FREE ONLINE EVENT
Join us on Tuesday 5th May at 12.30pm to 2pm for a virtual report back on the Commission on the Status of Women March 2026 – let’s discuss the findings and take action together
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Commission on the Status of Women Report Back
Welcome to our online event where the National Council of Women will report back on key learnings from the March meeting of the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Topics will include access to justice, violence against women and girls, female genital mutilation, intergenerational cooperation and online harms.
Speakers:
Hon Dr Jocelynn Scutt, NCWGB
September 2014-January 2025 Senior Teaching Fellow, University of Buckingham, England, UK 15 years practice as Barrister & Human Rights Lawyer in Australia.
Chief Judge of the Family Court Division of the High Court of Fiji 2007-2009 Filmmaker & Executive Producer – since early 1990s Writer – some 40 books fiction and non-fiction
Dr Natalie Turney, NCWGB
Natalie is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Reading and a national Law Teacher of the Year 2024 long-listee. She is a published author on women’s rights, access to justice, and corporate, insurance, and criminal law.
She presents at high-profile events on this range of legal issues, including at the Palace of Westminster and at The Women’s Parliament. Natalie actively engages in national and international policy discussions on women’s and girls’ access to justice, as Vice-Chair of the UK Civil Society Women’s Alliance (UKCSWA).
Georgia Rayner, NCWGB
Georgia is a Public Sector Transformation Consultant, specialising in People & Change programmes in central government. Since becoming a member of NCW in 2016, this is her second time at CSW. Prior to starting her career, she studied Social and Political Sciences at the University of York and it was her experience at CSW in 2019 which inspired her dissertation on conflict-related sexual violence.
Betty Axtell, NCWGB
A community safety professional and gender justice advocate, deeply committed to safeguarding and empowering women and girls. She is dedicated to both the VAWG and PREVENT agenda which she says are increasingly overlapping due to the inherently misogynistic and racist development of AI.
Sudha Srivastava, British Federation of Women Graduates
Multi award-winning International Speaker. Expert – Gender and Education, Education for Sustainable Development. Twenty years of experience working in Education sector
Participant at UN HIGH Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, advocated SDG4 challenges/solutions
Beijing+30 Environment Working Group Member
Participant and video contributor Geneva Peace Week 2021
Beijing+25 Advisory Working Group
Susan McKellar, Scottish Women’s Convention
Hana Mosavie, NCWGB/NAWO
Anush Aghabalyan, The Orchid Project