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Prof Uzoma Maryrose Agwu
Uzoma Maryrose Agwu is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo, Ebonyi State Nigeria. A practicing Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with the University's Teaching Hospital. She is the Co founder of Forward Ahead Educational and Health Initiative, an initiative that seeks to eliminate illiteracy arising from unwanted teenage pregnancies in Southeast Nigeria especially among refugees . She is the Medical Director of Safewaymaria Specialist clinic, an evening clinic that cares for indigent women and teenage girls. She has presented papers under the auspice of Medical Women's Association of Nigeria at several sessions at United Nations Commission for the status of women on Intimate partners violence, an area she has done lots of work. She established several well women centres in her country where issues pertaining to women are taken care of and hundreds been cared for at no cost. Prof Agwu is a National from Nigeria and a Fellow of the West African College of Surgeons and International college of Surgeons. She is an advocate for women's health and presently working with Ebonyi state Government as the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive officer of Ebonyi state Health Insurance Agency.
www.uzagwu.org
Ghida Anani
Ghida Anani is the Founder & Director of ABAAD – Resource Centre for Gender Equality, a leading CSO in the region advocating for gender equality, women's rights and the political participation of women. She has led a number of public opinion campaigns, notably the #Undress522 which resulted in a historical parliamentary vote, repealing Article 522 – the infamous ''rape-marriage'' law – from the Lebanese Penal Code. In 2019, the campaign received the first prize "UN SDG Action Award" for the most impactful campaign globally.
As an expert in Gender-Based Violence and Child Protection, Anani has published a number of studies, articles, training kits and community educational materials on GBV & Child Sexual Abuse in Lebanon and the MENA region. She has also dedicated some of her time teaching at the Faculty of Public Health at the Lebanese University.@GhidaAnani
Anani has been honoured by the World Bank as one of the ten "Inspiring Women Entrepreneurs Making a Difference across MENA" and selected by the UN Solutions Summit as one of the 10 extraordinary solution makers across the globe advancing the SDGs.
Dr. Anna Alvazzi del Frate
Anna Alvazzi del Frate is an independent expert, now Chair of the Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Vienna. Between 2016 and 2019 she was the Director of Programmes of the Small Arms Survey in Geneva. She previously worked for UNODC and the UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute. Her career has focused on applied research for evidence-based policymaking through quantitative and qualitative studies on violence – in particular, violence related to firearms – and its prevention, monitoring, and evaluation, with particular attention to gender-related aspects.
Alessandra Aresu, Ph.D.
Dr. Aresu is a gender, sexuality and disability specialist. She currently works at Humanity & Inclusion (HI – formerly Handicap International) as Inclusive Health Policy Lead. Before taking on this global position, Dr. Aresu worked as Country Director of the HI China Program (2013 to 2017). From this position, she led HI's action at the country level which included the design and implementation of disability inclusive pilot projects on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and Gender Based Violence (GBV). Prior to 2013, Dr. Aresu worked as post-doctoral research fellow and advisor on SRHR, GBV and comprehensive sexuality education for INGOs and academic institutions in Italy, Haiti, China and the UK. She is the author of several articles and book chapters on these topics. Dr. Aresu also serves as co-chair of the Inclusive Health Technical Advisory Group at CORE Group, and of the Inclusive Health Task Group at the International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC).
Ashri Anurudran
Ashri Anurudran graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard College in 2019 with a concentration in Economics and a secondary focus in Global Health and Human Rights. She received her MPhil in Public Health from the University of Cambridge in 2020. Growing up in London, Kuala Lumpur and Houston, Ashri has witnessed the prevalence of sexual violence within vastly different societies. She hopes to introduce preventative norms early enough to create a generation of powerful, confident and informed citizens with the tools to fight sexual violence. In the past, Ashri has founded and taught two school-based educational intervention programs for 12-14-year-olds that aim to change norms surrounding sexual violence in India and Kenya. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she spearheaded the COVID-19 Task Force on Domestic Violence to investigate, educate, and advocate on behalf of survivors.
http://sici.hks.harvard.edu/people/ashri-anurudran/
Shams Asadi
In 2014, the Vienna City Council adopted the declaration "Vienna-City of human Rights". The opening of the Human Rights Office in 2015 was a clear signal of Vienna's commitment to human rights. Shams Asadi is the head of this office. She is also a member of the Advisory Council of Austrian Ombudsman Board (AOB), which is responsible for protecting and promoting human rights in the Republic of Austria since July 2012. Shams Asadi has many years of practical and academic experience in Urban Regeneration and Urban Development with a focus on inclusion, fair planning and European and international affairs. She studied architecture and urban planning and holds a Masters' degree from the Vienna University of Technology. The human rights accompanied her from beginning of her professional life and since 2010 human rights are the main subject of her career.
www.menschenrechtsstadt.at
Liat Ayalon, Ph.D.
Liat Ayalon, PhD, is a researcher in the School of Social Work, at Bar Ilan University, Israel. Prof. Ayalon coordinates an international EU funded Ph.D. program on the topic of ageism (EuroAgeism.eu). She is also the Israeli PI of the EU funded MascAge program to study ageing masculinities in literature and cinema. For the past four years, Prof. Ayalon has led an international research network on the topic of ageism, funded through COST (Cooperation in Science and Technology; COST IS1402, notoageism.com). She consults both national and international organizations concerning the development and evaluation of programs and services for older adults.
Koumba Boly Barry
Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Dr. Koumbou Boly Barry, from Burkina Faso , took office on 1st August 2016 following her appointment at the 32nd session of the Human Rights Council.
Dr. Boly Barry holds a PhD in Economic History from Cheikh Anta Diop University in Senegal. She is the former Minister of Education and Literacy of Burkina Faso and has consulted widely for various governments and international institutions on the right to education. Dr. Boly Barry has been an advocate on gender issues in education. She also has ample knowledge and experience in training and research, as a visiting professor at University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, University of Louvain La Neuve Belgium, and as a lecturer at Ouagadougou University ,Burkina Faso ,Vitoria University, Brazil and Fribourg University, Switzerland. She replaces Mr. Kishore Singh from India.
Yael Bendel
Yael Bendel is a lawyer, specialized in child protection policies. She has a Master´s Degree in Children and Adolescents Law from Universidad de Granada, Spain. She is currently the Head of the Tutelary Public Ministry of the Judicial Branch of the City of Buenos Aires. Previously she was National Secretary of Childhood, Adolescence and Family of Argentina, President of the Federal Council of Childhood, Adolescence and Family and President of the Council for Children and Adolescents of Buenos Aires City Government. She was recently appointed as Secretary for the Latin American Jewish Congress.
Lopa Banerjee
Lopa Banerjee is the Director of the Civil Society Division at UN Women. She leads UN-Women's strategic engagement and partnership development with civil society organizations to influence global action on gender equality, in particular related to standard setting, policy discussion and stakeholder accountability.
Lopa is also the Executive Coordinator of the Generation Equality Forum at UN Women, the global, multi-stakeholder partnership initiative launched to accelerate the achievement of gender equality commitments, on the occasion of the twenty fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action for gender equality.
Lopa has worked for well over 3 decades across Asia, Africa and the USA, on international development, advocacy and communication and partnership building. She has one daughter and lives in New York City.
Peter Campbell is an Australian singer/songwriter, graphic designer, glass artist and photographer.
For over 50 years his music has explored the deep matters of the human heart in a challenging world, the profound impact of increasing social dislocation, and the impact of a warming planet on the finely balanced and globally intertwined natural environments that sustain all life. Peter Campbell's songs are the bitter-sweet, even haunting, musings of a man who intuitively grasps something of the mysteries of faith and life, and of the confluence of the two, and who is able to capture those intuitions with permanent freshness in his lyrics. Peter has the thrilling knack of empathy that enables him to move inside people's states of mind so that he is not singing about them, but about himself as one of them – singing on behalf of them'. Owen Salter, On Being Magazine. With three albums to his credit, Peter's songs have touched many hearts. The second, 'Across the Border', was produced by Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul & Mary fame in the US. PP&M covered his song 'Wild Places' on their album 'Such is Love'. Peter and his wife Jan live in Australia's beautiful Southern Highlands.
www.petercampbell.com.au
Dr. Yael Danieli
Dr Yael Danieli, a clinical psychologist, victimologist, pioneer traumatologist: www.dryaeldanieli.com most recently founded the International Center for the Study, Treatment and Prevention of Multigenerational Legacies of Trauma: www.icmglt.org As Director of the Group Project for Holocaust Survivors and their Children, she has conducted extensive psychotherapeutic work with survivors and offspring on individual, family, group and community bases; studied in depth post-war responses and attitudes toward them, and the impact these and the Holocaust had on their lives. Published, awarded worldwide, on life-long and multigenerational post-trauma adaptation, optimal care and training for working with this and other massively traumatized victim/survivor populations, and on reparative justice. The Danieli Inventory for Multigenerational Legacies of Trauma allows scientifically valid assessment and comparative international study. Emerita Distinguished Professor of International Psychology at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, built the first PhD program in international psychology. Dr Danieli participated in creating all international instruments on behalf on victims' rights and optimal care and served as consultant/expert to the ICTY, ICTR and the ICC on victims and staff care. Consultant to South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Rwanda's government on reparations for victims, she worked in, inter alia, Northern Ireland and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2008 she was appointed Advisor on Victims of Terrorism for the office of the UN Secretary-General.
Nafissatou Jocelyne Diop
Nafissatou Jocelyne Diop is the Chief of the Gender and Human Rights Branch at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). In her role, she is promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women's and adolescent girls within UNFPA strategic plan to achieve three transformative goals: ending preventable maternal deaths; addressing the unmet need for family planning; and ending gender based violence and harmful practices. Nafissatou lead programs to change entrenched social norms on harmful practices. She brings more than 20 years of rewarding experience advocating for sexual and reproductive health, human rights and gender equality. Before joining UNFPA, Dr Diop was working for the Population Council conducting several operation research to test and evaluate programs addressing sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights. Dr Diop has directed and managed initiatives to improve community access to quality reproductive health, including Family Planning, Youth, Post Abortion Care, FGM and HIV/AIDS services in West Africa. Dr Diop, a Senegal national, has a Ph.D in demography from the University of Montreal, a Master in socioeconomics of development from the Hautes Ecoles en Sciences Sociales in Paris, and a master's in sociology from the University of Nanterre, Paris, France.
Chief Kikelomo (Kiki) Laniyonu Edwards
Chief Kikelomo (Kiki) Laniyonu Edwards is the founder and CEO of Dementia Care Society of Nigeria (DCSoN); the founder and Director of Rossetti Care Ltd, Nigeria; and has also established Dementia Friends Nigeria an Alzheimer's Society initiative, and DementiaNigeria.com to raise awareness, educate and support families of Nigerians living with dementia. Kiki Edwards has developed a network of Purple Angels and Dementia Champions to raise dementia awareness across Nigeria. She launched Purple Angel Dementia Awareness Nigeria in 2014 and Dementia Friends Nigeria in 2016. She has also educated communities on issues related to dementia; invited community members to participate in support groups, memory cafes, memory clinics, open days, and conferences.
Esuna Dugarova
Esuna Dugarova has over 10 years of experience in policy analysis and research on gender equality, social protection and poverty reduction globally and particularly in Asia and Eastern Europe. She has authored over 30 publications in international peer-reviewed journals and books. Prior to UNDP, Esuna worked at UNRISD, World Bank, European Commission and London School of Economics. She holds a PhD in Asian Studies from Cambridge University and speaks 7 languages. Originally, Esuna is from Buryatia, a region of indigenous people of the Mongolian origin in Siberia and home to the world's largest freshwater Lake Baikal.
Marina Fadeeva
Psychologist, trained in Existential Analysis, and human rights activist.
Work as psychologist LGBT-group "Stimul", providing consultations for LGBTQ+ people in in Moscow and Moscow region (Russia).
Dr Lesley Ann Foster
I am the ED of Masimanyane Womens Rights International based in South Africa. I am the chair of the Board of International Women's Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific. My expertise is in working on violence against women and girls. I was recently appointed to the South African President's Interim Committee on Gender Based Violence and Femicide.
Dr. Claudia Garcia-Moreno
Dr. Garcia-Moreno currently heads the unit on Addressing vulnerable populations in the Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research of the World Health Organization. She has over 30 years' experience in public health and global health policy, with a focus on women's health, sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS. Under her leadership WHO has produced numerous guidelines and tools on integrating gender equality and human rights in health, strengthening prevention and the health response to violence against women and the Global plan of action to strengthen the role of the health sector in addressing violence, in particular against women and girls and against children endorsed by the World Health Assembly in 2016. Her team also does research and provides support to countries to address violence against women. She is involved in initiatives on violence, is the founder of the Sexual Violence Research Initiative and Chair of 'What Works to prevent violence against women and girls?'. She is a physician from Mexico with an MSc in Community Medicine from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).
The Honorable Dennitah Ghati
Hon. Ghati is a Member of Parliament from Kenya and has served as the first woman representative for Migori County since 2013. She studied social work at Columbia University and after graduating in 2004, returned to Kenya and founded an NGO that helps victims of domestic and gender-based violence. Having worked as an advocate in civil society organizations, she continues to fight for the rights of women and persons with disabilities in her country.
Marcella Goheen
Marcella Goheen is a writer, solo theatre artist, producer and project manager. Ms. Goheen has spent the last 18 years working with tap legend Savion Glover as a writer, project manager, production manager, and tour manager through her boutique company Pure Projects, Inc. Tour management includes IF TRANE WUZ HERE, Classical Savion, Holiday Spectacular, StepZ, All Funkd' Up, Savion Glover Featuring Marcus Gilmore, OM, and Sole Sanctuary. She was also rehearsal associate for Mr. Glover during creation of the acclaimed Broadway show "Shuffle Along". Marcella has produced over 40 events in New York City (too many to name) for institutions such as NYU, Mount Sinai, The Public Theatre, Tribeca Film Festival, Montblanc North America and others. She has also worked with jazz luminaries such as Michelle Coltrane, Grammy Award Winning Marcus Gilmore, and Brandee Younger. Her most favorite thing is the creation of her Off-Broadway production of The Maria Project, which served families of domestic violence victims in New York City in partnership with the New York Justice Centers, and several city agencies such as Barrier Free Living, Center Against Domestic Violence and Sanctuary for Families. The Office of the Mayor (Bloomberg) proclaimed October 13, 2013, The Maria Project Day. Currently, Ms. Goheen is a committed caregiver for her beloved Bob, and a patient and caregiver advocate for long-term care during this very difficult time in history (www.essentialcarevisitor.com). Marcella is grateful to her Mom and Dad who taught her three things to practice all day long: say thank you upon awakening, help others all day long and be true to your word. Her other favorite thing is a New York bagel, Doritos, Corn Chips and coffee from a New York bodega in Washington Heights. She is supposed to be eating gluten-free.
Moe (MOHAMAD) Hamandi
Moe Hamandi is the first Lebanese member of Montreal Pride Board and Governor at Fondation Émergence. He holds a master's degree in economics from the Montreal University. His research focuses on the links between economics, development, socio-cultural identities, and religious beliefs. Activist of LGBTQI2S+ rights, he is recognized for his implication in the business world as well in the community Creators of several radio programs and podcasts on social medias, he officially launched the first LGBTQI2S+ chronicle addressing the issues of racialized people in Quebec during the pandemic. Moe is the author of several articles that addresses the importance of Pride, Coming Out, Motivation and Positivism. Initiator of the first Lebanese Canadian LGBTQI2S+ Panel in 2019, Moe is a creator of bridges between the different Lebanese, Middle Eastern and Canadian LGBTQI2S+ communities. His last trip to Lebanon after the explosion enabled him to understand the domestic violence that communities face every day. In addition, he works in business development, guest experience, and arts.
Dr. Lilla Hárdi
A medical doctor since 1981, psychiatrist, IPA member psychoanalyst and rehabilitation psychiatrist; chair and board member of the section of the World Psychiatric Association Section on Psychological Consequences of Torture and Persecution since 2008. I was the Ex-Com member of the International Rehabilitation Council of Torture Victims (IRCT) between 2010-2013, later a Council member; member of the IFEG (International Forensic Expert Group) of IRCT since 2010 publishing scientific statements against torture; and Chief Guest Editor of Newspaper Torture between 2015 and 2016. Awarded the Inge Genefke prize (for the rehabilitation of torture victims) in 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark, I am also one of the founders of the "Psychotrauma and migration section" in the Hungarian Association of Psychiatrists since 2018 and guest lecturer at the Pécs Medical University since 2019. I have been working as the medical director of Cordelia Foundation for the Rehabilitation of Torture Victims since 1996 Budapest, Hungary. I have personally examined survivors of torture, written reports, and treated and/or supervised their treatment.
Dr. Judith Herman
Judith Lewis Herman M.D. is Professor of Psychiatry (part time) at Harvard Medical School. For thirty years, until she retired, she was Director of Training at the Victims of Violence Program at The Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge, MA. Dr. Herman received her medical degree at Harvard Medical School and her training in general and community psychiatry at Boston University Medical Center. She is the author of two award-winning books: Father-Daughter Incest (Harvard University Press, 1981), and Trauma and Recovery (Basic Books, 1992). She has lectured widely on the subject of sexual and domestic violence. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 1996 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and the 2000 Woman in Science Award from the American Medical Women's Association. In 2007 she was named a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.
Dr. Christine Jack
Christine (Trimingham) Jack spent thirty five years lecturing and researching in the field of teacher education. She was Head of Primary Education at the University of Canberra and is currently attached to Charles Sturt University, Australia. She has been an advisor to government agencies on teacher education, a consultant to non-government organisations working with people with disability, conducted workshops for university academics on writing for publication, and taught communication skills to tertiary students, practising teachers and those working in the corporate world.
She is an educational historian with a reputation for offering new ways of researching. She is the author of Growing Good Catholic Girls: Education and Convent Life in Australia (MUP 2003) which explored the impact of gender, class and religion on the consciousness of students and teachers in a school setting. Her recent work is on boarding school trauma. She has written the first theorised account of a young girl being sent to board and the impact of that experience across adulthood: Recovering Boarding School Trauma Narratives: Christopher Robin Milne as a psychological companion on the journey to healing (Routledge 2020). She is currently working to establish support networks for boarding school survivors in Australia.
Miwa Kato
Miwa Kato currently serves as Director, Division for Operations at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna. She oversees field-based technical assistance carried out by 1,800 personnel working across the globe, supporting the Member States and actors deal with the challenges of rule of law, criminality and justice. Miwa is also focused on strategically adapting UNODC's field work to a more holistic, integrated and impact-oriented delivery of the UN. Prior to this, she served as Regional Director for Asia Pacific of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN WOMEN) in Bangkok, preceded by an assignment as Country Director for Egypt. She served with UNODC from 2003 to 2015, in several positions in the Regional Section for South Asia, East Asia and the Pacific in HQ and in Kabul. Before joining the United Nations, she served with the Japanese foreign service in New York and Vienna, as well as with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague. She holds a Master's and a Bachelor's degree in International Politics from Sophia University in Tokyo and has earned a Ph.D. in Political Sciences from the University of Vienna.
MA, MBA, Board Member, Executive Director Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN), First Executive Director of the Trust Fund For Victims, Oxford, Oxfordshire United Kingdom.
Minou Tavarez Mirabal
Minou Tavarez Mirabal Former Presidential Candidate; former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, former parliamentarian and former President, Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) (Dominican Republic).
Ms. Tavarez is a human rights activist and politician from the Dominican Republic who was Vice-chancellor from 1996 to 2000 and subsequently served as a Member of Parliament and Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Chamber of Deputies. As Former President of Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA), she has recently been elected as Board Member of the Trust Fund for Victims at the International Criminal Court.
Dr. Najat Maalla M'jid
Dr. M'jid, a medical doctor in paediatrics, has over the last three decades devoted her life to the promotion and protection of children's rights. She was Head of the Paediatric Department and Director of the Hay Hassani Mother-Child hospital in Casablanca.
Dr. M'jid was a member of the Moroccan National Council on Human Rights and founder of the non-governmental organisation Bayti, the first programme addressing the situation of children living and working in the streets of Morocco.
From 2008 to 2014, she served as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography. Dr. M'jid also worked as an Expert-Consultant for national and international projects, strategies and policies relating to child rights' promotion and protection. She has vast experience in the development of national policies on the protection of the child, and has worked with several governments, non-governmental and inter-governmental organisations.
Dr. M'jid holds a Doctorate in general medicine from the University of Rabat, a specialization in paediatrics and neonatology from the University of Bordeaux II and a Master of Human Rights from the Human Rights Institute, Geneva.
https://violenceagainstchildren.un.org
Edward Mortimer
Edward was a journalist on The Times (1967-85) and the Financial Times (1987-98). He served as Chief Speechwriter and Director of Communications to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan (1998-2006), and as Chief Programme Officer of the Salzburg Global Seminar (2007-2011). He is now a Distinguished Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. His writings include Faith and Power: the Politics of Islam (1982), The Rise of the French Communist Party (1984), The World That FDR Built (1989) and (with Timothy Garton Ash and Kerem Öktem) Freedom in Diversity (2013). He also co-edited Euro-Communism, Myth or Reality? (1979) and People, Nation & State: the Meaning of Ethnicity & Nationalism (1999).
Leslye Orloff
Leslye Orloff is Adjunct Professor and Director of the National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project (NIWAP) American University Washington College of Law which provides national technical assistance and training on legal protections for immigrant victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, and human trafficking. Ms. Orloff's 38-year career includes leading drafting and implementation of VAWA self-petitioning, U/T visa immigration relief, public benefits access, legal services and family law protections for immigrant victims of domestic violence, child abuse, sexual assault, stalking and human trafficking. NIWAP provides national technical assistance, training and bench-books and law and social science journal articles for judges, attorneys, law enforcement, and prosecutors on legal rights and service available to help immigrant victims and children.
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Hon. Kasthuri Patto
Hon. Patto is a Malaysian MP from the Democratic Action Party, representing the Batu Kawan Constituency in Penang since 2013. She is also a board member of Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA). Microbiologist by profession, Hon. Patto avidly advocates for women's rights, especially the impact of small and light weapons on women and children as well as the need to end early, child and forced marriage, among other important causes.
Casey Pick
Casey Pick is the Senior Fellow for Advocacy and Government Affairs for The Trevor Project, the world's largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ young people. She works to advance state and federal policies that support LGBTQ youth in crisis, educating policymakers and the public about LGBTQ youth/mental health issues. She also writes and coordinates amicus briefs, collaborates with state and local advocates, and testifies in support of legislation to protect LGBTQ youth.
Casey's work has been featured in The Advocate, US News & World Report, The New York Times, NPR, and MSNBC. Casey holds a bachelor's degree in Government from Claremont McKenna College and a juris doctorate from the UCLA School of Law, and in 2019 was named one of the National LGBTQ Bar Association's "40 Best LGBTQ Lawyers Under 40."
Prof. Gerard Quinn
Prof. Gerard Quinn was appointed the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by the Human Rights Council in October 2020.
He holds two research chairs at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute on Human Rights in the University of Lund (Sweden) and Leeds University (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland). He previously held a chair at the National University of Ireland where he founded and directed the Centre on Disability Law & Policy. In Ireland, he served as a member of the Irish Commission on the Status of People with Disabilities, Ireland Human Rights Commission, and on the Council of State.
Mr. Quinn was the lead 'focal point' for the global network of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) during the negotiations leading to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and was head of delegation for Rehabilitation International during the UN Working Group (2004).
For more information visit https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Disability/SRDisabilities/Pages/SRDisabilitiesIndex.aspx
Balakrishnan Rajagopal
Mr. Balakrishnan Rajagopal is the UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context. Rajagopal took up his mandate in May 2020. He is a Professor of Law and Development at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). A lawyer by training, Rajagopal is an expert on many areas of human rights, including economic, social and cultural rights, the UN system, and the human rights challenges posed by development activities. His first report to the UN General Assembly (UN Doc. A/75/148) focused on the impacts of COVID-19 on the right to adequate housing and the way forward.
Sanjana Rane
Sanjana helps lead the COVID-19 Taskforce on Domestic Violence, which is a diverse group consisting of over 80 students and recent graduates passionate about preventing this crisis at all costs. The Taskforce works with leading experts across a range of fields, from Medicine to Criminology, to promote an interdisciplinary approach to addressing domestic violence and home safety during COVID-19. Sanjana recently graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Global Health and Health Policy and is now a first-year medical student at Harvard Medical School.
Nazeeha Saeed
Bahraini journalist with more than 20 years experience in print, TV and radio media outlets. MENA coordinator in OutRight Action international. Safety and diversity trainer.
Riitta Särkelä
Riitta Särkelä, Ph.D., Secretary general, Federation of Mother and Child Homes and Shelters, Earlier vice president of European Antipoverty Network. Member of Zonta International e-club Finland.
Rabbi Arthur Schneier
Senior Rabbi, Park East Synagogue
Founder and President, Appeal of Conscience Foundation
Rabbi Arthur Schneier has been a Senior Rabbi at Park East Synagogue since 1962 and Founder and President of Appeal of Conscience Foundation since 1965. He is the recipient of the Presidential Citizens Medal by President Clinton for "his service as an international envoy for four administrations and as a Holocaust survivor, devoting a lifetime to overcoming forces of hatred and intolerance" for "…his ecumenical work in favor of mutual understanding, tolerance and peace." Pope Francis conferred him the rare Papal Knighthood of St. Sylvester for "his unceasing work to promote peace and mutual understanding." On his 90th Birthday world political and religious leaders hailed him for his lifetime leadership in human rights and interreligious dialogue. Honored by UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres and United Nations Alliance of Civilizations in which he is a Founder and Ambassador "For decades promoting inter-faith understanding and peaceful coexistence." U.S. Alternate Representative to the U.N. General Assembly and Chairman, U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad. Born in Vienna, Austria, married to Elisabeth Nordmann Schneier.
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The Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC
Patricia Scotland was born in the Commonwealth of Dominica. She is the tenth of twelve children and grew up in London. She completed her LLB (Hons) London University at the age of twenty and was called to the Bar at Middle Temple at the age of twenty-one. Her career has been marked by achieving a number of extraordinary firsts, not least of which was to be the first woman in the more than 700-year history of the office to serve as Her Majesty's Attorney-General for England and Wales and for Northern Ireland. While holding these and other senior ministerial office she was given responsibility, inter alia, for gender equality, domestic violence, forced marriage, and international child abduction, and from these positions promoted diversity and equality of opportunity, particularly for women and girls. As the only woman to have been appointed Secretary-General of Commonwealth she is placing special emphasis on mobilising the 54 nations of the Commonwealth to tackle climate change – including its disproportionate impact on women – and, through women's enterprise, to build the resilience of smaller or more vulnerable countries. Eliminating domestic violence and violence against women and girls is another area of focus.
Tamar Shwartz
In the early stage of her professional career, Tamar served a social worker in hostels for people with disabilities. Later on, following a professional turn, Tamar served for 10 years as an Organizational Consultant and HR Officer in the IDF's leadership development school. When she completed her time at the Army, Tamar was appointed CEO of Mesila, Tel Aviv's Special Unit for Refugees and Migrant Workers. Tamar served as CEO for eight years, during which she worked to change perceptions regarding the Refugees and Migrant Workers community, while implementing new procedures on local and national levels to benefit the community and award them with better services. Over the years, Tamar has won several prestigious awards for her unique work – IDF's Education Corp Award, Joint-Ashalim Award, Keren Shalem Award and the Presidential Award for human trafficking fighters. Following her time in Mesila, Tamar was a fellow in the Mandel Leadership Institute where she developed a unique intervention model of Boarding School Rehabilitation for Parents and Children. Tamar holds a BA in Social Work from Ben Gurion University and a MA in Interdisciplinary Art Therapy with specialty in Holistic Health from Leslie College (graduated Magna Cum Laude).
Fred Sullivan
Fred Sullivan is a co-founder of the Man Up Campaign. He became the Executive Director in 2015. With a mission to engage youth in ending gender-based violence. A 30-year member of SGI-USA., and on the board of AISP. He consults on social and entrepreneurial ventures with Venture Acceleration.
As an active mentor of youth locally and around and parent of a daughter, he is always learning and growing himself and feels that is a critical insight to bring into developing strategy and policy for the Man Up Campaign. He believes that engaging youth leadership in gender-equality a developing healthy masculinities and femininities as a basis for ending gender-based violence will be the most important factor in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals which most of the nation of the world are striving to realize by 2030. Man Up Campaign's network of youth leaders and organizations are working internationally to develop communities and cultures of peace. He is personally engaged in his own lifelong mission using Gender SMART (Sports, Music, Art, Reflection, and Technology) as a life-long champion's journey to create equality, inclusiveness, and opportunity as a means of ending gender-based violence.
Ekaterina Svetashkova
Monitoring coordinator, LGBT Group Stimul.
Richard Towle
Richard Towle is the Deputy Director of UNHCR New York Office, having previously served as the UNHCR Representative in Malaysia and Regional Representative for Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific. He is a New Zealander who joined UNHCR in Hong Kong in the early 1990s, working in a variety of capacities dealing with the Vietnamese boat people, then moved to the London office of UNHCR. He has since held various senior legal and policy roles, including in the Department of International Protection at UNHCR headquarters in Geneva and has been involved in the UNHCR development of polities and operations relating to human rights, internally displaced persons, and asylum-migration issues.
His other UN experience includes a role as Chief of Mission for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Belgrade, former Yugoslavia, from 2001-2003. Towle was also a Member of the New Zealand Refugee Status Appeal Authority during a temporary absence from UNHCR from 2005 – 2006. Prior to joining the UN, he was a Deputy Chair of the Hong Kong Refugee Status Review Board, after working as a partner in a New Zealand law firm specializing in refugee and human rights issues.
Kristen Timothy
Kristen Timothy made her career at the United Nations from 1970-1999.She served as Deputy Director of the UN Division for the Advancement of women from 1993-1999. In her capacity as UN Coordinator for the UN World Conference on Women held in Beijing, China in 1995 she promoted access by civil society to the official deliberations and the use of new technologies like the internet to enable women around the world to follow the conference "without leaving home".Her career at the UN included work with the Commission for Social Development, the Commission on the Status of Women and the Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women, as well as the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council. She has an MA in African Studies from Makerere University and an MA from the Kennedy School at Harvard
Dr. Liv Tørres
Liv Tørres is the director of the Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies, hosted by the Center on International Cooperation at New York University. Ms. Tørres has worked on international humanitarian, peace, and development issues for three decades. Before joining the Pathfinders, she was the Executive Director of the Nobel Peace Center. Previously, she served as the Secretary General of Norwegian People's Aid. She is an expert on labour, development and democratization issues. She has worked as a political advisor for Norway's Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion, as the manager of the first National Labour Force Survey in South Africa, and has written on these issues for several publications. She was a member of the Norwegian Labour Party´s International Committee for nearly 10 years. Ms. Tørres holds a PhD in political science from the University of Oslo. Her academic background includes positions such as Senior Advisor at the Research Council of Norway, and Associate Professor at the University of Oslo. In the 1990s, she established and managed Fafo South Africa, an international policy research center. She also served as Research Director of the Institute for Applied Social Sciences, Fafo Norway. Since 2017, she has served as a visiting professor at Wits University in Johannesburg.
Cornelius Williams
Cornelius Williams is Associate Director and Global Chief of Child Protection for UNICEF's Programme Division.
For over 30 years, Cornelius has managed child protection programmes with UNICEF and Save the Children. He has been involved in advocacy that led to improved protection of children from sexual exploitation and abuse in humanitarian settings, reduced recruitment and use of children by armed forces and increased access of children to identity documents/birth certificate and social assistance. Cornelius represents UNICEF on the Advisory Boards of the WePROTECT Global Alliance to End Child Sexual Exploitation Online, ID4Africa, CPC Learning Network and Changing the Way We Care.
Mr. Williams is a national of Sierra Leone and holds a Masters from the University of East Anglia, UK.
Jessica Zimerman
Jessica Zimerman is a Project Specialist with UNDP's Gender Team where she provides technical and operational guidance to the "Ending Gender-based Violence and Achieving the SDGs" global project (with pilot initiatives in Bhutan, Indonesia, Iraq, Lebanon, Moldova, Peru and Uganda).
Before joining UNDP HQ in 2017, she worked for UN entities and INGOs on gender transformative peacebuilding and violence prevention programming.
Yael Bendel es abogada, especializada en políticas de protección de infancia. Tiene un Master Internacional en Derecho de la Infancia y Adolescencia de la Universidad de Granada, España. Actualmente se desempeña como Asesora General Tutelar del Ministerio Público Tutelar, organismo del Poder Judicial de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Anteriormente fue Secretaria Nacional de Niñez, Adolescencia y Familia, Presidenta del Consejo Federal de Niñez, Adolescencia y Familia y Presidenta del Consejo de Derechos de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes del Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Recientemente ha sido nombrada Secretaria del Congreso Judío Latinoamericano.
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var fs = require("fs");
var path = require("path");
var SourceListMap = require("../").SourceListMap;
var fromStringWithSourceMap = require("../").fromStringWithSourceMap;

describe("fromStringWithSourceMap", function() {
	fs.readdirSync(path.resolve(__dirname, "fixtures/from-to-tests")).filter(function(name) {
		return /\.input\.map$/.test(name);
	}).forEach(function(name) {
		it("should parse and generate " + name, function() {
			var MAP = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, "fixtures/from-to-tests/" + name), "utf-8"));
			var GENERATED_CODE = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, "fixtures/from-to-tests/" + MAP.file), "utf-8");
			var EXPECTED_MAP = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, "fixtures/from-to-tests/" +
				name.replace(/\.input\.map$/, ".expected.map")), "utf-8"));
			var slm = fromStringWithSourceMap(GENERATED_CODE, MAP);
			var result = slm.toStringWithSourceMap({
				file: MAP.file
			});
			if(result.map.mappings !== EXPECTED_MAP.mappings) {
				fs.writeFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, "fixtures/from-to-tests/" +
				name.replace(/\.input\.map$/, ".output.map")), JSON.stringify(result.map, null, 2), "utf-8");
			}
			JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(result.map)).should.be.eql(EXPECTED_MAP);
			if(result.source !== GENERATED_CODE) {
				fs.writeFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, "fixtures/from-to-tests/" +
				path.basename(MAP.file, path.extname(MAP.file)) + ".output" + path.extname(MAP.file)), result.source, "utf-8");
			}
			result.source.should.be.eql(GENERATED_CODE);

			slm = fromStringWithSourceMap(GENERATED_CODE, EXPECTED_MAP);
			result = slm.toStringWithSourceMap({
				file: MAP.file
			});
			result.source.should.be.eql(GENERATED_CODE);
			JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(result.map)).should.be.eql(EXPECTED_MAP);
		});

	});
});

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Flour Mills partners SFH to combat HIV/AIDS
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FlourMills of Nigeria Plc (FMN), in collaboration with Society for Family Health (SFH), have stressed the need for Nigerians to fight against HIV/AIDS.
They urged Nigerians to know their status, because people need responsible living to combat the disease.
The partnership was unveiled in Lagos at the weekend, as employees of both organisations embarked on a rally to commemorate the World's Aids Day in Lagos.
The forum was aimed at sensitising and counseling HIV positive patients, while teaching others how to prevent AIDS.
Speaking at the event, Group Managing Director, Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc, Paul Gbededo, said this year's theme: 'Know your status,' is quite appropriate, considering the current state of the epidemic in Nigeria.
Gbededo said it had been proven that early screening is still perhaps the most effective option for prevention.
Stressing the need for people to know their status, he said the percentage of the population that is unaware of their HIV status is responsible for about 50 to 70 per cent of the new HIV infections cases that are recorded.
He said: "Last year, we provided several voluntary counseling and testing centres across all our facilities to ensure that all our employees have access to HIV screening. This year we are going to do even more, as we partner the society for family health."
He explained that there would be volunteer testers and trained specialist on ground to provide support and counselling as necessary.
"Our workplace policy on non-discrimination ensures that our employees do not suffer any stigmatisation, but instead get the right kind of support and access to good health care," he said.
Regional Manger, Society for Family Health, Southwest, Mrs. Adewoyin Funke said disclosed that the world Aids day is to make people to be aware of the HIV/AIDS virus and what they need to do to prevent it.
According to her, before now, HIV was a hidden thing, but it has become a household disease through awareness creation.
She said the attention is actually shifting from knowing about its existence to going for a test.
She lauded FMN initiative, stating that the foundation is not just looking into HIV, but syndrome's management of all sexually transmitted infections (STI).
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Costing can seem like a cinderella method in the health economist's toolkit. If you're working on an economic evaluation, estimating resource use and costs can be tedious. That is perhaps why costing methodology has been relatively neglected in the literature compared to health state valuation (for example). This paper tries to redress the balance slightly by providing an overview of the main issues in costing, explaining why they're important, so that we can do a better job. The issues are more complex than many assume.
Supported by a formidable reference list (n=120), the authors tackle 9 issues relating to costing: i) costs vs resource use; ii) trial-based vs model-based evaluations; iii) costing perspectives; iv) data sources; v) statistical methods; vi) baseline adjustments; vii) missing data; viii) uncertainty; and ix) discounting, inflation, and currency. It's a big paper with a lot to say, so it isn't easily summarised. Its role is as a reference point for us to turn to when we need it. There's a stack of papers and other resources cited in here that I wasn't aware of. The paper itself doesn't get technical, leaving that to the papers cited therein. But the authors provide a good discussion of the questions that ought to be addressed by somebody designing a study, relating to data collection and analysis.
The paper closes with some recommendations. The main one is that people conducting cost-effectiveness analysis should think harder about why they're making particular methodological choices. The point is also made that new developments could change the way we collect and analyse cost data. For example, the growing use of observational data demands that greater consideration be given to unobserved confounding. Costing methods are important and interesting!
Wherever feasible, decision models should be published open-source, so that they can be reviewed, reused, recycled, or, perhaps, rejected. But open-source models are still a rare sight. Here, we have one for rheumatoid arthritis. But the paper isn't really about the model. After all, the model and supporting documentation are already available online. Rather, the paper describes the reasoning behind publishing a model open-source, and the process for doing so in this case.
This is the first model released as part of the Open Source Value Project, which tries to convince decision-makers that cost-effectiveness models are worth paying attention to. That is, it's aimed at the US market, where models are largely ignored. The authors argue that models need to be flexible to be valuable into the future and that, to achieve this, four steps should be followed in the development: 1) release the initial model, 2) invite feedback, 3) convene an expert panel to determine actions in light of the feedback, and 4) revise the model. Then, repeat as necessary. Alongside this, people with the requisite technical skills (i.e. knowing how to use R, C++, and GitHub) can proffer changes to the model whenever they like. This paper was written after step 3 had been completed, and the authors report receiving 159 comments on their model.
The model itself (which you can have a play with here) is an individual patient simulation, which is set-up to evaluate a variety of treatment scenarios. It estimates costs and (mapped) QALYs and can be used to conduct cost-effectiveness analysis or multi-criteria decision analysis. The model was designed to be able to run 32 different model structures based on different assumptions about treatment pathways and outcomes, meaning that the authors could evaluate structural uncertainties (which is a rare feat). A variety of approaches were used to validate the model.
The authors identify several challenges that they experienced in the process, including difficulties in communication between stakeholders and the large amount of time needed to develop, test, and describe a model of this sophistication. I would imagine that, compared with most decision models, the amount of work underlying this paper is staggering. Whether or not that work is worthwhile depends on whether researchers and policymakers make us of the model. The authors have made it as easy as possible for stakeholders to engage with and build on their work, so they should be hopeful that it will bear fruit.
The EQ-5D-Y has been a slow burner. It's been around 10 years since it first came on the scene, but we've been without a value set and – with the introduction of the EQ-5D-5L – the questionnaire has lost some comparability with its adult equivalent. But the EQ-5D-Y has almost caught-up, and this study describes part of how that's been achieved.
The reason to develop a 5L version for the EQ-5D-Y is the same as for the adult version – to reduce ceiling effects and improve sensitivity. A selection of possible descriptors was identified through a review of the literature. Focus groups were conducted with children between 8 and 15 years of age in Germany, Spain, Sweden, and the UK in order to identify labels that can be understood by young people. Specifically, the researchers wanted to know the words used by children and adolescents to describe the quantity or intensity of health problems. Participants ranked the labels according to severity and specified which labels they didn't like. Transcripts were analysed using thematic content analysis. Next, individual interviews were conducted with 255 participants across the four countries, which involved sorting and response scaling tasks. Younger children used a smiley scale. At this stage, both 4L and 5L versions were being considered. In a second phase of the research, cognitive interviews were used to test for comprehensibility and feasibility.
A 5-level version was preferred by most, and 5L labels were identified in each language. The English version used terms like 'a little bit', 'a lot', and 'really'. There's plenty more research to be done on the EQ-5D-Y-5L, including psychometric testing, but I'd expect it to be coming to studies near you very soon. One of the key takeaways from this study, and something that I've been seeing more in research in recent years, is that kids are smart. The authors make this point clear, particulary with respect to the response scaling tasks that were conducted with children as young as 8. Decision-making criteria and frameworks that relate to children should be based on children's preferences and ideas.


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Your One Stop Shop for Mental Health Help
(Most of the information below has been copied from various pages on the DVA website, and has been collated here and prioritised for ease of access and understanding. Please share this link with anyone who may require quick and easy access to Australian Mental Health Reference Material.)
Who do I contact if I, or someone I know, needs help now?
If you need immediate emergency assistance:
For immediate counselling, advice and support
Open Arms — Veterans & Families Counselling (24/7): 1800 011 046
Lifeline (24/7): 13 11 14 , or text 0477 13 11 14 between 6pm and midnight, 7 days a week
Suicide Call Back Service (24/7): 1300 659 467
Contact your GP or a mental health professional to discuss longer-term support options.
Veteran Access to mental health treatment
Anvil have written an article on this, found here: https://anviltd.com/blogs/news/before-its-too-late-accessing-mental-health-support-as-an-adf-veteran
Current and former Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel, including some Reservists without continuous full-time service, can access treatment for any mental health condition through DVA's Non-Liability Health Care program.
Check your eligibility.
Open Arms — Veterans & Families Counselling
All veterans with at least one day continuous full time service (CFTS) and their immediate family members are entitled to free confidential mental health support services for life through Open Arms — Veterans & Families Counselling.
For help, information or to check eligibility for the Open Arms — Veterans & Families Counselling contact them on 1800 011 046 or visit Open Arms — Veterans & Families Counselling.
For additional information, go to:
Veteran Mental and Social Health Strategies
Factsheet — HSV99 — Mental Health Support
Start the Journey Back to Good Mental Health video
Mental Health private hospitals
Swiss 8 Mobile App - Available Now
(Anvil Note: Not DVA Affiliated)
https://swiss8.org/
Swiss 8 have built a digital program that teaches veterans and civilians alike, how to implement 8 core principles of health and lifestyle. This research based app is designed to reduce anxiety and help you & your workforce, get motivated and be better at life. Swiss 8 is run by Australian Veterans, and is a non-profit organisation.
The Swiss 8 App is downloadable from the iOS App Store and Android Google Play.
High Res mobile app and website
High Res is a new suite of resources to support the mental health and wellbeing of serving and ex-serving ADF members and their families.
The High Res website and companion app offers interactive tools and self-help resources to help users cope better with stress, build resilience and bounce back from tough situations. The website also provides a personal 'dashboard' where users can develop a resilience plan, set goals and track their progress.
The High Res website is available on DVA's AT-Ease mental health portal.
The High Res app is free from the iOS App Store and Android Google Play.
Operation Life—Keep Calm, Stay Safe
The new Operation Life mobile application (app) is designed to help those at risk deal with suicidal thoughts and is recommended to be used with the support of a clinician. The app provides on-the-go access to emergency and professional support and self-help tools to help users regain control, keep calm and take action to stay safe. The app also contains web links to online resources, including information on suicide awareness, prevention training and counselling.
The app is available free from the App Store or Google Play.
Note: some features of this app may not be accessible on earlier model iOS and Android phones.
For more information about suicide awareness and prevention see the Operation Life Online website.
Mates 4 Mates
https://mates4mates.org/contact-us/
Mates4Mates provides evidence-based individual and group therapy services to our Mates and their immediate family members, delivered by qualified professionals.
Non-VES Specific Mental Health Contact Numbers
Mental Health Emergency Response Line
1300 555 788 (Metro) or 1800 676 822 (Peel)
Rurallink
13 11 14, or text 0477 13 11 14 between 6pm and midnight, 7 days a week
beyondblue
Suicide Call Back Service*
Men's Line Australia*
Kids Helpline*
1800 551 800 (5 to 25 year olds) or 1800 654 432 (parents)
Youthbeyondblue
1300 224 636 (12-25 year olds)
Alcohol and Drug Support Line
08 9442 5000 or 1800 198 024 (Country Toll Free)
VES Specific Help-Line
1800 011 046.
Veteran suicide prevention – DVA information, support and research
Facts about suicide in Australia
Data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that suicide is the leading cause of death in people aged 15 to 44. In Australia, there were 2,864 deaths from intentional self-harm in 2014, resulting in a ranking as the 13th leading cause of all deaths. Approximately three quarters (75.4 per cent) of people who died by suicide were male, making suicide the 10th leading cause of death for males.
Any suicide is tragic — as a community there are actions we can take to minimise the likelihood of death by suicide.
DVA provides suicide awareness and prevention support for current and ex-serving ADF personnel and their families who are experiencing or have been affected by the thoughts or actions of suicide.
DVA support
DVA provides suicide awareness and prevention support for current and ex-serving ADF personnel and their families who are experiencing or have been affected by the thoughts or actions of suicide. DVA's comprehensive suicide awareness and prevention strategy is known as Operation Life.
Operation Life workshops are run Australia-wide by Open Arms – Veterans & Families Counselling. These workshops equip you with the skills and confidence to identify the signs of suicide, start the conversation about suicide, and link into appropriate help. By learning these skills you may help to reduce the risk of suicide in your community.The workshops are available free to anyone in the ex-service community. You do not have to be eligible for Open Arms services to attend Operation Life workshops. To register your interest, call 1800 011 046 in business hours or visit Open Arms.
The Operation Life Online website is designed to help you understand the warning signs of suicide and provides information and resources to help you keep calm and take action to stay safe, advice on how to offer help to someone else and stories from those touched by suicide. Information and support options are also available on the site if you have been affected by suicide.
The Operation Life mobile app is designed to help those at risk deal with suicidal thoughts and is recommended to be used with the support of a clinician. The app provides on-the-go access to emergency and professional support and self-help tools to help you regain control, keep calm and take action to stay safe. The app also contains web links to online resources, including information on suicide awareness, prevention training and counselling. The app is available free from the App Store or Google Play.
Support is also available 24/7 through Open Arms on 1800 011 046. Open Arms provides free confidential counselling to members of the veteran and ex-service community who need support.
Additionally, DVA can provide access to clinical services and also has the High Res website and app to support the mental health and wellbeing of serving and ex-serving ADF members and their families.
For additional information on DVA's and Open Arms's range of mental health services and support go to:
AT-Ease
DVA's mental health information.
Serving and ex-serving personnel and families
AT-Ease is DVA's portal to online mental health information. It provides self-help tools and information to support mental health and wellbeing and is a gateway to websites and free mobile apps about stress, PTSD, alcohol management, resilience and suicide awareness and prevention. The portal also links to a wide range of mental health resources for health professionals and GPs for effective assessment and evidence-based treatment of veterans.
PTSD Group Programs
DVA provides group treatment programs for PTSD in hospitals across Australia. These programs treat current as well as former serving members of the Australian Defence Force and veterans. To find out more information about these programs you can contact the hospitals directly and speak to the PTSD program coordinators. A list of the programs and relevant contact details are available under "PTSD Group Programs" on AT-Ease.
The Right Mix
The new look The Right Mix website includes self-help tools, useful strategies and motivational goals to help users learn about how to achieve a healthy balance between alcohol consumption, diet and exercise. The new interactive tools can help you:
learn about possible health effects from alcohol consumption
identify your drinking levels
commit to an action plan and set goals to reduce drinking
track drinks collected through the ON TRACK with The Right Mix mobile app.
The companion ON TRACK with The Right Mix app is free from the App Store and Google Play.
Mental Health practitioners can access information on providing services to the ex-service community, resources and professional development via the AT-Ease Professional website.
The Government has released a detailed analysis on the incidence of suicide among serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel from 2001–2015.
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) study, Incidence of suicide in ex-serving ADF personnel 2001-2015, uses data from the Department of Defence Personnel Management Key System, which contains information on all people who serve or have served in the ADF from 1 January 2001, and the National Death Index (NDI). The NDI is a Commonwealth database that contains records of deaths registered in Australia since 1980. Data comes from Registrars of Births, Deaths and Marriages in each jurisdiction, the National Coronial Information System and the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The detailed analysis builds on a summary report released in June 2017 and largely supports earlier findings that ex-serving men aged 18 to 29 are at a higher risk of suicide when compared to Australian men of the same age. When age and all other factors are controlled for, medical discharge and discharge in ranks other than commissioned officers are associated with higher suicide risk among ex-serving men.
The report can be found at AIHW. The Government will continue to maintain a record of ex-serving ADF member suicide deaths and will annually update incidence rates of suicide among serving and ex-serving ADF members as new cause of death data becomes available.
Transition and Wellbeing Research Programme
The Transition and Wellbeing Research Programme is the most comprehensive study undertaken in Australia that examines the impact of military service on the mental, physical and social health of:
serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force (ADF) members including those who have been deployed in contemporary conflicts, and
their families.
For further information visit the Transition and Wellbeing Research Programme.
Literature Review of Suicidal Behaviour and Ideation in Military Personnel
DVA commissioned the Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention at Griffith University, to conduct a literature review examining suicide among veterans in both Australia and internationally.
The aim of this literature review is to provide a national and international comparison point for suicidal behaviour and ideation among Australian military personnel, as well identifying any emerging risk and protective factors.
The review highlighted the limitations applying international research on suicidal behaviour in foreign serving and ex-serving personnel in the Australian context. It also highlighted the need for continued research into suicide prevalence and risk in Australian ex-serving personnel.
Suicidal behaviour and ideation among military personnel: Australian and international trends — literature review
Prime Ministerial Advisory Council on Veterans' Mental Health
For information on the Prime Ministerial Advisory Council on Veterans' Mental Health visit the Council's website.
Anvil Note
We are always looking to improve our resources, and are looking to provide help to not only Veterans but the Emergency Services community as well. Although some of the information above does apply to Police, Fire, and Medical Emergency Services, we are looking to add specific information for services relating to them as well. If you have any information or resources that you think we should add, please send them to admin@anviltd.com to be vetted and added to this resource page.


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Designed and built by a local architect, this SeaWatch home is available at a fraction of its construction cost. With over 3000 square feet of custom features including hickory floors, 12 foot ceilings and a brick wood burning fireplace. A massive custom designed kitchen with stainless appliances, double ovens and a beverage cooler. With the Master Suite on the main living level, appointed with a tasteful garden tub and a roomy walk-in shower, large walk-in closet equipped with closet organizers. Also on the main level is a 12x12' office, perfect for an in-home business, studio or craft room. A very warm Great Room that is naturally lit with Eagle windows and doors. Upper level has an impressive balcony walkway, adding particular drama to the large foyer and entry area of the home. Three roomy upstairs bedroom with oversized closets and two additional bathrooms, plenty of room for the largest of gatherings. Let's not forget about the brightly lit formal dining room with plenty of room for the largest of furnishings. The outdoor environment is equally as tasteful, with a massive screened porch and deck, ideal for the hot tub and outdoor gatherings. A large detached two car garage on a very private, serene and wooded landscape on a .47 acre lot. This will be an attorney assisted short sale, making a great opportunity in the SeaWatch community!


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Currency Facts
ISO 4217 Code USD
Symbol $, US $
Region Northern America
Central Bank Federal Reserve System
Website of the Central Bank www.federalreserve.gov
Sub Unit 1 USD = 100 cents
Minor Units
1/10 Dime
1/100 Cent
1/1000 Mill
Inflation 2.13% (May 2014)
Source of Inflation inflationdata.com
Printer of the USD Banknotes Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Producer of USD Coins (Mint) United States Mint
The official currency used in the United States of America is the United States Dollar, with its characteristic symbol $.
Subdivision of USD
The U.S. dollar is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies, although a further division of 1,000 mills to a dollar still exists. This division is usually used for tax purposes and cannot be encountered in everyday transactions.
1 US Dollar = 100 cents
1 US Dollar = 1000 mills
Countries using USD
Countries that have declared their independence from the U.S. administration, such as Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands, chose to keep the dollar as their official currency. Bermuda Islands and Panama, along with several other states, allow their citizens to exchange local currency for the U.S. dollar at a ratio of 1:1. Independent countries, Ecuador, El Salvador and East Timor, have all officially declared the U.S. dollar as their official currency. U.S. territories American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Island, also use the U.S. dollar as their official currency.
The 11 offical US Dollar users:
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Global Exchange of U.S. Dollar
U.S. Dollar the most dominant currency in the entire world, being used not only as the official currency in the USA, but also in several other countries, as well as a currency used in most international transactions. Furthermore, the U.S. dollar is the most widespread reserve currency.
The Use of Dollar outside the US
Most of the US Dollar notes are located outside the United States of America. There are several factors contributing to this state.
The fact that the U.S. dollar is adopted as a standard currency in the commodity markets (mostly for gold and oil),
Being the most widespread federal reserve currency, significantly increases the number of dollar notes in circulation.
A considerable number of countries have adopted the U.S. dollar as their official currency.
History and Introduction of the U.S. Dollar
1785 The roots of the US dollar can be traced back to 1785, when it was first adopted as the official currency of the United States.
1792 It was followed by the Coinage Act of 1792, responsible for setting up the federal monetary system, which also established the denominations for coins through their value in gold, silver and copper.
1861 The first $10 Demand bills were printed in 1861, and featured American President Abraham Lincoln, and were commonly known as "greenbacks", due to their unique color.
1806 The bimetallic standard, used for expression of value in terms of silver and gold, was used by the US for years, right up until 1806, when silver coins were suspended from circulation entirely. This opened up the opportunity for the adoption of the gold standard, which basically meant that any printed money had its equivalent in gold. The model accepted by the majority of the countries was the Bretton Woods system, which was an exchange system that set up the rates of exchange in terms of gold. Seeing as most of the world's gold was located in the US, most of the countries just tied the value of their currency to the US dollar, which effectively turned it into the de facto currency of the world.
U.S. Dollar Banknotes and Coins
The U.S. dollar currently circulates in two different forms: paper and coin. Denominations that are equal in value or lesser than a dollar are issued as U.S. coins, while denominations that are equal in value or greater than a dollar are issued as Federal Reserve Notes. Even though one-dollar coin denominations are still in circulation, the printed form is the more dominant one.
Current denominations of coins are:
Current denominations of paper notes are:
Material used to manufacture U.S. Dollar banknotes
Unlike most printed money, which is made from wood fiber, USD paper notes are produced using cotton fibers.
Material used to manufacture U.S. Dollar coins
These coins are made from a variety of metals which include:
All U.S. Dollar Banknotes are of the same in size. USD bills measure a width of 155.956 mm and a height of 66.294 mm.
The U.S Dollar coins vary in sizes. The diameter reach from 0.75 inches to 1.043 inches.
Coin Denomination
Cent 0.750 in - 19.05 mm
Nickel 0.835 in - 21.21 mm
Dime 0.705 in - 17.91 mm
Quarter Dollar 0.955 in - 24.26 mm
Half Dollar 1.205 in - 30.61 mm
$1 1.043 in - 26.49 mm
Design of U.S. Dollar banknotes
The design for the face and back of every banknote, with the exception of the back of $1 and $2 dollar bills, was established and accepted in 1928. The U.S. dollar is well known for using portraits of American presidents for the face of the bill.
$1 George Washington Great Seal of the United States
$2 Thomas Jefferson Sign of the Declaration of Independence
$5 Abraham Lincoln Lincoln Memorial
$10 Alexander Hamilton The Treasury Building
$20 Andrew Jackson The White House
$50 Ulysses Grant The Capitol
$100 Benjamin Franklin The Independence Hall
Notes larger than $100
Notes like $500, $1,000, $5,000, and $10,000 denominations have been out of circulation since 1969, since they were rarely used in financial transactions. However, these notes are still legal tender, and can be found among the collectors
Design of U.S. Dollar coins
There are several editions of every coin. As the reverse side of the coin changed with almost every edition, the obverese stayed the same.
1¢ - $0.01 Abraham Lincoln
5¢ - $0.05 Thomas Jefferson
10¢ - $0.10 Franklin D. Roosevelt
25¢ - $0.25 George Washington
50¢ - $0.50 John F. Kennedy
$1 Each decesed president
Printing and Minting
Curiously enough two separate bodies issue coins and paper money.
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is in charge of printing the banknotes since 1914.
The 'United States Mint' is tasked with the production of the coins.
The central bank which is in charge of the U.S. Dollars is called Federal Reserve System.
The U.S. dollars are colloquially referred to as bucks, smackers, bones, scrilla, paper, dough, dead presidents, Washingtons, Jeffersons, Benjamins and so on (depending on the denomination), while smaller denominations are referred to as pennies (¢1), nickels (¢5), dimes (¢10) and quarters (¢25).


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How can I, convert this regex:  ^(www.)(.*)$

A: First of all be careful when using ".".
It's a special character that is a substitute for "any character".
Second, you can make match branches using (aa|bb). It means "a" or "b".
Thus this should work:
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Fellow: Dee Davis
Dee Davis is the founder and president of the Center for Rural Strategies, a nonprofit that conducts public information campaigns, creates communications products, and consults with a range of organizations to increase public understanding about the importance and value of rural communities.
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Institute for Rural Journalism & Community Issues
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He has served as a consultant for a number of public and private agencies and foundations. Davis is a member of the Advisory Committee for Rural Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), serves on the PBS National Council for Outreach, and is a former board chairperson and president of Independent Television Service. He currently serves on the Mary Reynolds Babcock board of directors. He has served as a panelist and adviser to the National Endowment for the Arts Media Arts program, the Rockefeller Foundation Partners Affirming Community Transformation program, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and the Open Society Institute's Southern Initiative.
Davis holds an English degree from the University of Kentucky and lives in Whitesburg, Kentucky.
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Die Sturzbach-Gämswurz (Doronicum cataractarum) ist eine nur auf der Koralpe vorkommende Pflanzenart aus der Familie der Korbblütler.

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Die Sturzbach-Gämswurz ist ein Hemikryptophyt. Sie wird mindestens 80 cm hoch und kann 130 cm erreichen. Sie bildet keine Ausläufer. Das Rhizom ist verholzt und leicht bis stark behaart. Die Grundblätter sind zur Zeit der Blüte vorhanden. Ihre Spreite ist 10 bis 20 cm breit, dabei meistens etwas länger als breit. Der Spreitengrund ist herzförmig. Die Blattoberseite ist kahl, die Unterseite ist mit sehr kurzen Haaren und mit kurz gestielten Drüsen besetzt. Die Blätter erinnern an die der Sumpfdotterblume (Caltha palustris). Der Blattstiel ist ein- bis zweimal so lang wie die Spreite. Die Stängel sind unten kahl oder spärlich behaart. Sie tragen meist vier bis zehn Blütenkörbe. Diese haben einen Durchmesser von 4 bis 8, selten bis 10 cm. Blütezeit ist Juli bis September. Die Frucht der Zungenblüte trägt keinen Pappus, lediglich die Früchte der Röhrenblüten haben einen Pappus.

Die Chromosomenzahl ist 2n = 60.

Verbreitung und Standorte
Die Sturzbach-Gämswurz ist ein Endemit der Koralpe in Österreich und kommt zwischen dem Großen Speikkogel im Süden und dem Weißwasserbach im Norden vor. Sie findet sich dabei in der obermontanen bis unteralpinen Höhenstufe, von 1480 bis 1830 m Seehöhe, nur im Rassinggraben steigt sie bis etwa 1270 m herunter.

Die Hauptvorkommen der Art sind subalpine und alpine Hochstaudenfluren. Nebenvorkommen gibt es in Grünerlen-Gebüschen, in staudenreichen Hochgebirgsrasen, in basenreichen und kalkarmen Quellfluren der Hochlagen. Sie benötigt ständig durch kaltes Wasser überrieselte Standorte. Daher kommt sie vor allem in feuchten bis nassen Hochstaudenfluren vor, bevorzugt über Gneis. Sie wächst auch häufig zwischen Gneisblöcken an Bachufern.

Gefährdung und Schutz
Die Art gilt in Kärnten und österreichweit als potenziell gefährdet, in der Steiermark als stark gefährdet. Gefährdungsursachen sind neben intensiver Weidewirtschaft das Ausgraben und Abpflücken von Pflanzen.

Die Sturzbach-Gämswurz ist in der Steiermark und in Kärnten vollkommen geschützt. Die Standorte der Sturzbach-Gämswurz liegen zumindest teilweise in den Naturschutzgebieten Seekar-Bärental auf steirischer und Koralmkar auf Kärntner Seite.

Systematik
Doronicum cataractarum wurde 1925 von Felix Josef Widder erstbeschrieben. Sie ähnelt morphologisch am meisten Doronicum austriacum, innerhalb deren Areal sich ihr Areal auch befindet. In einer molekulargenetisch-morphologischen Studie zur Gattung Doronicum war die Art nicht vertreten.

Belege
 Manfred A. Fischer, Karl Oswald, Wolfgang Adler: Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol. 3., verbesserte Auflage. Land Oberösterreich, Biologiezentrum der Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseen, Linz 2008, ISBN 978-3-85474-187-9 (Merkmale).

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks
 Foto und Verbreitungskarte
 Thomas Meyer, Michael Hassler: Mittelmeer- und Alpenflora.

Gämswurzen
Alpenflora
Endemische Pflanze Österreichs

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