- 8th March 2021
- The INTERNATIONAL Women's day
Virtual panel discussion
Know the
panellists
Elina Viitasaari
The UN Women Finland Executive Board member;
Violence against Women expert
Ekaterina Perfilyeva
The Coordination Specialist at the Office of the UN Resident Coordinator in the Kyrgyz Republic
Gloria Bozyigit
Coordinator of the the wider campaign strategy for Orange the World campaign (No to Violence Against Women) at the UN Women Austria
Paul Abbey
Jyväskylä city councilor
Chairman of the left alliance council group
A human-being who thinks that all people should be treated with dignity and equally
Tiina Sihto
postdoctoral researcher at the CoE AgeCare Finland,
a member of CARPO and Gender research network "Kantti".
Expert in care, feminist welfare state research, gender (in)equality issues
Gerhard Wagner
Founder & Chairman HeForShe Vienna;
a proud feminist, speaker, panellist, activist and advocate for gender equality
Elena Plotnikova
Advocate, human rights lawyer, lawyer at the European Court of Human Rights (2020)
Organizer
Jyväskylän YK-yhdistys (JyYK) the United Nations Association of Jyväskylä.
JyYK is a civic organization founded in 2006, that has a purpose to promote the principles and goals of the United Nations, the Sustainable Development Goals and to ensure their realization and publicity in Jyväskylä area. JyYK aims to increase the participation and involvement of local people into international development issues. JyYK is a member of the UN Association of Finland and the UN Youth of Finland.
Organizer and Moderator – Liliya Zenina
Coordinator for Stakeholders at the JyYK.
Doctoral Researcher at the University of Jyväskylä, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy.
Researcher at the Centre of Excellence in Research on Ageing and Care, Finland (CoE AgeCare, 2018–2025, jyu.fi/agecare)
Why attend?
We hope that our discussion will help to raise awareness about different women`s issues and get us together to tackle them.
During the meeting we address to our panellists questions about women issues at their localities including Finland, Austria, Kyrgyzstan.
We will discuss whether the COVID-19 quarantine measures affect women`s wellbeing. Our panellists will share their opinion whether it is safe to stay at home for women and what should be done to improve the situation.
Finally we will pick up questions from our audience to the panellists.
In case you have any specific questions you want to address to any panellist, we can help you to do it. In case, you need some support or help – please do not hesitate and email us jyyk@lists.jyu.fi
organizations
Schedule
17:00 – 17:05- Getting together, Introduction.
Panellists` opinions about COVID-19 effects and women issues at their localities:
17:05 – 17:10 Elina Viitasaari
17:10 – 17:15 Paul Abbey
17:15 – 17:20 Tiina Sihto
17:20 – 17:25 Gloria Bozyigit
17:25 – 17:30 Gerhard Wagner
17:30 – 17:35 Elena Plotnikova
17:35 – 17:40 Ekaterina Perfilyeva
17:40 – 17:55 Discussion What can be done for keeping women safe at home?
17:55 Comments from the Audience
The place
We are online!
Everyone can be part of this panel discussion – we will meet online on Zoom
Join Zoom Meeting
https://jyufi.zoom.us/j/65857030892
Meeting ID: 658 5703 0892