Doha: Sharq(24/10/2011): NHRC is jointly organizing with UNHCR, Riyadh branch, a regional workshop on “Violence against Gender” to be held 25-26 October, 2011 at the Millennium Hotel; the workshop will discuss a set of issues such as the legal framework of international protection and a general overview of gender violence-its root causes and consequences on women.
The workshop will also review issues and challenges of violence against gender in Qatar and national legal mechanisms dealing with gender violence. The workshop will also review relevant examples in other Gulf States.
The agenda of the first day will include a speech from her excellency, Shaikha Hissa Bint Khalifa Ben Ahmad Al-Thani, the special rapporteur, previously dealing with disability affairs, another from Shaikha, Fraiha al-Sabah, Chairperson of the Kuwaiti Committee of the Ideal Family, and a third from Dr. Yusof Obaidan, deputy NHRC Chairman, as well as a speech from the regional representative of the UNHCR with Gulf countries.
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