Major Advocacy Engagements

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• 2019: Commemoration of the 10-year anniversary of the establishment of the mandate and Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict through the unanimous adoption of the Security Council resolution 1888 (2009). 30 October 2019 in the ECOSOC Chamber at the UN Headquarters in New York. Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4.
• 2019: High-level International Conference on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Crisis Situation. Hosted at Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Co-presented with Dr Chris Dolan in a panel ‘Justice and Inclusive Society’ on “Justice in Practice: Perspectives from Refugee Law Project’s work with Survivors of Conflict-Related Harms”. Link to presentation
• 2019: “Environmental Destruction: The Transitional Justice Issue of the Future?” The 9^th Institute for African Transitional Justice (IATJ) held from 16 – 20 September 2019 at Churchill Hill Courts Hotel, Gulu, Northern Uganda. Role: Part of host Institution
• 2019: UN Women consultations on Engaging Men and Boys. Regional “Planning Workshop to Scale Up Positive Masculinity Programme”organised by UN Women at Lake Victoria Serena Hotel, Kigo. 20-24 May 2019.
• 2019: “Sexual Violence: Advancing the Agenda?” An inter-disciplinary symposium co-hosted by the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, and the Refugee Law Project with funding support from the Swedish Research Council was organised from 15 – 16 May 2019 at Speke Resort, Munyonyo, Kampala, Uganda. Role: Host
• 2019: “Bridging the Sexual Violence – Torture Divide”, the Fourth South-South Institute on Sexual Violence against Men and Boys in Conflict and Displacement took place from 27-29 May 2019 at Kolping Hotel, Bombo Road, Kampala. Role: Host
• 2019: “Rehabilitation and Redress for Victims of Sexual and Gender-based Torture” in Geneva Switzerland from 3 – 4 April 2019 in the framework of the 49^th session of the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture (UNVFVT). Invited by UNVFVT Board of Trustees. Report. Presentation
• 2019: Consultative meeting by the select committee on Gender Equity (SCGE) with the School of Law. 1 March 2019 at School of Law Boardroom to review the gender mainstreaming policies and practices, and to assess their effectiveness across all units in the University (Management, Recruitment, Staff retention, and Career development).
• 2019: “Extending the Welcome: Symposium on long-term approaches to supporting refugees and at-risk scholars in higher education” 7-8 March 2019, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, in collaboration with British Council with the Association for Commonwealth Universities.
• 2019: Wilton Park Conference on “Internally Displaced Persons; towards more effective international protection and durable solutions.” 2-4 September 2019. Event held at Wilton Park, West Sussex, UK.
• 2019: Series IV: Mainstreaming Cross-cutting issues for enhancing delivery of National Development Plan (DP III). 4^th NDP III Breakfast Policy Series. Thursday August 8, 2019, Serena Hotel, Katonga Hall, Conference Centre. Concept & Programme.
• 2018: UNHCR Annual Consultations with NGOs (Pre-ExCom). 27 to 29 June 2018 (Putting People First), at the International Conference Centre Geneva (ICCG). Trip supported by UNHCR. Report.
• 2017: Summer Institute on Conjugal Slavery. 14-19 May 2017 at Kampala Kolping Hotel guided by the theme “Men’s and Women’s Relations in Coercive Settings”, organised by Refugee Law Project, York University, and University of Berkeley California (UBC). Blog Published. Role: Host
• 2016: International Conference on Conjugal Slavery in War; Histories, Marriage, Masculinity and Justice in Africa. Kinshasa (15 – 17 Feb 2016). About the conference (Link)
• 2015: Validation of the Gender Review of Uganda’s Penal Code Act. Kampala (13 March 2015). Organized by UN Human Rights
• 2015: Second South-South Institute on Sexual Violence Against Men and Boys in Conflict and Forced Displacement. Phnom Penh, Cambodia (25 – 29 May 2015). (Link). Role: Host
• 2015: Regional Consultation on Global Study on the Implementation of Resolution 1325. Kampala (10 – 11 May 2015). Organized by Isis-WICCE and Femmes Africa Solidarité (FAS) with funding support of UN Women as the Secretariat of the Global Study on 1325. Product: Declaration of African Women on Peace and Security in Burundi signed by representatives of 12 countries of the Great Lakes and The Greater Horn of Africa Region. (Link to Declaration)
• 2015: Missing Peace Practitioners’ Workshop 2015 for Accountability for Sexual Violence. Kampala (26 – 28 August 2015). About the Workshop (Link)
• 2015: Effective Organized Activism against Gender-Based Violence: Partner Engagement and Policy Uptake Workshop, Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, UK (16 – 20 Feb 2015). (Policy Brief)
• 2015: Consultative meeting to develop/review institutional policies/strategies, plans and framework on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C). Kampala (29 June 2015). Organized by Law and Advocacy for Women in Uganda (LAW-Uganda) and drawing key actors from UNFPA, Min GLSD, Justice & Constitutional Affairs, and Women MPs.
• 2014: Global Summit to End Sexual Violence, ExcelCentre, London, June 2014. 1) Screening for sexual violence amongst refugee populations: An exploration of process and an examination of results (Link), 2) Pre-summit presentation (Link), 3) From victim to survivor: An introduction to working with men and boys’ survivors of sexual violence in conflict (Link), 4) About the summit (Link), Report (Link)
• 2014: Expert-group meeting at the Hague organized by Institute for International Criminal Investigations (IICI) on development of guidelines on the investigation of sexual violence against men and boys that may amount to the international crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes (June 2014). About IICI (Link), Final guideline published (Link)
• 2014: Expert Workshop on Men and Survivors of Sexual Violence, Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London, May 2014. Report (Link)
• 2014: 2^nd MenEngage Global Symposium 2014 – Men and Boys for Gender Justice, held in New Delhi from 10-13 November 2014. Presented on “Reclaiming Lost Manhood; the use of violence by male survivors of rape in post-conflict situation”. About the symposium (Link). Trip supported by UN Women and SONKE Gender Justice, South Africa.
• 2013: Undressing Patriarchy Convention: Brighton, London, September 2013. Role: Co-Host
• 2013: UN Workshop Sexual Violence Against Men and Boys: New York, July 2013. Responsibility: Rapporteur. Report (Link)
• 2013: International Conference on War-Affected Children (Kampala, September 2013). Conference (Link), Presentation (Link), Paper (Link).
• 2013: International Association for the Study of Force Migration (IASFM): India Jan 2013. Presented on “Enabling support groups among highly traumatized refugees” (Link)
• 2013: Identifying sexual violence and access to HIV services among male refugees in Uganda. Bangkok, October 2013 in partnership with Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Virtual presentation (Link)