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University of San Diego Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice

IPJ Women PeaceMakers Conference

Crafting Human Security in an Insecure World

September 24 - 26, 2008

 

Speaker and Moderator Biographies – PDF Format

Confirmed Speakers and Moderators Include:

  • William Aceves, California Western School of Law
  • Hodan Addou, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • Dianne (Dee) Aker, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice (IPJ)
  • Louise Arbour, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
  • Deborah Avant, University of California Irvine (UCI)
  • Janet Benshoof, Global Justice Center (GJC)
  • Soledad Jarquin Edgar, Journalist
  • Jebbeh Forster, United Nations Development Fund for Women, Uganda (UNIFEM-Uganda)
  • Andrea Friedman, Global Justice Center (GJC)
  • Leymah Gbowee, Women Peace and Security Network Africa (WIPSEN-Africa)
  • Anne-Marie Goetz, United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
  • Karin Grimm, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF)
  • Clare Hutchinson, United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO)
  • Capt. Margaret Kibben, Office of the Chief of Chaplains, U.S. Navy
  • Lt. Gen. Jasbir Singh Lidder, former Force Commander, United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS)
  • Helen Mack, Myrna Mack Foundation
  • Sarah Masters, International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA)
  • Luz Mendez, National Union of Guatemalan Women (UNAMG)
  • Binalakshmi Nepram, Control Arms Foundation of India and Manipuri Women Gun Survivor Network.
  • Joyce Neu, Consultant, United Nations (UN)
  • Alma Perez, Human Rights Officer, Colombian Mission to the United Nations (Geneva)
  • Nicola Popovic, United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW)
  • Peter Sampson, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD Centre)
  • Debra Schultz, International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ)
  • Dustin Sharp, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice (IPJ)
  • Jolynn Shoemaker, Women In International Security (WIIS)
  • Kathleen Staudt, The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)
  • Stephanie Ziebell, United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)