Roundtable event today: "Gender Based Violence, Immigration, and Racial Justice: Support Networks in COVID19 Times" from 5-7PM. Maria Amelia Viteri (Associate Research Professor) co-organized the roundtable with La Clínica del Pueblo and the Latin American Coalition Against Gender-Based Violence, and Judith Freidenberg (Professor Emeritus) will serve as one of the panelists.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gender-based-violence-immigrat…
About this event:
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased and exacerbated the risk women and girls face of experiencing different types of GBV, including intimate partner violence, conflict-related sexual violence, human trafficking, among others forms of violence. African America women as well as Latina and Afro-Latina Immigrant women have been disproportionally affected. Reproductive Justice becomes even more fragile with confinement, as well as with the added vulnerability for women as essential workers. In addition, COVID19 has aggravated the lack of safe housing particularly for marginalized Latina women that are survivors of violence. This round table addresses these intersections while underscoring the importance of community and collaborative approaches to address these challenges, together with the need to reframe immigration as a social issue.
Invited Speakers:
Martinez, Norberto, Court Liaison for Hispanic Services
Judith Freidenberg, Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland, College Park
Arleen B. Joell, CEO, Community Advocates for Family & Youth (CAFY) (to be confirmed)
María Amelia Viteri, Advisor, Gender and Health Program/LCDP, Associate Researcher, USFQ/UMDCP
Suzanne Marcus, Director of Partnerships and Community Engagement, National Alliance for Safe Housing
Discussant: Dilcia Molina, Coordinadora, Programa de Género y Salud, LCDP
