Regional Seminar for Asia-Pacific Parliaments ENDING THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST GIRLS IN ASIA-PACIFIC Dhaka, 23-25 September 2014
Inter-Parliamentary Union		Bangladesh Parliament

	The Seminar for Asia-Pacific parliaments on "Ending the cycle of violence against girls in Asia-Pacific" is being jointly organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the Parliament of Bangladesh. It will be held from 23 to 25 September 2014 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The meeting will focus on violence against girls and discuss an effective parliamentary response in terms of legislation and enforcement. Members of parliament will be provided with up-to-date information on the situation in the Asia-Pacific region and special emphasis will be placed on the three most prevalent forms of violence against girls in the region - early marriage, sexual violence and domestic violence. The Seminar will serve as a forum for exchanging experiences and know-how. It will also enable participants to develop strategies and actions to effectively end violence against girls in the region. The proceedings will take place in English only.

Updated on 4 October 2014
DOCUMENTS AND LINKS Practical and substantive documents related to the event are available exclusively in English, which is the only working language for this particular event.
	Conclusions	[ PDF ]
	Programme	[ PDF ]
	Invitation (version 14/07/2014)	[ PDF ]
	General Information Note (version 09/09/2014)	[ PDF ]
	Registration form (version 14/07/2014)	[ PDF ] [ Word ]
	Hotel reservation form (version 14/07/2014)	[ PDF ] [ Word ]
	IPU campaign to end violence against women	[ HTML ]
	Website of the Bangladesh Parliament	[ HTML ]
POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS AND SPEECHES
	Ms. Anna-Karin Jatfors	[ PDF ]
	Dr. V. Chandra-Mouli & Dr. A Amin	[ PDF ]
	Ms. Violeta Neubauer	[ PDF ]
	Ms. Brigitte Filion	[ PDF ]
	Dr. Muhammad Serajul Akbar	[ PDF ]
	Ms. Elisa Scolaro	[ PDF ]
	Mr. Stephen Adkisson	[ PDF ]
	Ms. Lepolo Taunisila	[ PDF ]
	Mr. Leo Kenny	[ PDF ]
	Learning from Partners for Prevention Phase One	[ PDF ]
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