Gender inequality and violence against women are major development challenges facing the Asia-Pacific region. In a wide-ranging conversation hosted by UN Women National Committee Australia and the United Nations Association of Australia (UNAA) in Canberra on 11 October 2016, Anna-Karin Jatfors (Deputy Director, UN Women Asia and the Pacific) and Melissa Alvarado (Ending Violence Against Women Program Coordinator, UN Women Asia and the Pacific) discussed some of their organisation’s work. The conversation was facilitated by Janelle Weissman (Executive Director, UN Women National Committee Australia).

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