International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA)

Addressing and Preventing Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment in international development and humanitarian aid: Learning from International and Japanese Organisations

Taking necessary measures to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse is a critical and integral part for any organisation to play to uphold international standards and humanitarian principles. This online event is expected to provide an overview of the current debate on the prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment and to discuss underlying issues concerning the promotion of this agenda in Japan.

Date/Time: 

30 September 2020, at 15:00-17:00 (JST)

Registration

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Agenda

Welcome and Introduction

• Hideki Wakabayashi, Executive Director, JANIC

Key note speakers:

• Current debate on PSEA (Alon Plato, Policy Officer, ICVA)
• PSEA/H in Japan (Masako Tanaka, Professor, Sophia University)

Moderator: Eriko Kobayashi, JICA

Panellists:

• Jules Frost, Head of Programmes &Partnerships, CHS Alliance
• Sara Burrows, Head of Partnerships and Policy, Australian Council for International Development(ACFID)
• Mio Nemoto, Senior Advisor/Deputy, UNICEF Tokyo Office, Public Partnership Division
• Chigusa Ikeuchi,  Regional Program Coordinator, World Vision Japan

Question and answer (floor discussion)

Closing remarks

• Toshihide Kawasaki, Director of NGO Cooperation Division, MoFA

Language:

Japanese and English. Simultaneous translation (Japanese-English) will be provided.