"The Consequences of Violence Against Women: Examining the Economic, Health, Legal and Social Costs"
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Channel: U.S. Department of State · 2011 · News & Politics
Ambassador-At-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer hosts a panel on "The Consequences of Violence Against Women: Examining the Economic, Health, Legal and Social Costs" to observe the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women at the Department of State in Washington, D.C. on November 21, 2011. The panelists are Jeni Klugman, Director of Gender and Development at The World Bank; Dr. Jay Silverman, Professor in the Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine; Judge Scott Gordon of the Los Angeles Superior Court; Kathryn Brown, Senior Vice President for the Public Policy Development and Corporate Responsibility division at Verizon; Shelley Simmons, Director of Brand Communications and Values for The Body Shop in the US, Canada, Mexico, and overseas; Norma Cruz, co-founder and director of the NGO Survivors Foundation in Guatemala; and Rosana Schaack, founder and executive director of Touching Humanity in Need of Kindness (THINK) in Liberia. [Go to http://video.state.gov for more video and text transcript.]
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