# EGM: prevention of violence against women and girls

The Expert Group Meeting (EGM): prevention of violence against women and girls was convened as part of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women's multi-year programme of work for 2010–2014. The "Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls" forms a priority theme for its fifty-seventh session in 2013 (CSW57). The meeting took place in Bangkok, Thailand, 17–20 September 2012 and was organised by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), in collaboration with the following organisations:
* United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP);
* United Nations Development Programme (UNDP);
* United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA);
* United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and;
* World Health Organization (WHO).

## Participants

Experts :
| NAME | ORGANISATION |
| Sunila Abeysekera | INFORM, Sri Lanka |
| Mary Carroll Ellsberg | International Center for Research of Women, USA |
| Marai Larasi | Ending Violence Against Women Coalition, UK |
| Lori Lynn Heise | Tackling the Structural Drivers of HIV (STRIVE), USA |
| Tatiana Moura | PROMUNDO, Brazil |
| Mallika Dutt | Breakthrough, India |
| Edwina Kotoisuva | Fiji Women's Crisis Centre, Fiji |
| Lori Michau | Raising Voices, Uganda |
| Dean Peacock | Sonke Gender Justice, South Africa |
| Dubravka Šimonović | Member of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) |
| Jean Ward | Independent Consultant, Kenya |
| Fatuma Chegue | School of Education, Kenyatta University, Kenya |
| Margareta Grape | UN Office of the World Council of Churches |
| Yasmeen Hassan | Equality Now, USA |
| Henriette Jansen | Independent Consultant, Fiji |
| Hibaaq Osman | ED Kamara, N.Africa/M.East |
| Nandita Bhatla | International Centre for Research on Women Asia Regional office (ICRW) |
| Keshan Latchman | UNiTE Global Youth, Trinidad Tobago |
| Molly Melching | TOSTAN, Senegal |
Consultant :
| NAME | ORGANISATION |
| Lara Fergus | Independent Consultant, Australia |
Observers :
| NAME | ORGANISATION |
| Nanette Braun | Social Media and Communications, UN Women |
| James Lang | Partners for Prevention (UNDP, UNFPA, UN Women & UNV Regional Joint Programme for Asia and the Pacific) |
| Emma Fulu | Partners for Prevention (UNDP, UNFPA, UN Women & UNV Regional Joint Programme for Asia and the Pacific) |
| Soon-Young Yoon | UN representative for International Alliance of Women |
| Carole Shaw | Asia Pacific Women's Watch |
| Gail Farngalo | Government of Liberia |
| Sofia Dohmen | Swedish SIDA |
| Kathryn Lockett | DfID |
UN System :
| NAME | ORGANISATION |
| Roberta Clarke | Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, UN Women |
| Nanda Krairiksh | Director, ESCAP Social Development Division |
| Saraswathi Menon | Director, Policy Division, UN Women |
| Ramanathan Balakrishnan | Deputy Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, UN Women |
| Kalliopi Mingeirou | UN Women |
| Tania Farah | UN Women |
| Shoko Ishikawa | UN Women, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific |
| Meryem Aslan | UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women |
| Aldijana Sisic | Secretary-General Campaign UNiTE to End Violence Against Women |
| Clarice Da Silva E Paula | UNICEF |
| Upala Devi | UNFPA |
| Riet Groenen | UNFPA Asia Pacific Regional Office |
| Avni Amina | WHO |
| Suki Beavers | UNDP |
| Cai Cai | ESCAP |
| Jori Jorgensen | ESCAP |
| Heike Alefsen | OHCHR |
| Anna-Karin Jatfors | UNiTE Campaign, Asia Pacific |
| Sara De La Pena Espin | UN Women, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific |
| Nelien Haspels | ILO |
| Claudia Baroni | UNODC |