Agenda: Consultation on Domestic Violence Amoung Uniformed Services

[Guest guest]

National Consultation - Domestic Violence and its Impact on the Health and

Wellbeing of the Families of the Uniformed Services - A Public Health

Perspective

Venue: The Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

1, Development Enclave, (near USI)

Rao Tula Ram Marg, New Delhi 110 010. India

Date: 1stOctober 2009, Time: 9.00 AM to -6.00 PM

National Consultation- Domestic Violence and Uniformed Services: A Public Health

Perspective

9:00 -9.30 AM Registration

9:30 -10:15 Inaugural Session

• Welcome Remarks by Winnie Singh, Executive Director, Maitri

• Dr. GirijaVyas, Chairperson, NCW (Chief Guest)

• Dr Ravi Verma, Regional Director, ICRW - Overall view/ Magnitude/ Determinants

- Keynote Address

• Dr Ulf Kristoffersson (Guest of honor)

10:15 – 10:30 Tea Break

10:30 to 12:30 PM Plenary –Response of Wives Welfare Associations and Uniform

Services

• ITBP DIG, JAG, Mr G S Virk - Peculiarity of Circumstances of the Uniform

Service

• Himachal Police IGP - Mr. Sita Ram Mardi (Enforcement of Legal provisions in

Police pertaining to Domestic Violence)

• Delhi Police Women Cell – Jt. Commissioner of Police MrYadav

• Chair – Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Bhopinder Singh

12:30 to 1:15 Discussion

1:15 – 2:00 Lunch

2:00 – 3:00 Government Perspective

• Dr PM Nair, IPS – Linkages of Domestic Violence to Health including HIV in

Uniformed Families

• Ministry of Woman and Child: Kiran Chadha, IAS

3:00 – 4:30 Session III –Domestic Violence: Civil Society / UN Agencies

• UNFPA – Dr Amita Pitre

• UNAIDS Response to Uniformed Families Domestic Violence & Health Issues -

Sarita Jadav

• Tahnee Singh, Stanford University, Maitri Ambassador in San Francisco

• Gender, Violence and HIV - Nandita Batla, ICRW

• Chair - Dr. Ulf Kristoffersson

4:30– 5:00 Tea

5:00 Valedictory

• Kiran Bedi - Hidden Epidemic

• Indira Jaisingh - A Perspective on the Domestic Violence Act

• Way Ahead and Conclusion: Dr. Joe

• Vote of Thanks

Winnie Singh

Executive Director, Maitri

106, Aradhana RK Puram Sector 13

New Delhi 110066, India

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