POSTPONED: Workshop on the 20 years of Women, Peace and Security

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POSTPONED: Workshop on the 20 years of Women, Peace and Security

Friday, March 20, 2020 09:00to15:30

Thomson House 3650 rue McTavish, Montreal, QC, H3A 1Y2, CA

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Join practitioners and researchers as they discuss the UN's Women, Peace and Security Agenda on March 20, 2020.

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2020 marks the 20th anniversary of the passage of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, which formed the foundation of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda. The participation pillar of the WPS Agenda has been considered transformative, yet actions and results are lagging behind political commitments. Women still face exclusion from peace and political processes. Only 0.2% of bilateral aid to fragile and conflict-affected situations goes to women鈥檚 organizations, and women make up only 4.2% of military personnel in UN peacekeeping missions. Recent international and national commitments give room for optimism, with countries such as Canada announcing significant contributions to increase the meaningful participation of uniformed women in UN peace operations, and support women鈥檚 organizations. But challenges remain in the conceptual understanding of 鈥榝ull and effective鈥� participation and practical guidelines for its implementation.

This workshop will bring together researchers, practitioners, policymakers, activists, advocates and students to advance debates on the participation pillar and our understanding of the future of WPS. Participants will examine women鈥檚 roles as agents across the different stages of the peace process: from conflict prevention, to peacekeeping, peacebuilding, conflict resolution and reconstruction, as well as the challenges, critiques and opportunities ahead.

Speakers include:

Miriam Anderson, Ryerson University
Carol Cohn, Founder of the Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights
Sabrina Karim, Cornell University
Zoe Marks, Harvard University
Maria Martin de Almagro Iniesta, Universit茅 de Montreal
Alice Nderitu, Mdahalo Bridging Divides
Jacqui O'Neill, Global Affairs Canada
John Packer, University of Ottawa
Beth Woroniuk, Women Peace and Security Network-Canada
Marie-Joelle Zahar, Universit茅 de Montreal

For more information, please email: mcgill.cipss [at] gmail.com

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Rejoignez des praticien.ne.s et des chercheur.se.s le 20 mars 2020 pour une discussion sur le programme des Nations Unies pour les femmes, la paix et la s茅curit茅.

脌 propos de cet 茅v茅nement

2020 marque le 20e anniversaire de l'adoption de la r茅solution 1325 par le Conseil de s茅curit茅 des Nations Unies, qui a jet茅 les bases du programme Femmes, Paix et S茅curit茅. Le pilier de participation de l'Agenda WPS est consid茅r茅 comme ayant 茅t茅 transformateur, mais les actions et les r茅sultats peinent 脿 suivre les engagements politiques. Les femmes sont toujours exclues de la paix et des processus politiques. Seulement 0,2% de l'aide bilat茅rale destin茅 aux situations de fragilit茅 et de conflit est destin茅e aux organisations de femmes, et les femmes ne repr茅sentent que 4,2% du personnel militaire des missions de maintien de la paix des Nations Unies.

Les engagements internationaux et nationaux r茅cents laissent place 脿 l鈥檕ptimisme, des pays comme le Canada annon莽ant des contributions importantes pour accro卯tre la participation significative des femmes en uniforme aux op茅rations de paix des Nations Unies et soutenir les organisations de femmes. Mais des d茅fis subsistent dans la compr茅hension conceptuelle de la participation 芦pleine et effective禄 et au niveau des directives pratiques pour sa mise en 艙uvre.

Cet atelier r茅unira des chercheur.se.s, des praticien.nes, des d茅cideur.se.s, des militant.e.s et des 茅tudiant.e.s pour faire avancer les d茅bats sur le pilier de la participation et notre compr茅hension de l'avenir du programme Femmes, Paix et S茅curit茅. Les participant.e.s examineront le r么le des femmes en tant qu鈥檃gentes aux diff茅rentes 茅tapes du processus de paix: de la pr茅vention des conflits au maintien de la paix, 脿 la consolidation de la paix, au r猫glement des conflits et 脿 la reconstruction, ainsi que les d茅fis, les critiques et les opportunit茅s 脿 venir.

Les conf茅rencier.e.s incluent: