Description
The seminar Protection, Gender and Inclusion (PGI) took place in October and was hosted by the Icelandic Red
Cross in collaboration with GRÓ GEST and with support from the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The aim of the PGI seminar was to assemble guests and participants from diverse backgrounds and disciplines to share knowledge and lessons learned about protection, safeguarding, social inclusion and gender and diversity, as essential perspectives for a comprehensive approach to emergency response and development work.
The seminar consisted of a full day webinar organised in four sessions. The first session offered an overview of Iceland’s strategy for International Cooperation and the state of the world regarding the situation of women and children as reported by UN agencies. The second session gathered experts around the area of protection, specifically specialised protection issues such as sexual and gender-based violence and child marriage. The third session focused on gender both as an evolving concept and as a key area of work. The fourth and last session covered inclusion, showcasing different experiences of community engagement and inclusion of people with disability.
The second day of the seminar was structured in three face-to-face workshops at the University of Iceland. The first session addressed gender budgeting activism by Feminist Finance, the second session was led by Azra Sehic who talked about how to approach gender-based violence in humanitarian settings, and lastly Melanie Powell addressed protection and psychosocial support.
This PGI seminar is part of GRÓ GEST and the Icelandic Red Cross collaboration.
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