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Youth Advisory Panel (YAP) Member Participations Report in The 1st Global Unite Youth Forum: Leadership of Young People in Preventing and Responding to Violence against Women and Girls. 22 to 24 May 2012
Nisrina Nadhifah Rahman (Ninies) niniesgreeners@gmail.com
YAP Participations Report Nisrina Nadhifah (Ninies) http://niniesrina.tumblr.com http://saynotoviolence.org/join-sayno/global-unite-youth-forum
Introduction
Nisrina Nadhifah Rahman - friendly known as Ninies One of YAP Member UNFPA Indonesia has been selected to representing Indonesia at The 1st Global UNiTE to prevent and end violence against women and girls Youth Forum from 22-24 May 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. As the UNFPA Country Representative confirmed agreements, UNFPA Indonesia warmly supported Ninies with the funding provision for attending this forum which also could be a right moment to improve Ninies knowledge, capabilities, and advocacy skills to implement the specific action on preventing and responding violence against women and girls, and to congruously work in some related-focus issues as Youth Advisory Panel UNFPA Indonesia Member, and also as a part of Youth-Adult Partnership implementation within the rest of UNFPA Indonesia family.
Background
On 25 February 2008, the United Nations Secretary-General launched the UNITE to End Violence against Women campaign, 2008-2015, which has the overall objective of raising public awareness and increasing political will and resources for preventing and responding to violence against women and girls. The Secretary-General's campaign calls for a strengthening of the work of the UN system on ending violence against women and girls, seeks to increase global advocacy and resources for the work on the issue, and build partnerships and capacities that address the persistence of gender inequality and violence against women and girls. It will be the first time ever that young activists from around the world will be brought together under the UNiTE campaign to discuss common strategies and challenges and to learn from and inspire one another.
Objectives
1. Strengthen global networking and strategic collaboration between youth activists from across the world working on preventing and ending violence against women and girls, through learning about their work and successes so far as well as developing youth-specific strategies and relevant activities around the world; 2. Strengthen the regional and global knowledge base on what young people are developing, implementing and achieving at a national and local level to prevent and end VAW/G; 3. Learn how the UNiTE campaign can better support and work with youth activists and involve them in the UNiTE campaign as partners, particularly at national level; 4. Develop a joint Global UNiTE Youth Action Plan that outlines the goals and recommendations for the youth-specific activities of the UNiTE campaign for 2012-2013
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Outputs
1. Adoption and enforcement of national laws to address and punish all forms of violence against women and girls in line with international human rights standards; 2. Adoption and implementation of multi-sectoral national plans of action that emphasize prevention and are adequately resourced; 3. Establishment of data collection and analysis systems on the prevalence of various forms of violence against women and girls; 4. Establishment of national and/or local campaigns and the engagement of civil society in preventing violence against women and girls and supporting victims of violence against women and girls 5. Systematic efforts to address sexual violence in conflict situations.
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Yeay! Ive got my identification badge and also a big goodie bag with some logistic stuffs inside: schedule, notebook, water-bottle, and a big and awesomeness UNiTE campaign poster to end violence against women and girls.
2. Welcoming Session Objectives and Expected Outputs of the Youth Forum Presentation by: Aldijana Sisic, Campaign Manager, United Nations Secretary Generals Campaign UNiTE to End Violence against Women & Anna-Karin Jatforts, Campaign Manager, Asia-Pacific UNiTE.
Its not our abilities that show what we truly are. Its choices. Dumbledoore, 2002. Aldijanas such a shining quote-maker with Youth-Senses and Annas a very huggable person of the forum, though!
3. Introduction of Participants Facilitator: Jost Wagner
4. Looking Back Creating a shared understanding of the story so far, getting to know each other
This is our wall of history! One side for the Story Inspired We Most, and another one is for the Action that weve Been Done to support equality and end violence against women
5. Our Countries, Our Challenges Learning about the situations and challenges in our respective countries
With my group-fellows from Jordan, Nepal, Pakistan, and Fiji: Weve made our own Cycle of Violence picture! Why Cycle? Because the effects of the problem we mentioned which happening in our country are connected each other and thats why quite difficult to solve those common problems. There are some factors such as: Miss-Interpretation, Lack of Role- Models, Discriminative Policy and Regulations, Religious value, Patriarchal Culture, and more main points might be you see at the picture!
6. Agreeing on common language and definitions - What do we mean by gender, violence against women, etc?
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This session brought to us by Aldijana and Anna, no doubt, were outstandingly won the quiz! Hurray!
7. Leadership in preventing and ending violence against women and girls Sharing and identifying inspirational stories at tables
Ive interviewed Sanggeet - a great buddy from Nepal! Hes such a most-wanted unbeatable social-volunteer I ever met!
8. Well, Weve just finished the 1st day of the forum. Wrap up! :D
9. You can also read the article about the 1st day of UNiTE
Social attributes, and opportunitys (met by US) learnt by socialize! Awesome Germany Facilitator: Jost
1. Parallel Sessions on key issues:
a. Engaging Men and Boys b. Adolescent Girls c. Social Mobilization d. Changing knowledge, Changing choices Those four sessions directed by four expertises for every each main issue. Definitely an effective session to learned and share each other.
2. Telling our stories
Susan Dustin founder of One Life at a Time: Love 'n' Laughter told us a story of an activist. Touched!
3. Group Sharing and Reflection at tables to follow 4. Actions for a world free of violence against women and girls Open Space
Participants lead our own group session on actions towards a world free of violence against women and girls. Mine space theme was: Youth-Adult Partnership: How can we collaborating two- different generations and million-different thought and perspectives? Well done!
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5. Wrap-up Day 2
- Actions identified in Open Space - UNiTE Youth Action Plan - UNiTE Youth Network Bangkok Declaration Youth statement for UNiTE Campaign
2. Action Groups & Commitments
How can we support each other and what can each of us contribute in preventing and ending violence against women and girls? How can we contribute to the UNiTE Campaign?
3. Evaluation, Group Picture, and...
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