We Remember president Irina Krasovskaya is taking part in the international experts meeting «Gendered Impacts of Enforced Disappearances» in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 17 to 19 April. She will deliver her speech on April 18.

UN Women, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the International Center for Transitional Justice, in partnership with UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances are co-hosting an experts meeting in the sphere of enforced disappearances. The conference will bring together the Working Group members, those who have been subjected to enforced disappearances, family members of people who have disappeared as well as various experts and others from different disciplines from different regions of the world.

The events organizers would like to facilitate a process to support its endeavours towards building a gender approach of disappearances. While the UN Working Group is composed of five lawyers, this issue touches upon a number of non-legal topics which is why this reflection process needs to be interdisciplinary.

This conference will help the Working Group draft appropriate conclusions and recommendations leading to the adoption of a General Comment.

The agenda will be built around the three preliminary findings identified by the Working Group: women are most affected by the consequences of their relative’s disappearance; women leading the struggle against disappearances; specific vulnerability of disappeared women. Each of these aspects will be addressed from different disciplinary angles.

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