SHE & Rights | Why is there hardly any change in violence against women since 2000? #ItsTimeForAccountability


Join us on 8th December 2025, Monday, in SHE & Rights special session during the 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence, and ahead of International Human Rights Day and UHC Day.
8th December 2025, Monday
12noon South Africa/ Zimbabwe/ Rwanda time
(3:30pm India, 5pm BKK, 6pm Manila/KL)


S P E A K E R S
  • Dr Pam Rajput, Emeritus Professor, Panjab University; noted feminist and gender justice leader; and former Chairperson of Government of India's High-Level Committee on the Status of Women
  • Esther Asuquo, gender and peace advocate, African Girls Empowerment Network (AGE Network)
  • Dr Huda Syyed, Founder of Sahara Sisters' Collective and part of Asian Network to end FGM/C
  • Albertina Nyatsi, Founder Director, Positive Women Together in Action Eswatini who led CNS at Africa's largest AIDS and STIs conference (ICASA 2025) in Ghana
  • Alanna France, currently studying an MSc in Women’s Health at University College London, having recently completed a BSc in Human Health and Disease at Trinity College Dublin
  • Lisbeth Aarup, Head of Project Development, Humana People to People India
  • Dr Sugata Mukhopadhyay, noted global health expert
  • Ramphool Sharma, Humana People to People India (HPPI)
  • Ravinder Kumar, HPPI
  • Jahangeer Alam, HPPI
  • Angel Babirye, Emerging Women Deliver leader from Uganda (video)
  • Shobha Shukla, CNS Executive Director and SHE & Rights Coordinator and Host
This SHE & Rights session is together hosted by Global Center for Health Diplomacy and Inclusion (CeHDI), Women Deliver Conference 2026, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW), Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR), Asia Pacific Media Alliance for Health, Gender and Development Justice (APCAT Media) and CNS.


Thanks

SHE & Rights team