Hosted with Avon
When incidents of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) spiked during the pandemic, many businesses stepped up. Yet organisations still have a role to play in the ongoing effort to end violence and abuse. This session explored the latest thinking on how business can take action to prevent and tackle GBV.
We:
Heard from leading GBV experts and advocates on the actions that business can take.
Heard about the key challenges with advice for how to overcome them.
Received advice on how to develop and implement strategies in organisation.
Speakers:
Jane Pillinger, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Department of Social Policy and Criminology, Open University
Natalie Deacon, Executive Director, Corporate Affairs and Sustainability, Avon, and President, Avon Foundation for Women
Nimco Ali OBE, CEO, The Five Foundation
Pamela Zaballa, CEO, The NO MORE Foundation
Zahid Torres-Rahman, Business Fights Poverty (Moderator)
