Seminar Series: Jennifer Solatoroff and Rohini Pande, The World Bank Group
When |
Mar 30, 2015
from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM |
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Where | 1101 Morrill Hall |
Contact Name | Tiffany Pittman |
Contact Phone | 301-405-6403 |
Attendees |
Nicole Bedera Brooke Bocast Amir Bulona Marisol R. Chatruc Feinain Chen Milton Costen Nicole Denmark Mili Duggal Ricardo Espinoza Sike Li (Lydia) Jonathan Jackson Mary Jung Joan Kahn Theresa Kim Sangeeth Madhavan Ashley Munger Joanna Pepin Basheer Saeed Cristian Sanchez Liana Sayer Shengwei Sun Yassaman Vafai Yeats Ye Fatima Zahra |
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About the Talk
This report documents the dynamics of violence against women in South Asia across the life cycle, from early childhood to old age. It explores the different types of violence that women may face throughout their lives, as well as the associated perpetrators (male and female), risk and protective factors for both victims and perpetrators, and interventions to address violence across all life cycle stages. The report also analyzes the societal factors that drive the primarily male - but also female - perpetrators to commit violence against women in the region. For each stage and type of violence, the report critically reviews existing research from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, supplemented by original analysis and select literature from outside the region. Policies and programs that address violence against women and girls are analyzed in order to highlight key actors and promising interventions. Finally, the report identifies critical gaps in research, program evaluations, and interventions in order to provide strategic recommendations for policy makers, civil society, and other stakeholders working to mitigate violence against women in South Asia.
About the Speakers
Jennifer Solotaroff is the team leader for this report. She is a Senior Social Development Specialist and the Gender Coordinator for the World Bank South Asia Region, which she represents as a principal on the World Bank Gender and Development Board. During her 10 years at the Bank, she has led programs and analytical tasks related to gender inequality, labor force participation, and microenterprise in South Asian countries, with particular attention to Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. She also manages AusAid and multi-donor trust funds dedicated to work on gender in the region. Her research interests include gender and labor markets, gender-based violence, and social stratification in South Asia and East Asia. She has a PhD in sociology, an MA in economics, and an MA in East Asian studies from Stanford University.
Rohini Prabha Pande has more than 20 years of research and program experience in gender and development. She is currently a senior consultant with the World Bank's South Asia gender group. Before that, she was at the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) and also has worked with the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations, Care International and other NGOs in South Asia and West Africa on a range of gender and development concerns including education, health, empowerment and income generation. She has an MPA from Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and and Sc.D in demography and reproductive health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Please note that, at the present time, Morrill Hall is not accessible for handicapped individuals.