Sexual violence is often the ‘silent crime’ of armed conflicts, leaving largely invisible scars that too often go unnoticed. For practitioners and researchers alike, how we talk and think about sexual violence has real-world consequences for the recovery of people affected by it.
To commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, join the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for a conversation on the importance of addressing this issue in a proactive, multidisciplinary way.
Event Speakers
Bina D’Costa is an activist-scholar of global politics at home in classrooms and conflict zones alike.
Kirsten is a feminist scholar of international relations who works on gender and justice in conflict-affected states.
May Maloney
She is a Sexual Violence Advisor for ICRC based in Geneva. She has experience addressing sexual and gender-based violence, gender and diversity and social inclusion in the human rights, community development, torture and trauma, and humanitarian fields.
Rebecca Piam
She is a Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Field Officer with ICRC in PNG. She has a bachelor’s degree in counselling from Divine Word University in PNG and a counselling diploma from Griffith University in Australia. She works directly with communities in the PNG highlands to improve access to and the quality of mental health and psychosocial support and services.