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Australian and Canadian Ambassadors support campaigns against gender based violence
29-11-2018
Within the framework of the 16 days campaign to combat violence against women, the Australian Ambassador to Lebanon, Rebekah Grindlay, and her Canadian counterpart, Emmanuelle Lamoureux, visited a community centre in the North and met with women who benefited from training workshops organized by the International Medical Committee as well as by Plan International. During her visit, Lamoureux noted that gender inequality is the main cause of gender based violence and insisted that women and men should work together to combat GBV and transform societal norms and traditions which reproduce inequality and suppress the voices of victims. Rebekah grindlay for her part noted that challenging violence against women is a priority for both Australia and Canada at the local and international levels. To be noted that IMC and Plan International have implemented more than 15700 session to provide advice on gender based violence to vulnerable women and girls as well as men and boys since January 2017. In addition, 20400 people have participated in awareness raising sessions on gender based violence according to a statement by both embassies who are funding this initiative. (Al Mustakbal, 29 November 2018)
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