December 10th, Honiara, Solomon Islands: Gender bias has affected sentencing outcomes in more than 50% of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) cases in Pacific Island Countries. In a report released today on judicial sentencing practices of SGBV, including sexual...
Tim Mapley, ICAAD Volunteer: New York City is normally a bustling place, but with the 2015 Clinton Global Initiative annual event going on there was electricity in the air. Although ICAAD has been invited to CGI events before, it was my first time personally and I was...
Sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) has a negative and profound impact on women and girls’ lives: health, education, safety, familial relationships, economic advancement etc.. According to a U.N. Women study in the Solomon Islands, 74% of women survey believed the...
Bryan Miller, ICAAD Board Member New York, NY: I recently had the pleasure of attending an event hosted by UNICEF and The Guardian, during the United Nations General Assembly week, to get a better understanding of the recently adopted 2030 Agenda for Sustainable...
On September 24, 2015, Co-Founder of ICAAD, Hansdeep Singh, spoke on a panel to discuss Public Service Lawyering at Cardozo Law School. The focus of Hansdeep’s presentation was threefold: 1) benefits/ challenges of working in the nonprofit sector; 2) what it takes to...
Dakar, October 16, 2015 – Five weeks after the start of the trial of former Chadian dictator, Hissène Habré, 17 women’s rights organizations have issued an Open letter denouncing the insufficient attention given to sexual violence in the indictment. The letter,...
