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SUMMARY:GLOBAL STRATEGIES TO PREVENT VIOLENCE - The Role of the World Heal
 th Organization - Christopher Mikton - World Health Organization\, Violenc
 e Prevention Technical Officer at the Department of Violence and Injury Pr
 evention and Disability
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CONTACT:Maria Krisch
DESCRIPTION:Learn more about the WHO's global violence prevention strategy
  from\n\n*Dr. Christopher Mikton - World Health Organization\, Violence Pr
 evention Technical Officer at the Department of Violence and Injury Preven
 tion and Disability*\n\nThe talk will be followed by the launch of the rep
 ort "Global Strategies to Reduce Violence by 50% in 30 Years - Findings fr
 om the WHO and University of Cambridge Global Violence Reduction Conferenc
 e 2014" and an expert discussion with\n\n*Prof. Manuel Eisner - University
  of Cambridge\, Director of the Violence Research Centre\, Deputy Director
  of the Insitutute of Criminology and Professor of Comparative and Develop
 mental Criminology at the Institute of Criminology*\n\n-------------------
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 -----------------------\n"2015 is a chance to change history"\, said UN Se
 cretary-General Ban Ki-moon\, referring to the post-2015 development agend
 a. This includes a chance to revolutionise our approach to violence preven
 tion. The current draft of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal
 s includes "to significantly reduce all forms of violence and related deat
 h rates everywhere"\, to "end abuse\, exploitation\, trafficking and all f
 orms of violence and torture against children"\, and to "promote the rule 
 of law at the national and international levels\, and ensure equal access 
 to justice for all". If adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 
 early 2015\, the world community of nations will commit itself\, for the f
 irst time\, to taking concerted global action to reduce violence in all it
 s forms.\n\nThe World Health Organization is at the forefront of creating 
 political momentum to reduce violence with evidence-based policies. On 24 
 May 2014 the 67th World Health Assembly adopted a historic resolution enti
 tled "Strengthening the role of the health system in addressing violence\,
  in particular against women and girls\, and against children". The resolu
 tion has taken the 20-year long commitment of the WHO to global violence p
 revention to a new level: It calls on the WHO to prepare a global plan of 
 action to strengthen the role of the health system in addressing interpers
 onal violence within the coming two years. lso\, the WHO is requested to s
 trengthen efforts to develop the scientific evidence on magnitude\, trends
 \, health consequences\, and risk and protective factors for violence\, to
  support member states by providing technical assistance\, and finalise it
 s global status report on violence prevention.\n--------------------------
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 ----------------\n\nThe event is followed by a drinks reception.\n\nFree a
 dmission.\n\nAll are welcome!\n\n*Join the event on Facebook: http://goo.g
 l/zUgjmN*\n\n*Find out more about the talk and the report here: https://ww
 w.vrc.crim.cam.ac.uk/events/miktontalk*
LOCATION:Room B4\, Institute of Criminology\, University of Cambridge 
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