{"id":4939,"date":"2024-03-04T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/?post_type=actualite&#038;p=4939"},"modified":"2026-10-02T04:29:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T09:29:18","slug":"conference-resilience-avril-2024","status":"publish","type":"actualite","link":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/article\/conference-resilience-avril-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"The resilience of women, girls and communities in the face of gender-based violence"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reinforcement of gender inequalities, exacerbation of socio-economic vulnerability factors&#8230; During crises and conflicts, women and girls are the first victims, and their rights are quickly violated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4943,"template":"","actualite_type":[14],"actualite_sujet":[],"action_combat":[],"mdm_pays":[],"class_list":["post-4939","actualite","type-actualite","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","actualite_type-events"],"acf":{"mise_en_avant":false,"chapeau":"Reinforcement of gender inequalities, exacerbation of socio-economic vulnerability factors... During crises and conflicts, women and girls are the first victims, and their rights are quickly violated.","cta_type":"aucun","cta_lien":"","contenu":"<p><strong><span dir=\"ltr\">This is the observation we, Doctors of the World, make across all our responses.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the heart of these periods of instability, the price paid by women and girls is twofold. They are the target of degrading and humiliating treatment, abuse, mistreatment, sexual violence and other forms of gender-based violence (GBV), most of which go unpunished. This GBV is deeply rooted in social and cultural structures, and the female body itself becomes a battleground.<\/p>\n<p>Sexual violence, particularly rape, is used as a weapon of war, a means of terror and domination.<\/p>\n<p>While sexual and gender-based violence constitutes a security, economic, social, health and human rights issue, <strong>what levers of resilience are put in place by women, girls and communities to address such violence?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Join us for an inspiring dialogue!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/QhN85kQ4JpYocLhQ7\">I am attending the conference<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Practical information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday, April 8, 2024, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., followed by a networking period<\/li>\n<li>At the Maison du d\u00e9veloppement durable \u00b7 50 Rue Sainte-Catherine, Montr\u00e9al, QC H2X 3V4<\/li>\n<li>Near the Saint-Laurent Metro station<\/li>\n<li>Free admission \u00b7 Registration required<\/li>\n<li>Drinks and festive snacks provided<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/QhN85kQ4JpYocLhQ7\">I am registering<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The conference is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/article\/exposition-photographique-sakife-a-montreal-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SAKIFE exhibition: Women's health in Kivu<\/a>, which will be accessible from April 4 to 26 at the Maison du d\u00e9veloppement durable.<\/p>\n<p>As the conference is part of the Vues d\u2019Afrique Festival, it will address African contexts such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali and Burkina Faso, without claiming to be exhaustive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/article\/exposition-photographique-sakife-a-montreal-2\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Moderation<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"prose-figure\"><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Bilkis.jpg\" alt=\"Pre Bilkis Vissandj\u00e9e\"><\/figure>\n<h3>Pre Bilkis Vissandj\u00e9e<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Full Professor at the Faculty of Nursing, Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al (UdeM)<\/li>\n<li>Researcher at the Public Health Research Centre (CReSP), as well as at the Research and Training Centre of the CSSS de la Montagne (Migration, Ethnicity, Social and Health Services Team, M\u00c9TISS)<\/li>\n<li>Member of The Tuberculosis Montreal Interdisciplinary Research Team<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The panelists<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"prose-figure is-reverse\"><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/SAKIFE_Claire-Joane-Chrysostome_2024-04-02-212508_ggrv.jpg\" alt=\"Claire Joane Chrysostome\"><\/figure>\n<h3>Claire Joane Chrysostome<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Physician by training (graduated in Haiti)<\/li>\n<li>Director of Teaching, Research and Innovation at the CIUSSS de l\u2019Est-de-l\u2019\u00cele-de-Montr\u00e9al<\/li>\n<li>PhD candidate in Applied Human Sciences (UdeM) on the recovery of survivors of sexual violence in a context of social stigmatization in the DRC and Guinea<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"prose-figure\"><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Portrait-visage.jpg\" alt=\"V\u00e9ronique Harvey, M. Sc., T.s.\"><\/figure>\n<h3>V\u00e9ronique Harvey, M. Sc., T.s.<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Social worker, psychotherapist, trainer and speaker<\/li>\n<li>Specialized in trauma intervention and intercultural contexts<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Ordre des travailleurs sociaux et des th\u00e9rapeutes conjugaux et familiaux du Qu\u00e9bec<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"prose-figure is-reverse\"><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/SAKIFE-MANON.png\" alt=\"Manon Hourdin\"><\/figure>\n<h3>Manon Hourdin<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Director of International Operations and Strategic Development at Doctors of the World Canada<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"prose-figure\"><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/SAKIFE-MATHILDE.png\" alt=\"Mathilde Doucet\"><\/figure>\n<h3>Mathilde Doucet<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Legal Advisor at Lawyers Without Borders Canada<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Member of the research project <em>Dare<\/em> IHL! Promotion and strengthening of IHL: a Canadian contribution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"prose-figure is-reverse\"><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Sakife-_Pulcherie-Nomo-Zibi-2023.jpg\" alt=\"Pulch\u00e9rie Nomo Zibi\"><\/figure>\n<h3>Pulch\u00e9rie Nomo Zibi<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Gender Equality Advisor at SOCODEVI<\/li>\n<li>Involved in the themes of Women, Security and Development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The partners<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallonie-bruxelles.ca\/fr\/delegation-generale-wallonie-bruxelles-au-quebec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">General Delegation of Wallonia-Brussels in Quebec<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/usi.umontreal.ca\/accueil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International Health Unit of the Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vuesdafrique.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vues d\u2019Afrique International Film Festival<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Doctors of the World Canada<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cover photo credits: Alexis Aubin, Doctors of the World Canada, DRC, 2024<\/p>","temps_lecture":3,"legende_couverture":"","signature_nom":"","signature_role":"","signature_initiales":"","signature_avatar":"","communique_lien":"","communique_libelle":"","encadre_titre":"","encadre_texte":"","partenaires_titre":"","partenaires":[{"logo":4940,"lien":null},{"logo":4942,"lien":null},{"logo":4941,"lien":null}],"reseaux_partage":["facebook","twitter","linkedin","email","copy"],"evenement_date":null,"evenement_type":"","evenement_lieu":"","evenement_inscription":"","presse_afficher":false,"presse_surtitre":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualite\/4939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualite"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/actualite"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualite\/4939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4944,"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualite\/4939\/revisions\/4944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"actualite_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualite_type?post=4939"},{"taxonomy":"actualite_sujet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualite_sujet?post=4939"},{"taxonomy":"action_combat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/action_combat?post=4939"},{"taxonomy":"mdm_pays","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mdm_pays?post=4939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}