5th Annual Peter Jaffe Lecture: Gender-Based Violence and Violent Extremism - Dr Cynthia Miller-Idriss

The Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women and Children (CREVAWC) was founded in 1994 as a collaborative venture between The University of Western Ontario, Fanshawe College and the London Coordinating Committee to End Women Abuse. The Centre is committed to the development and application of knowledge for the prevention of violence against women and children through promoting innovation, collaboration and equality.

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For more information and to register, please visit the event page.

Register to attend the 5th Annual Peter Jaffe Lectures, featuring Dr. Cynthia Miller-Idriss presenting Gender-Based Violence and Violent Extremism.

In this lecture, Cynthia Miller-Idriss, a leading expert on extremism, will explain the importance of recognizing and calling out the thread of misogyny running through these attacks. She will offer essential strategies that we can use in our everyday lives to address and respond to gendered hate and violence, mapping a pathway to building healthier, more inclusive spaces for everyone. 

This hybrid event can be attended in person or live via Zoom webinar. The lecture will be delivered in English, with French simultaneous interpretation and closed captioning in both English and French available for online participants.

Please direct all queries to the organisers: alumni@uwo.ca.

About the speaker:

Dr. Cynthia Miller-Idriss is a Professor in the School of Public Affairs and in the School of Education at the American University in Washington, DC, where she is also the founding director of the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL).