Moderated by
ANINDITA DASGUPTA (bio), Associate Research Scientist, Social Intervention Group (SIG), Columbia School of Social Work

From the Committee on Forced Migration:

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in multiple pandemics coinciding at once for women. Globally, we have seen increases in gendered inequities of health for women, including gender-based violence, limited access to family planning services, and poor sexual and reproductive health outcomes. These poor health outcomes are further excerbated among women impacted by forced migration. This panel will explore the extent of these issues, with perspectives on challenges and solutions from those directly on the ground delivering services to women who are forced migrants, globally.

Moderator: Anindita Dasgupta, Associate Research Scientist, School of Social Work

Goleen Samari, Assistant Professor, Program on Forced Migration and Health, Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Lily Jacobi, Advisor, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, Women’s Refugee Commission;

Marijana Savić, Founder and Director, Atina, Human Rights Advocates Program, ISHR, 2018-2019

Shaden Khallaf, Senior Policy Advisor for the Middle East and North Africa at
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)