Asian Conference of Women’s Shelters 2017 Agenda

Title: “Continental shifts in shelter management: Cross-regional dialogue on transforming women’s shelters”

Dates: August 28-30, 2017

Venue: Taipei Innovation City Convention Center (Add: No. 223, Section 3, Beixin Road, Xindian (Hsin-Tien) District New Taipei City, 231)

Conference hotel: Chinatrust Executive House Hsin-Tien (address: No. 219-2, Chung Shing Rd., Sec. 3, Hsin-Tien (Xindian) District, New Taipei City)

Conference languages: English and Chinese (consecutive interpretation)

Participants: 100 shelter organization leaders, shelter managers, senior shelter staff, and other organizations involved in preventing violence against women in Taiwan and other Asian countries.

Organizers: The Garden of Hope Foundation, Asian Network of Women’s Shelters (ANWS)

Sponsors: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan; Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan

August 28 (Monday)
8:30-9:00 Registration
9:00-9:30 Opening remarks

Introduction to the conference and guests

Speeches:

  1. Chi Hui-Jung, CEO, Garden of Hope; Chairperson, ANWS
  2. Bandana Rana, Chairperson, Global Network of Women’s Shelters
  3. Wong Ying-ming, Director General, Department of NGO International Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  4. Chang Hsiu-Yan, Director, Department of Protective Services, Ministry of Health and Welfare

“Light up women’s shelters” activity

Group photo

9:30-10:00 Keynote speech: Strengthening the Shelter Movement: International Human Rights provisions

  • Moderator: Chi Hui-Jung, CEO, The Garden of Hope Foundation; Chairperson, ANWS
  • Speaker: Bandana Rana, Chairperson, Global Network of Women’s Shelters
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-12:15 Panel 1: Justice for survivors – Legal frameworks and policy strategies to support shelters

Moderator: Wang Ju-Hsuan, Chairperson, Sunshine Education & Culture Association, Taiwan

  1. Chang Hsiu-Yan, Director, Department of Protective Services, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan – “20 years of the Domestic Violence Prevention Act in Taiwan and the development of shelter services for victims”
  2. Aisa Kiyosue, Steering Committee Member, Women’s Net Masakaane, Muroran, Hokkaido – “Dealing with the legal obstacles against aged survivors of domestic violence in Japan”

Respondents:

  1. Wang Hsiao-Tan, Professor, College of Law, National Cheng Chi University, Taiwan
  2. Zannatul Ferdous, Advocate, Bangladesh National Women Lawyer’s Association (BNWLA)
  3. Xin Xiao-Yun, Part-time Lecturer, Department of Social Work, Soochow University
12:15-1:15 Lunch
1:15-3:15 Panel 2: Network support for shelter services

Moderator: Liu Shu-Chiong, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, National Taiwan University

  1. Lorraine Lim, Manager, Star Shelter, Singapore Council of Women’s Organizations (SCWO) – “Many Helping Hands Approach to Rebuild Lives Free from Violence- Star Shelter’s Experience”
  2. Chen Yen-Chu, Deputy Director, Taipei City Center for Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Taiwan – “Coordination and Task Division of the Taipei City Domestic Violence Prevention Network”
  3. Sajitha Jeyabalan, Project Coordinator, International Foundation for Crime Prevention and Victim Care (PCVC), India – “Network cooperation for burns survivors”

Respondents:

  1. Chang Ching-lee, Director, Social Welfare Bureau, New Taipei City
  2. Pok Panhavichetr, Executive Director, Cambodian Women’s Critis Center (CWCC)
3:15-3:30 Break
3:30-5:30 Panel 3 –Economic empowerment programs for survivors of DV – employment, housing, peer support systems

Moderator: Wang Lih-Rong, Professor, Department of Social Work, National Taiwan University

  1. Pragyaa Rai, Executive Director, APEIRON, Nepal – “Income generation for the shelter residents”
  2. Najla Areeb, Advisor, Womens Protection Centers, Afghanistan –“Women’s Protection Centers’ approach to economic empowerment in Afghanistan”
  3. Tu Ying-Chiu, General Supervisor of Social Work, The Garden of Hope Foundation, Taiwan – “Services to Guide Domestic Violence Survivors to Independent Living and Economic Empowerment”
  4. Su Chao-Ju, Director, Workforce Development Agency, Employment Assistance for People with Disabilities and Disadvantages Division, Ministry of Labor, Taiwan – “Employment assistance for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault”
  5. Rosa Logar, Member, WAVE Network; Vice President, GREVIO, Council of Europe, “The Istanbul Convention – content and monitoring”

Respondents:

1. Wang Yeong-Tsyr, Professor, College of Social Work, Taiwan Normal University

August 29 (Tuesday)
8:30-9:00 Registration
9:00-10:00 Keynote speech – “Development, background and method of the Orange House model of shelter management”

Claire Loeber, Social Worker, Orange House, Amsterdam, Blijf Groep, the Netherlands

10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-12:15 Panel 4: Shelter transformation and new models in shelter management

Yu Mei-Kuei, Professor, Graduate Institute of Social Work, National Taiwan Normal University

  1. Claire Loeber, Social Worker, Orange House, Amsterdam, Blijf Groep, the Netherlands – “Practical considerations and case studies of Orange House management”
  2. Liao Min-Yu, Associate Professor, Chinese Cultural University – “Plans and Vision for Taiwan’s Mid-/Long-term Shelter Services”
  3. Hsu Chih-Chi, Director, New Taipei City Center for Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Taiwan; Cheng Chien-Chih, Section Chief, Housing Development Section, New Taipei City Urban & Rural Development Bureau – “Confluence and Coordination: Creating Diversity and Deeping Strategies in New Taipei City Shelter Services”

Respondents:

  1. Yeh Yu-Roo, Director, Bureau of Social Affairs, Kaohsiung City
  2. Chisato Kitanaka, Co-representative director, All Japan Women’s Shelter Network
12:15-12:30 Closing remarks
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-4:30 Open Space meeting on challenges and opportunities for new models of shelter management

Facilitator: Tsai Shu-fang, CEO, Frontier Foundation, Taiwan

  • Opening Circle (agenda co-creation, synthesizing, suggesting, reducing topics)
  • Facilitator’s explanation of the principles and guidelines
  • Multiple conversations (concurrent discussion sessions facilitated by bi-lingual table leaders)
  • Closing circle (comment and reflection)
August 30 (Wednesday)
9:30-12:00 Office of the President
12:00-13:30 Lunch & travel
13:30-15:00 Study visits: DV Prevention Center
15:00-16:30 Travel
16:30-18:00 Study visits: GOH Shelter
18:00- Free time – dinner at Tamsui Old Street
August 31 (Thursday)
10:00-15:00 City Tour (optional)