Men-Only Conference on Domestic Violence Will Include Women After All When news broke Monday that a conference focusing on violence against women was going to be held at the United Nations next year, organizers suffered a barrage of criticism for excluding one group of participants: women. The “Barbershop” conference on violence against women was announced by Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, Iceland’s minister for foreign affairs and trade, at the U.N. General Assembly. The conference, which will be jointly hosted by Iceland and Suriname, is unique because “it will be the first time at the United Nations that we bring together only men leaders to discuss gender equality,” he said during his address. newsweek/men-only-conference-domestic-violence-will-include-women-after-all-274378
Posted on: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 15:38:44 +0000
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