Hear from our panelists about the connections of gender-based violence and control of women’s bodies within a global context, and what needs to change for survivors to achieve justice and reproductive rights to flourish. Join us for this conversation about how we can change the narrative.

A court expert witness in domestic violence and educator and domestic violence survivor will share their experiences in courts, and how respect and safety can be prioritized for survivors of gender-based violence.

Our panel, including students, activists, a professor, and sexual assault expert moderator, will unpack the ways in which campus judicial processes function, and the reasons why they rarely produce justice for victim/survivors.

Presenters model how to lift up all women experiencing violence by sharing their innovative solutions to protect Latina and African immigrant women, grounded in community realities.

In this conversation with survivors of domestic violence, professional advocates, and researchers of deadly intimate partner violence will talk about risks to victim-survivors and firearms, the possible impacts of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on the Rahimi case, and how the intersection of guns and domestic violence can be addressed.

In this groundbreaking conversation we will revisit the concept of torture as it relates to gender-based violence, and speak with those leading an emergent movement to recognize and treat domestic violence as non-state torture.

This panel will discuss speakers' work advocating for the rights of criminalized survivors, their lived experiences with prisons and the criminal justice system, and how gendered abuses make women more vulnerable to incarceration.

Legal advocate Jess Braverman and advocacy director Erin Maye Quade from Gender Justice, and Andrea Jenkins, who made history as the first African American openly trans woman to be elected to office in the United States, are leading voices in LGBTQ liberation.

This session will explore holding nation-states accountable through international law, the impact of CEDAW and whether an optional protocol represents a viable solution.

Global Rights for Women's CSW69 virtual session highlights innovative coordinated approaches to enhance systemic reform in providing services and legal remedies to survivors of GBV and trafficking.

Using Minneapolis as a case study, the panel examined the impact of aggressive immigration enforcement on survivor safety and community trust. The session offered practical tools and reference materials for advocates and community members navigating increased fear and ICE-related violence.