Ensuring women’s participation in peace and security
In 2010, the international community celebrates the tenth anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. The resolution acknowledged, for the first time, the importance of a gender dimension in the areas of peace building, peace keeping and conflict prevention.
The EU and Belgium are organizing three events, respectively in Brussels, Geneva and New York, structured around the three main pillars of Resolution 1325: participation, protection and prevention.
Agenda
8:00 Registration
9:00 Opening
- Baroness Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy & Vice President of the European Commission
- Steven Vanackere, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Belgium
9:20 Key note addresses
- Rachel Mayanja, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women
- Margot Wallström, Special Representative to the UN Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict
9:45 Panel I - Ensuring Women’s Participation in Peacekeeping
- Alain Le Roy, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations
- Giampaolo Di Paola, Admiral, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee
- Inès Alberdi, Executive Director UNIFEM
- Sima Samar, Chairperson of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission
- Moderator: Sabine de Bethune, Senator, Belgium
10:45 Coffee break
11:15 Panel II - Ensuring Women’s Participation in Peace Building
Bineta Diop, Executive Director of Femmes, Africa, Solidarité
- Shirin Ebadi, Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran
- Luz Mendez, President of the National Union of Guatemalan women
- Kamilia Kuku Kura, On Behalf of the 40 Women Leaders (G40) in the Horn of Africa
- Moderator: Elisabeth Rehn, Minister of State, Finland
12:15 Q&A
12:45 Closing Remarks
Elisabeth Rehn, Minister of State, Finland
13:00 Lunch
Participation is by invitation only: applications can be sent to
10yearsof1325@diplobel.fed.be
Where
Hall: Europe