The provisional conference program below will be updated regularly as planning proceeds and is subject to change.
Please note that the conference timing is in Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST).
Welcome to Country - Wurundjeri Peoples of the Kulin Nation
Welcome to Conference
Professor Jacqui True, CEVAW Director
Welcome Remarks
High-level Ambassador/Minister
Keynote Speaker 1
Baroness Arminka Helic [TBC]
Q&A
Ambassador Dr Arlene Tickner, Ambassador at Large for Gender Affairs and Global Feminist Policy, Colombia
Dr Fiona Hukula, Gender Specialist, Pacific Islands Forum
Leonésia Tecla da Silva, Southeast Asia Women Peace Mediators steering committee member from Timor-Leste
Prof Elizabeth Wood, Yale University, USA (CEVAW Partner Investigator)
Moderator: Sally Moyle, CEVAW Advisory Council Chair
Daphne Alega Macatimbol, Regional Gender Advisor/Manager at Nonviolent Peaceforce (Marawi, the Philippines)
Bhavani Fonseka, Centre for Policy Alternatives (Sri Lanka)
Maria Bawk Ja, Coordinator, Kachin Women’s Peace Network and Steering Committee Member of Gender Equality Network (Myanmar)
Artemis Akbary, Executive Director, Afghan LGBTIQ+ Organisation (ALO)
Moderator: Dr Noeleen Heyzer, CEVAW Advisory Council
Australian and Indigenous Experiences of Conflict and Genocide
● Dr June Oscar, Director First Nations Gender Justice Centre, Australian National University (tbc)
● Professor Christina Twomey, Monash University
● Mitra Khakbaz, Australian Coalition for Women, Peace and Security
Moderator: Dr Julie Ballangarry, CEVAW Associate Investigator
Impunity and Silence: The Struggle of Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Myanmar
● Gender Equality Network (GEN)
● International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)
Moderator: Associate Professor Nicholas Cheeseman, Myanmar Research Centre, Australian National University
Strengthening Survivor-Centred Approaches: Policy, Response and Reporting
● Dashakti Reddy, University of Bergen
● Queenie Tomaro, Arlyssa Bianca, Lynrose Jane D. Genon, Griffith University/QUT
● Emma Gerhady, Girls Run the World (Women in Strategic Policy)
● Associate Professor Jasmine-Kim Westerndorf, University of Melbourne
Moderator: Professor Bina D’Costa, CEVAW Chief Investigator
Vichuta Ly, Lawyer (Cambodia)
Dr Susan Risal, Chief Executive Officer, Nagarik Aawaz (Nepal)
Lilly Besoer, Executive Director, Voice for Change (Papua New Guinea)
Noor Azizah, Rohingya Maiyafuinor Collaborative Network (Australia)
Moderator: Dr Phyu Phyu Oo, Research Fellow, CEVAW
Venue: State Library of Victoria - Isabella Fraser Room
Keynote speaker: HE Ms Stephanie Copus Campbell AM, Ambassador for Gender Equality
MC: Prof. Jacqui True, CEVAW Director
Introduction Remarks: Richard Iron CMG OBE, AIIA
Keynote Speaker: Professor Kim Thuy Seelinger, Washington University at St. Louis, USA
Q&A
Moderator: Rae Sharp KC, Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions
Dr Louise Olsson, Peace Research Institute, Oslo, Norway (CEVAW Partner Investigator)
Professor Bina D’Costa, CEVAW Chief Investigator
Katie Rougvie, UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations
Legal Action Worldwide (tbc)
Moderator: The Honourable Justice Lesley Taylor
Women’s Human Rights Defender-Led Initiatives to Address Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Southeast Asia
The Asia Foundation Roundtable
Moderator: Carla Silbert
Legal Responses and Accountability Mechanisms in Addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
● Meas Sa Im, Dan Church Aid and Marie Wilmet, Université Libre de Bruxelles
● Dr Olivera Simic, Griffith University
● Natalie Heni Maihi Fennell, The University of Queensland
● Hitomi Fujimoto, Policy and Advocacy Officer for Asia, Global Survivors Fund
Moderator: Allanah Colley, The University of Melbourne
Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and Agency: Resistance, Resilience and Redress (Hybrid)
Chamindra Weerawardhana, Consortium for Intersectional Justice, Sri Lanka
Rachel Banfield, Monash University
Tishya Killare, Council for Strategic and Defence Research India
Noella Franklin, University of Wollongong
Moderator: Dr Helen Stenger, CEVAW Research Fellow
CRSV and GBV against Ethnic Minorities, LGBTIQ+ and Politically Active Women in Afghanistan (Hybrid)
● Artemis Akbari
● Dr Shaharzad Akbar
● Dr Farkhondeh Akbari
Moderator: Dr Abbas Farasoo
Frontline Advocates for Access to GBV and CRSV services for women and girls (Hybrid)
Angela Apa, Kup Women for Peace (KWP)
Highlands Women Human Rights Defenders Network
Aiko Nagae, Griffith University
Moderator: Priya Dhanani, CEVAW PhD Candidate
Empowering Voices: Ending Impunity for Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Myanmar
Alliance for CRSV in Myanmar (Burmese Women’s Union)
Mukwege Foundation
Moderator: Hana Hanifah, CEVAW PhD Candidate
Associate Professor Jasmine-Kim Westerndorf, University of Melbourne
Dr Arifah Rahmawati (AWPR Indonesia) Gadjah Mada University
MURAD Code (tbc)
Global Survivors Fund Asia Pacific representative
Moderator: Professor Sara Davies, CEVAW Deputy Director, Indo-Pacific Research
- CEVAW and AIIA Team, Speakers