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Gender Based Violence and Equitable Development: The Role of the International Community: A Dialogue with the UN And IACHR Special Rapporteurs Watch Video Connection Speed: High Speed Low Speed    Event Title : Gender Based Violence and Equitable Development: The Role of the International Community Date : 10/24/2005 Duration : 120 minutes Language  : English Country/Region : World Keyword :  Gender  Human Security   Presenter : Elizabeth Adu Roberto  Dañino Yakin  Ertürk Andrew  Morrison Susana  Villarán Paul  Wolfowitz | Related Material | Recommendations |Related B-SPAN Videos |  DESCRIPTION  As one of the Millennium Development Goals, promoting equality and empowerment for women is an area of important focus for the World Bank and other development organizations. This issue is entangled in more than economics, but also in culture, health and HIV/AIDS, armed conflict, and other issues. Violence against women, resulting from these factors, serves as a visible reminder of development work yet to be accomplished. On October 24, 2005, the Legal Vice Presidency and the PREM Gender and Development Group of the World Bank organized a presentation in Preston Auditorium of the World Bank’s Headquarters, featuring the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, entitled “Gender-based Violence and Equitable Development: the Role of the International Community,” to explore the dilemma and the role of the World Bank. The program was opened with a short statement from Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, who reaffirmed the Bank’s commitment to the role of women in developing countries. Roberto Dañino, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the World Bank, reinforced the fact that gender-based violence is a universal problem and not only a third-world one. He stated that in order for the World Bank to further strengthen its role in the realization of human rights, “we should start progressively mainstreaming all of human rights considerations in the activities of the Bank”. Yakin Ertürk, UN Rapporteur for Violence against Women, tied gender-based violence to sexual equality as a human rights issue for development, and laid out both her own role and recommendations for Bank action. Ertürk was followed by Susana Villarán, Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Villarán spoke on the legal systems and architecture currently in place or being developed for the protection of women’s human rights, and also had a number of recommendations for the Bank. Andrew Morrison, Lead Economist of Gender and Development for the Bank, spoke on the economic impacts of gender violence in developing countries, which can equal more than 2 percent of gross domestic product in some countries, or 9 million disability adjusted life years worldwide. The response section of the program was moderated by Elizabeth Adu, Deputy General Counsel of Operations. Questions directed at Ertürk after the presentations included enforcement issues, working with hostile nations, defining gender-based violence, and human rights for immigrants.  RELATED MATERIALS   Domestic Violence: An International Public Health and Economic Development Problem (PowerPoint) Final Event Agenda Statement by Yakin Ertürk Statement by Susana Villarán Related World Bank and Other Links: World Bank: Gender and Development The World Bank and Gender Equality Related B-SPAN Events: Millennium Development Goals Five-Years Review: Universal Education and Gender Equality Development Implications for Gender-based Violence RELATED B-SPAN EVENTS Gender (44) Human Security (16)