Cathy Ward attends INSPIRE Implementation Working Group meeting
Prof. Cathy attended the INSPIRE Implementation Working Group meeting in Vienna, Austria. INSPIRE is an acronym for seven strategies for ending violence against children - the details can be downloaded here: https://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/inspire/en/ The Implementation Working Group meets to drive forward ways of implementing the seven strategies worldwide. Prof. Ward, whose work on parenting programmes is featured as an example in the INSPIRE handbook, was delighted to be invited to participate. In the photograph, Prof. Ward is pictured with some of the attendees. L to R: Sabine Rakotomalala (Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children); Cathy Ward; Bernie Madrid (the Philiipines); Elizabeth Ward (Jamaica); Deogratias Yiga (Impact and Innovations Development Centre); Maury Mendenhall (USAID); Andy Hill (Plan International).