN, ES and FR.
 

The conference aims to highlight the great importance of adopting and moving towards gender-sensitive justice systems and the urgency of removing the existing barriers and structural inequalities that remain in many judicial systems. We will also try to identify and support the best practices in courts that specifically handle gender violence and the promotion of common resources and training materials on gender violence for judges, prosecutors, lawyers, police and other professionals who deal with victims of gender violence.

Draft Agenda

15h00 Cultural performance

15h15 Welcoming words - Greens/EFA MEP Diana Riba i Giner

15h25-15h40 Key Note speech by Rita Segato, professor and feminist anthropologist

15h40-16h10 Persistence of discriminatory systems when denouncing and reporting gender based violence

Chair: Marta Ibero, Red EULAT

• Selma Maxinez, Circulo Femininsta de Analisis Juridico, Mexico
• Lara Dimitrijevic, WAVE Advisory Board Member from Network Forum Malta

16h10- 16h50 Good practices and proposals to advance towards Gender just judicial systems

Chair: Conny Hoffmann, Otherwere

• Carme Cuartero, Member of ‘Dones Juristes’ (‘Women lawyers’) and Responsible for Legal Advice at the Department of Equality and Feminism in the Government of Catalonia
• Linda Cabrera, activist and member of Sisma Mujer, Colombia
• Lea Tandeter, UN WOMEN

16h55- 17h50 Questions and answers

18h00- 18h30 Closing remarks - Greens/EFA MEPs Tilly Metz and Ernest Urtasun