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3. Development Implications for Gender Based Violence: Opening Session Watch Video Connection Speed: High Speed Low Speed Audio    Event Title : Development Implications for Gender Based Violence: Opening Session Date : 11/9/2004 Duration : 00:25:00 minutes Language  : English Country/Region : World Keyword :  Human Development  Gender  Social Protectionand Labor Presenter : Sarah Rice Bott Karen Mason | Related Material | Recommendations |Related B-SPAN Videos |  DESCRIPTION  The workshop on the Development Implications of Gender-Based Violence was part of an ongoing initiative of the Gender and Development Group, the Gender and Development Board and various other World Bank units to raise awareness about gender-based violence (GBV) and highlight the impact it has on the World Bank’s work. The workshop sought to inform Bank staff about the issue of GBV, to provide them with the most current information pertaining to the causes and development impacts of the issue, and to spark debate and action as to ways in which the World Bank can address this issue in its work. The all-day event opened with addresses from James Wolfensohn and Mary Robinson, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and was followed by panel discussions, presentations and break-out sessions on different aspects of GBV. The speakers came from both within and outside of the World Bank and were carefully selected to ensure broad regional and topical representation and to provide participants with the necessary depth and breadth of information about GBV. The afternoon session focused on determining the role of the World Bank in preventing GBV. Consultant Sarah Rice Bott spoke on some promising initiatives for prevention and intervention of GBV. Her remarks were taken from a working paper co-authored with Andrew Morrison and Mary Ellsberg. Bott discussed the role of and proposed necessary reforms for the justice sector, health sector, and education sector, and also described some multi-sector approaches to eliminating GBV. Bott noted that some promising multi-sector approaches include efforts to strengthen women’s economic rights and the related but complex issue of micro credit programs. She warned that in many instances, empowering women can lead to increased GBV at least in the short-run. For this reason, all empowerment efforts must be combined with adequate violence prevention mechanisms. Bott also emphasized that reaching out to youth is an essential component for stopping the cycle of GBV. After her talk, Moderator Karen Mason, Director of the Gender and Development Group in the World Bank’s Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) unit, offered some closing remarks and prepared the group for the breakout sessions.  RELATED MATERIALS   Website for the Event on the World Bank Homepage Presentations from the Workshop Gender and Development on the World Bank Homepage RELATED B-SPAN EVENTS Human Development (150) Gender (44) Social Protectionand Labor (9)