Event - Taking UNSCR 1325 to the next level: Gender, Peace and Security

Venue: Permanent Mission of the Netherlands to the United Nations, New York, USA

Date: October 30, 2013, 1-3p.m.

The event will provide new ideas and insights for effective UNSCR 1325 implementation, highlighting the need for a holistic gender perspective. This includes addressing masculinities and the role of men in gender, peace & security. The speakers will give a wide variety of practical examples of gender mainstreaming based on their extensive experience in peacebuilding and conflict prevention policy and practice.The event will showcase the quality and potential of partnerships between different stakeholders, both men and women and between peacebuilding organizations, for strengthening efforts for gender-sensitive peace.

Speakers:

• Anne-Marie Goetz, Chief Adviser to the Peace and Security Section of UN Women (TBC)
• Sarah Taylor, Executive Coordinator of the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security (NGOWG)
• Isabelle Geuskens, Executive Director, Women Peacemakers Program (WPP), The Netherlands
• Sanne Tielemans, Policy Analyst, Conciliation Resources, United Kingdom
• Rosa Emilia Salamanca, Executive Director, CIASE (Corporación de Investigación y Acción Social y Económica), Colombia (TBC)
• Anand Pawar, Executive Director of SAMYAK, India, and member of the South Asian Network to Address Masculinities (SANAM)
• Peter van Tuijl, Executive Director, Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conict (GPPAC), The Netherlands
• Sharon Bhagwan Rolls, Executive Director, femLINKPACIFIC, Fiji