Gender-based Violence in Complex Emergencies: Issues and Interventions

Wednesday, October 6, 2010 - 20:00
PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
Countries: 
Americas
North America
United States of America
Organization: 
International Rescue Committee
Location: 
Puck Building - 2nd Floor Conference Room 295 Lafayette Street, New York, NY

Speaker: Heidi Lehmann, Head of the Gender-Based Violence Technical Unit, International Rescue Committee

Heidi Lehmann is an internationally recognized expert on violence against women and girls in conflict zones. She has over twelve years experience in the US, Africa and Asia. A Public Health professional, her work over the past seven years, has taken her to some of the worst conflict zones in recent history including, Sierra Leone, Darfur, Democratic Republic of Congo and Liberia. Today, Heidi lives in Brooklyn, New York and heads the International Rescue Committee's Gender-Based Violence Technical Unit, helping the IRC build a reputation as a pioneer in Gender-Based Violence programming in over 13 countries. Spending 40 percent of her time outside of the United States, she leads IRC's work on key policy, programming and advocacy issues related to violence against women and girls, is part of various United Nations working groups and is often called on to brief Members of Congress.

The Conflict, Security, and Development Series is co-sponsored by the NYU Master's Program in Global Public Health, NYU's Center for Global Affairs, the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at the NYU School of Law, and the Office of International Programs at NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. This series examines new research, discuss creative policy approaches and highlight recent analytical and practical innovations in responding to the challenges of security and development in the context of conflict and post-conflict situations.

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