Go Another Mile:

Challenges and Breakthrough for Women’s Shelters in Asia

2013/12/02 (Monday)

Opening Ceremony
MOFA, Zonta, GNWS president, GOH, and Chateau de Chine

Keynote Address:
Speaker:
Bandana Rana, CEO, Saathi, Nepal and Chair, Global Network of Women’s Shelters
Keynote: 
The Philosophy of the Shelter (ppt) (video) (video-part 2)

Theme (I): Challenges and Breakthrough in Government Policies and Legislation (1)
Moderator & Respondent: 
Hui-Jung Chi, CEO, Garden of Hope, Taiwan

Speech:
Development on Practice of Women’s Shelters after Amendment of Domestic Violence Prevention Act in Taiwan

Ching-Wen Lin, Attorney, Legal Aid Foundation, Taiwan

Does the Law Stop Domestic Violence?  (ppt) (video)

Ivy Josiah, Executive Director, Women’s Aid Organization (WAO), Malaysia

Theme (I): Challenges and Breakthrough in Government Policies and Legislation (2)

Moderator & Respondent: 
Kuan-Ling Chi, Lawyer and Executive Supervisor, Warm Life Association, Taiwan

Speech:
Bangladesh Government Policies and Legislative Provision towards VAW in Relation to Women and Shelter  (ppt) (video)

Mashuda Khatun Shefali, Executive Director, Nari Uddug Kendra (NUK), Bangladesh

Challenges and Experiences on Contracting Sheltering Service with the Government (ppt) (video)

Munkhsaruul Mijiddorj, Project Manager, National Center Against Violence (NCAV), Mongolia

The Revision of Japan’s Domestic Violence (DV) Law and Anti-stalking Act (ppt) (video)

Tomoko Endo, Secretariat Chief, Social Inclusion Support Center, Japan

Theme (II) : Challenges and Breakthrough in management and implementation (1)
Moderator & Respondent: 
Bandana Rana, CEO, Saathi, Nepal and Chair, Global Network of Women’s Shelters
Speech:
An Empowerment Model- Health, Legal and Social Collaborations in Women’s Shelters  (ppt) (video)

Carol Lai, Director, Po Leung Kuk, Hong Kong

Positive Impact of Sheltering to Abused Women- To believe, to start again, to support

Hsin-Yi Liu, Director, Pingtung Child and Teenager Association, Taiwan

Explore the Child-Centered Teamwork Model—In the Experience of the Garden of Hope Foundation

Yi-Chun Shih, Researcher and Social Worker, Garden of Hope Foundation, Taiwan

Theme (II) : Challenges and Breakthrough in management and implementation (2)

Moderator & Respondent: 
Mei-Kuei You, Professor, Graduate Institute of Social Work, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan

Speech:

Shelters Where Sexual Minorities can Find Safety: Redesigning Gender to End Social Exclusion and Create a More Inclusive Support System (ppt) (video)

Minata (Minako) Hara, Executive Director, All Japan Minorities Support Network Working for an Inclusive Society, Japan

Strengthening Survivors, Networks, and Advocacy to End Violence against Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (LBT) Women

D. Traksi, Counselor Coordinator, LBT Crisis Center Ardhanary Institute, Indonesia

Engaging Men Who Abuse-The Singapore Model (ppt) (video)

Sudha Nair, Executive Director, PAVE, Singapore

2013/12/03 (Tuesday)

Keynote Address:
Speaker:
Hui-Jung Chi, CEO, Garden of Hope, Taiwan
Keynote: 
On the value of the client’s life to break the vicious cycle of violence (ppt)

Theme (III) : Women’s Economic Independence/Employment Strategies
Moderator & Respondent: 
Kuei-Pi Lin, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan
Speech:
Women’s Economic Independence & Employment Strategies (ppt) (video)

Lorraine Lim, Counselor and Administrator, Star Shelter in Singapore Council of Women’s Organizations, Singapore

Model of Supporting Office for Domestic Violence Survivors (ppt) (video)

Nguyen Van Anh, CEO, Center for Studies & Applied sciences in Gender-Family-Women & Adolescents, Vietnam

Addressing Employment of Women from the Experiences of Re-employment of Women who were in the Program of Work Preparation

Ching-Yi Huang, Garden of Hope Foundation, Taiwan

Theme (IV) : Relation Strategies
Moderator & Respondent:
Ivy Josiah, Executive Director, Women’s Aid Organization (WAO), Malaysia
Speech:
Psycho-social and Legal Service for Women and Girl Survivors of Gender Based Violence (ppt) (video)

Pok Panhavichetr, Executive Director, Cambodian Women’s Crisis Center, Cambodia

Moving Forward to Resilient, Resourceful, Violence-Free Lives (ppt) (video)

Prasanna Gettu, CEO, International Foundation for Crime Prevention and Victim Care, India

Theme (V) : Housing Strategies
Moderator & Respondent:
Meng-Yi Chang, Director, Tainan Branch, Eden Social Welfare Foundation
Speech:
An Overview of Temporary Housing Welfare for Single Mothers and Children in Kaohsiung City

Shu-Wan Hsieh, Director, Living Stone Foundation for Social Welfare and Charity, Taiwan

Housing Issue, Policy, and Advocacy for Disadvantaged Women

Yang-Kae Peng, General Secretary, The Organization of Urban Re-s(OURs); Deputy Chairperson, Social Housing Advocacy, Consortium, Taiwan

Action Research of Long-term Housing Service for Abused Women (ppt)

Wen-Chen Lai, Director of Taoyuan Branch, Garden of Hope Foundation

Closing Panel (video)