Programs
Women PeaceMakers 10th Anniversary Conference
"Breaking Barriers"
Conference Agenda
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September 26-28, 2012
Breaking Barriers:
What it will take to achieve security, justice and peace
A public conference of peacebuilders held in conjunction
with the 10th anniversary of the Women PeaceMakers Program
at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
| 1:00 p.m. | Delegate Registration |
| 2:00 p.m. | Welcome and Opening Statements |
| 2:30 p.m. | Panel One: Security
Sarah Taylor — Executive Coordinator, NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security
Rebecca Gerome — Women’s Network Program Officer, International Action Network on Small Arms
Petra Tötterman Andorff — International Coordinator, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Nadine Puechguirbal — Senior Gender Adviser, U.N. Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO)
Lt. Col. Jesús Ignacio Gil Ruiz — Chief, Office on Gender Perspectives, NATO
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| 4:30 p.m. | Working Sessions on Security
Making Security Institutions Work for Women Sarah Taylor — NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security
U.N. Peacekeeping Lessons: How to Better Protect Women and Girls Nadine Puechguirbal — UN DPKO
Workshops on Security
Engaging First Responders as Allies for Women’s Security Jacqueline Pitanguy — CEPIA
Integrating Women's Participation in the Third Pillar of R2P Melina Lito - Global Action to Prevent War
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| 6:00 p.m. | Dinner and Film Screening of "From Fear to Freedom" Women's Learning Partnership |
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
| 8:00 a.m. | Delegate Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 a.m. | Co-Conveners Welcome Melanne Verveer — Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, U.S. State Department (via video) |
| 9:30 a.m. | Panel Two: Justice
Brigid Inder — Executive Director, Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice,
Nahla Valji — Program Specialist, Rule of Law and Transitional Justice, UN Women
Zandile Nhlengetwa — 2008 Woman PeaceMaker from South Africa
Asma Khader — Founder, Sisterhood Is Global Institute/Jordan
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| 11:30 a.m. | Working Sessions on Justice
Making Transitional Justice Work for Women Nahla Valji — UN Women
Combatting Trafficking: Opening the Doors to Justice Lilia Velasquez — Attorney and Human Rights Defender, U.S./Mexico
Gender Justice and the Coexistence of Rational-Legal, Islamic and Customary Law Mary Hope Schwoebel — U.S. Institute of Peace
Workshop on Justice
Documenting Human Rights Violations for Prosecutions Brigid Inder — Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice
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| 1:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 2:30 p.m. | "Reflections" — Special Performance by Eveoke Dance Theatre (Open to the public) |
| 3:00 p.m. | Global Voices Testify for Security, Justice and Peace
Creating Our Security Merlie "Milet" Mendoza — Independent Humanitarian, Philippines 2010 Woman PeaceMaker
Chi Yvonne Leina — Correspondent, World Pulse, Cameroon
Jamille Bigio — Senior Advisor, Office of Global Women's Issues, U.S. State Department
Demanding Our Justice
Fahima Hashim — Director, Salmmah Women’s Resource Centre, Sudan
Yee Htun — Coordinator, International Campaign to Stop Rape and Gender Violence in Conflict, Nobel Women's Initiative
Shreen Saroor — Founder, Mannar Women’s Development Federation,
Working for Peace
Christiana Thorpe — Chief Electoral Commissioner, National Election Commission, Sierra Leone, 2004 Woman PeaceMaker
Korto Williams — Country Representative, ActionAid Liberia
Nancy Sanchez — Asociacion MINGA, Colombia 2012 Woman PeaceMaker
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| 6:00 p.m. | Delegate Reception |
| 7:00 p.m. | Joan B. Kroc Distinguished Lecture Series (Open to the public) |
| Asma Jahangir — Former Chair, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan |
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| 8:30 p.m. | Public Reception |
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
| 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast and Networking |
| 9:00 a.m. | Panel Three: Peacebuilding
Mahnaz Afkhami — Founder and President, Women's Learning Partnership
Lina Abou-Habib — Executive Director, Collective for Research and Training on Development-Action
Alice Nderitu — Commissioner, National Cohesion and Integration Commission in Kenya, 2012 Woman PeaceMaker from Kenya
Jacqueline Pitanguy — Founder and Executive Director, CEPIA
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| 11:00 a.m. | Working Sessions on Peacebuilding
Curbing Radicalization, Building Peace Mossarat Qadeem — PAIMAN Trust
The Money Quest Katherine Magraw — Peace and Security Funders Group
Workshops on Peacebuilding
Participatory Leadership and Political Empowerment Lina Abou-Habib — Collective for Research and Training on Development-Action
Leveraging Online Activism for Real World Change Catherine Harrington — Women's Learning Partnership
Speak Up, Speak Out, Speak Safe Manisha Aryal — Internews
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| 12:30 p.m. | Networking Lunch |
| 2:00 p.m. | Reports from Working Sessions |
| 3:00 p.m. | Closing Keynote Address Madeleine Rees — Secretary General, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom |
| 4:00 p.m. | Conference Closing |
CONFERENCE CO-CONVENERS:
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The summit and conference would not be possible without the generous support of our donors, including:
The Fred J. Hansen Foundation
Open Society Foundations
