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Voices of Influence Australia were delighted to host this event as part of the NGO CSW.

NGO CSW New York organises the civil society side of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).

The NGO CSW Forum runs parallel to the official session taking place at the UN Headquarters. This provides civil society the opportunity to engage in the processes and CSW sessions.

Last year the NGO CSW Forum hosted 27,000 participants across 700 events and 142 countries.

An emerging and growing body of research is demonstrating a sharp connection between climate disasters and gender-based violence. Our event will unpack how natural disasters increase stressors such as trauma and financial instability, impair existing social structures that normally may lessen violence, and increases mental and physical risk up to and including death.

Climate-related disasters have contributed to 60-80% of Pacific women’s experience of physical or sexual violence. Several health consequences such as risks of unintended pregnancies, unsafe abortions and STIs can also follow.

The purpose of this event will be to address how local communities in the Pacific can structure disaster relief programs to account for the unique challenges that women and girls face.

Voices of Influence Australia will be hosting this event in collaboration with UN Women NGO CSW Forum on the 17th of March 2022 at 4:00pm AEDT (Australian Eastern Daylight Time).

Date: Thursday 17th of March

Time: 4:00pm - 5:30pm

Voices of Influence Australia is committed to making our events accessible to everyone. For this reason, we host all our events for free.

You can register for this event through our Eventbrite page linked below.

For further enquiries about this event please email team@voicesofinfluence.com.au.