ICGLR-RTF Report on The Symposium for Affiliated Trainers and Experts on Interventions taken to “Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress” taking into account Prevention and Response to Sexual and Gender Based Violence in Commemoration of International Women’s Day 2024 held on March 12, 2024
Participants/Venue: Attended by 52 Affiliated Trainers and Experts (38 participated virtually and 15-physically attended the Symposium at the ICGLR-RTF offices located in Kampala, Uganda. Program: The Program commenced at 11:00 am and ended at 2:30pm. It included: Welcome Remarks by the ICGLR-RTF Regional Director – Hon. Dr. Janvière Ndirahisha; Opening Remarks by the National Coordinator – Uganda represented by Amb. Phillip Rukikaire; Key Note Address by the Ministry of Gender Labour and Social Development represented by Ms. Doreen Bakeiha; Presentations from ICGLR Member States; Plenary [...]
International Women’s Day, 2024 – ‘Invest in Women – Accelerate Progress’ taking into account prevention and response to Sexual and Gender Based Violence
The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region – Regional Training Facility (ICGLR-RTF) takes this opportunity to wish all women in the Great Lakes Region and the World in general a Happy International Women’s Day. Why invest in women and girls? Investigating in women and girls has capacity to accelerate progress, prevents Sexual and Gender Based Violence and increases the capacity of response mechanisms to effectively rehabilitate victims/survivours of SGBV via provision of the requisite medical, psychosocial, legal and socio-economic [...]
The Regional Training Facility on Prevention and Suppression of Sexual and Gender Based Violence in the Great Lakes Region and Huffine Global Solutions sign a Memorandum of Understanding and Partnership Cooperation
Washington DC – March 5th, 2024 – The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region-Regional Training Facility (ICGLR-RTF) on Prevention and Suppression of Sexual and Gender based violence in the Great Lakes Region, and Huffine Global Solutions (HGS), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding and Partnership Cooperation. Whereby both parties agree to work jointly to fulfill ICGLR-RTF’s mandate to train and sensitize judicial officers, police units, social workers, medical officers and other categories of persons who handle cases of [...]
COMMEMORATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL WOMENS’ DAY 23 STATEMENT BY THE HON. DR. JANVIERE NDIRAHISHA REGIONAL DIRECTOR, ICGLR-RTF
Observed annually on March 8, International Women’s Day serves as a focal point for the women’s rights movement and raises awareness of topics including gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against women. The day is celebrated by both state and non-state actors based on an annual theme derived from a pertinent trend or issue influencing the livelihood of women and girls based on the aforementioned parameters. According to UNWOMEN, the theme for the 2023 women’s day is “DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for gender [...]
UNITAR SIGNS A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE GREAT LAKES REGION – REGIONAL TRAINING FACILITY
On 19 August 2021, Geneva, Switzerland (Virtual) – UNITAR’s Division for Peace is excited to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region – Regional Training Facility (ICGLR-RTF) with the goal of contributing to international, regional, and local efforts aimed at preventing and responding to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the Great Lakes Region. UNITAR and the ICGLR-RTF have a strong working relationship, and the signing of this MoU represents the formalisation of the partnership and a recommitment towards comprehensive joint programming. Since its inception in 2014, the ICGLR-RTF has trained over 1500 professionals that manage cases of [...]
Meeting Report of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region’s Regional Training Facility (ICGLR-RTF) and the Population Council
Working with the Police Sector to Meet the Needs of Sexual Violence Survivors in the Great Lakes Region Click here to view full report
GIZ, Dr. Denis Mukwege and Panzi Foundations and ICGLR combine Efforts to prevent and respond to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in the Great Lakes Region
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Message from the Executive secretary on Covid-19 to the ICGLR member states
The whole world is going through a serious health crisis linked to the sudden appearance of the coronavirus pandemic or commonly known as COVID-19. All states are facing an unprecedented health, economic and social crisis. The countries of the Great Lakes Region are not spared from this. Read more