Advocate for human rights, specifically for sexual and reproductive health and rights, sexuality, gender equality, and ending GBV. My views are my own
Geneva, Switzerland
Joined June 2012
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Megin Reijnders retweeted
.#HealthWorkers are often the first point of contact for women experiencing violence.
They can provide:
✅first-line support
✅mental health care
✅referrals
👉Read about NEW @WHO e-learning & other resources for health providers on #survivor care.
bit.ly/49PNETs
Megin Reijnders retweeted
Launching now at #WD2023 - a one-stop-shop for evidence-based actions to #EndViolence against women.
Preventing & responding to #VAW is a priority for:
☑️human rights
☑️gender equality
☑️public health
RESPECT website by @WHO @UN_Women @UNFPA @UNDP
▶️respect-prevent-vaw.org/
Megin Reijnders retweeted
📢On #HumanRightsDay: a new report from @WHO and @HRPresearch monitors what policies and guidelines countries have to address violence against women and girls. #EndVAWG #16days
Here’s what we’ve learned so far: bit.ly/VAWTrackingProgress
Megin Reijnders retweeted
Today is the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia! 🌈🌈🌈🌈
🚫 NO to violence and discrimination against #LGBTI persons!
✅ YES to equality, dignity and full respect for human rights!
#IDAHOT2021 #IDAHOT @LGBTcoe
coe.int/en/web/sogi/home
Megin Reijnders retweeted
🆕data shows that violence against women remains devastatingly pervasive & starts alarmingly young. Across their lifetime, 1⃣ in 3⃣ 👧🧕👩 are subjected to physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner or sexual violence from a non-partner.
👉 bit.ly/2PJgeB7
Megin Reijnders retweeted
"WHO is launching a new report that represents the largest study ever conducted on the prevalence of violence against women"-@DrTedros #EndViolence
bit.ly/2PJgeB7
Megin Reijnders retweeted
Responding to violence against women needs more than a technical approach. Women centred care considers the specific needs of survivors, including the stigma experienced by women as well as the roots of violence against women ow.ly/j1zr50Bkruh @WHO @AvniNAmin @Megintje
Megin Reijnders retweeted
Health systems need to be #gender-responsive to address violence against women. What does this mean, and what needs to be done?
Scrutiny and action on #VAW in this special #Beijing25 series from @WHO/@HRPresearch and @UNU_IIGH: bit.ly/3byithw
Megin Reijnders retweeted
6 asks for a gender-responsive COVID response: disaggregate case reports & deaths; address #VAW; continue #SRHR services as essential; Protect Health workers & caregivers (majority women); social & financial protection for women; counter stigma & rights violations.
.@WHO calls on Member States & global actors to incorporate a focus on #gender into
their #COVID19 response & ensure public
health policies & measures take
account of gender and how it interacts with other areas of
inequality. bit.ly/2LuDZaC
Megin Reijnders retweeted
As the #coronavirus pandemic continues to unfold around the world, women are exposed to a higher risk of gender-based violence.
It's not up to the woman to fight on her own.
It's up to all of us to fight the #COVID19 pandemic and its effects.
Megin Reijnders retweeted
#Healthworkers can help women who disclose violence during #COVID19 by offering first-line support. #endVAW
See this handbook👇👇 from @WHO @HRPresearch bit.ly/3arYwb3
For women at risk of violence, home is not a safe place. Staying at home may increase exposure to #VAW from an abusive partner and its many impacts. Especially then we need to provide support to survivors; "physical distance doesn't mean social distance" #EndVAWG #COVID19
"Physical distance doesn’t mean social distance.
We all need to check in regularly on older parents, neighbors, friends or relatives who live alone or in care homes in whatever way is possible, so they know how much they are loved and valued"-@DrTedros #COVID19 #coronavirus
Megin Reijnders retweeted
It's crucial that healthcare providers know what to do, &what to consider, when women survivors of violence seek their help.
NEW @WHO @HRPresearch resource out now to help give health providers support & skills: bit.ly/34epwqj
#SRHR #UHCDay #endviolenceagainstwomen
New @WHO @HRPresearch curriculum on the health sector response to #VAWG provides a hands on tool to facilitate an interactive training for health care providers filled with knowledge and skills- building presentations and exercises. #EndVAWG who.int/reproductivehealth/t…
Megin Reijnders retweeted
The RESPECT framework highlights 7 strategies to prevent violence against women bit.ly/32WKSI9
@WHO @hrpresearch @UN_Women
#orangetheworld #IDEVAW #16days
Megin Reijnders retweeted
Great to read this story and see this video on how @WHO @HRPresearch is working to help ensure health workers are empowered with skills and knowledge to best help and care for women survivors of violence
#16Days #EndVAW #EndVAWG #SRHR @GarciaMorenoCla @AvniNAmin @Megintje
In Maharashtra, #India, 25 trainers, heads of department & managers from 3 hospitals have passed on the knowledge to 220 health workers, focusing on:
🔹Safety
🔹Confidentiality
🔹Privacy
🔹Sympathetic response to build trust for a continuum of care
bit.ly/35BrthA
#16days
Megin Reijnders retweeted
#DYK that there are 7 strategies to help prevent #VAW? Check them out here! bit.ly/2wqBWgt #RESPECT2endVAW @WHO @hrpresearch @UN_Women @WhatWorksVAWG
Megin Reijnders retweeted
Relationship skills strengthened
Empowerment of women
Services ensured
Poverty reduced
Environments made safe
Child and adolescent abuse prevented
Transformed attitudes, beliefs & norms
RESPECT women — 7 strategies to prevent violence against women: ow.ly/F2wU50ur3oG @WHO
Megin Reijnders retweeted
About 1 in 3 women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual violence in their lifetime.
New RESPECT framework highlights 7 strategies to prevent violence against women bit.ly/30QRjNi #EndViolence
#RESPECT2endVAW - a new publication with 7 strategies to prevent #VAW. Relationships strengthened, Empowerment of women, Services ensured, Poverty reduced, Environments made safe, Child abuse prevented, Transformed attitudes. bit.ly/2wqBWgt @HRPresearch @WHO @UN_Women
Implementing laws & policies for #gender equality and supporting women’s movements is key to #endVAWG. See the 7 strategies to prevent #VAWG in the #RESPECT2endVAW framework here: bit.ly/2wqBWgt @WHO @HRPresearch @UN_Women @WhatWorksVAWG
Summing up all the 7 strategies put forward in #RESPECT2endVAW 2 prevent violence against women is this rap: bit.ly/2Ke0rp9