Past Events

December 7, 2011 (Washington, DC)
Inclusive Security’s Elizabeth Kidd McWhorter speaks on a panel at the Alliance for Peacebuilding evaluation summit.

December 5, 2011  (near Bonn, Germany) – tentative
Germany hosts a conference on international engagement in Afghanistan beyond the 2014 transition deadline.

December 1, 2011 (Washington, DC)
Inclusive Security Director Jacqueline O’Neill speaks on a panel about “The Role of Gender in Stability Operations” at the 7th International Lessons Learned Conference at National Defense University.

November 18-20, 2011 (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
Inclusive Security Chair Ambassador Swanee Hunt speaks on a panel at the Halifax International Security Forum.

November 14, 2011  (Washington, DC)
"Worlds Apart: Bosnian Lessons for Global Security" at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Ambassador Hunt will join Dr. Gerard Toal to discuss her latest book and how the lessons of Bosnia can lead to a stronger paradigm of inclusive international security.

November 8, 2011 (United States) 
War Redefined airs on PBS as part of the Women, War & Peace series.

November 2, 2011 (Boston, MA)
Ambassador Hunt will speak about the determination and resilience of women in Bosnia at a seminar on “Women and Violence in Media, Law and Society” at New England School of Law, co-sponsored by Women’s eNews.

November 1, 2011 (United States)
The War We Are Living airs on PBS as part of the Women, War & Peace series.

October 28, 2011  (New York)
Women peacebuilders address the UN Security Council in New York.

October 27, 2011 (New York)
Inclusive Security; NGO Working Group on Women, Peace, and Security; UN Women; and Women's International League for Peace and Freedom present a Special Screening of the PBS film "Peace Unveiled" and a Discussion with Afghan Women Leaders.

October 25, 2011 (United States)
Peace Unveiled airs on PBS as part of the Women, War & Peace series.

October 25, 2011  (Washington, DC)
What can we learn about global security nearly two decades after the hugely destructive violence of the Bosnian War?

“Global Security: Through a Bosnian Lens” hosted by the US Institute of Peace. Inclusive Security Chair Swanee Hunt will discuss her new book Worlds Apart; Abigail Disney, producer of PBS’s Women, War, and Peace will screen "I Came to Testify."  Ambassador Hunt and Chief Training Officer Miki Jacevic; along with filmmakers Abigail Disney and Pamela Hogan; United States Representatives Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas and Russ Carnahan of Missouri; and USIP's President Richard H. Solomon and Kathleen Kuehnast, Director, Gender and Peacebuilding Center, will discuss lessons emerging from the Bosnia conflict with a particular focus on the best ways to ensure a direct role for women in peace-building efforts worldwide. The Institute of Inclusive Security will sponsor a reception after the event.

October 18, 2011 (United States)
Pray the Devil Back to Hell airs on PBS as part of the Women, War & Peace series.

October 12–15, 2011  (Santa Fe, NM)
Peace and Security Funders Group holds annual meeting.

October 11, 2011 (United States)
I Came to Testify airs on PBS as part of the Women, War & Peace series.

October 7, 2011  (Cambridge, MA)
Cosponsored by Amnesty International USA, Friday Forum at the Harvard Book Store features Swanee Hunt speaking about Worlds Apart, complete with Q&A and book signing.

October 5, 2011  (Washington, DC)
Lead Advocate and Afghanistan Program Specialist Michelle Barsa speaks at the screening of Peace Unveiled at US Institute of Peace.

September 28, 2011  (Cambridge, MA)
New England International Donors meet to discuss "The Liberia Philanthropy Secretariat: A New Model for Donor Collaboration" at Hunt Alternatives Fund offices.

September 26, 2011 (Global)
Swanee Hunt releases Worlds Apart.

September 14, 2011 (Denver, CO)
Worlds Apart reading and discussion with Swanee Hunt at Tattered Cover Book Store, Denver, CO

September 8, 2011 (Washington, DC)
Inclusive Security Chief Executive Officer Evelyn Thornton speaks on a panel on Innovative Practice at the "From Conflict to Peace: Innovative Approaches to Peacebuilding" international conference co-hosted by the Master of Arts in Conflict Resolution program at Georgetown University.

September 6-11, 2011 (Israel and Palestine)
Inclusive Security travels to Israel and Palestine to meet with members of its coalitions of women leaders.

August 4, 2011 (Washington, DC)
US House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing titled "Afghanistan and Pakistan: Transition and the Way Forward" featuring Secretary of State Hillary Clinton 

July 27, 2011 (Online)
Worlds Apart: Bosnian Lessons for Global Security Virtual Book Tour and Webinar Co-sponsored by Executive Education at Harvard Kennedy School

July 6, 2011 (San Francisco, CA)
An Evening with Swanee Hunt - in Conversation with Belva Davis
Co-sponsored by The Interfaith Center at the Presidio, The Presidio Trust, San Francisco Interfaith Council, and United Religions Initiative

June 27 - July 6, 2011 (Middle East)
Inclusive Security staff travels to Middle East to meet with our Israeli and Palestinian coalition members and conduct a skills training with Palestinian women.

June 13, 2011 (Washington, DC)
Join New York Times Magazine contribiting writer Elizabeth Rubin, counterinsurgency experts Dr. David Kilcullen, Andrew Exum, and two Afghan civil society leaders, Rangina Hamidi and Wazhma Frogh, for a panel discussion on the future of Afghanistan.

June 8 - 15, 2011 (Liberia)
Inclusive Security Senior Advocate Diya Nijhowne travels to Liberia to gather information on women, peace and security activities in the country.

May 24, 2011 (Brussels, Belgium)
Inclusive Security Director Jacqueline O’Neill facilitates sessions and presents at a meeting of the NATO Committee on Gender Perspectives.

May 23 – 27, 2011 (Jerusalem, Ramallah, and Tel Aviv)
Inclusive Security Senior Program Specialist Rebecca Miller travels to Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Ramallah to meet with Israeli and Palestinian coalitions of women leaders actively advocating for women's leadership in high-level decisionmaking.

May 20 – 22, 2011 (Washington, DC)
Inclusive Security Chief Training Officer Miki Jacevic teaches a course titled "Inclusive Security: Expanding Participation of Women in Peace Processes" at American University's Peacebuilding and Development Summer Institute. Women Waging Peace Network member and Training of Trainers alumna Sujata Thapa of Nepal will co-facilitate.

May 19, 2011 (Washington, DC)
Women Waging Peace Network member Sujata Thapa of Nepal speaks at roundtable hosted by Search for Common Ground on the roles women are playing in building peace in Nepal and what US based organizations can do to support them.

May 16 – 23, 2011 (Cairo, Egypt)
Inclusive Security travels to Cairo to meet with women leaders in civil society and government to discuss women's inclusion in the ongoing political transition.

May 3 – 10, 2011 (Sudan)
In collaboration with the National Democratic Institute, Inclusive Security contributes to workshops with women in civil society and the South Sudan Legislative Assembly on women's leadership in constitutional review processes.

April 29, 2011 (Washington, DC and Kabul, Afghanistan)
Inclusive Security's Michelle Barsa participates in a radio-town hall, connecting audiences in Washington, DC and Kabul to discuss the role of women and women's rights in Afghanistan. Air dates will be announced on the Inclusive Security website.

April 28 – May 2, 2011 (Nairobi, Kenya)
Inclusive Security holds consultations with members of the Sudanese Coalition of Women Leaders.

April 22 – 27, 2011 (Khartoum, Sudan)
Inclusive Security convenes a workshop with national women parliamentarians on managing diversity.

April 19, 2011 (Helsinki, Finland)
Inclusive Security Chair Ambassador Swanee Hunt will speak about inclusive peace processes at the 10th anniversary celebration of Crisis Management Initiative, the organisation established by President Martti Ahtisaari. The event will be webcast live. Visit this link to find out more information.

April 18, 2011 (Washington, DC)
Inclusive Security's Jacqueline O’Neill speaks on panel about women in security and development at the American Foreign Service Association.

April 15, 2011 (Washington, DC)
Women Waging Peace Network member Amina Rasul-Bernardo of the Philippines speaks on "The impact of the Revolutions on the Arab World - Libya, Syria, Yemen, and Bahrain."

April 12, 2011 (Washington, DC)
Women Waging Peace Network member Mu Sochua of Cambodia discusses why politics matter to women and how women can and should embrace politics to build inclusive, democratic communities at an event hosted by the National Demoratic Institute.

April 7, 2011 (Washington, DC)
Carla Koppell, Inclusive Security's director, speaks at policy roundtable on women, peace, and security at the Organization of American States.

March 16, 2011 (San Diego, CA)
Carla Koppell participates on a panel entitled, “Women Building Global Security and Stability,” moderated by New York Times reporter Elizabeth Bumiller.

March 16, 2011 (Montreal, Canada)
Jacqueline O’Neill, Inclusive Security’s lead advocacy coordinator, speaks on The Monopoly of Force: The Nexus between Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) and Security Sector Reform at the International Studies Association Annual Convention in Montreal.

March 8, 2011 (Global)
Inclusive Security partners with Women for Women International for the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day.

February 28, 2011 (Washington, DC)
Carla Koppell speaks at the 2011 J St Conference “Giving Voice to Our Values”.

February 22 to March 4, 2011 (United Nations, NYC)
Inclusive Security participates in meetings of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Commission on the Status of Women.

January 18, 2011 (Washington, DC)
Policy Forum 2011: Women in Mediation

January 20, 2011 (Washington, DC)
Wilson Center Event: Can Women Help Make Peace Agreements Sustainable?

November 15-23, 2010 (Nepal)
Inclusive Security Training of Trainers

November 8-11, 2010 (Israel and Palestine)
Inclusive Security Consultations with Israeli and Palestinian women peacebuilders

November 5, 2010 (Washington, DC)
US Institute of Peace and Georgetown University host the panel "The Trouble With the Congo" at USIP

November 4, 2010 (Washington, DC)
At US Institute of Peace’s "Women and War: Power and Protection UNSCR 1325 Tenth Anniversary Conference," Inclusive Security hosts the panel discussion “Women, Peace, and Security in 2020: Planning for the Next Decade”

November 3, 2010 (Washington, DC)
World Bank hosts the panel, "Gender-Based Violence: We Need to Act"

November 2, 2010 (Washington, DC)
Inclusive Security and ICAN host a strategic planning meeting with women peacebuilders at Inclusive Security offices

November 1, 2010 (Washington, DC)
Inclusive Security and Women Waging Peace Network members Mossarat Qadeem of Pakistan and Safaa Adam of Sudan meet with US Government agencies 

October 31, 2010
Tenth Anniversary of UNSCR 1325

October 28, 2010 (New York)
Fifth meeting of the Civil Society Advisory Group to the UN on Women, Peace and Security

October 28, 2010 (New York)
International Civil Society Action Network researchers host event at US mission to the UN

October 26, 2010 (UN, NY)
Governments to make new commitments to UNSCR 1325 at UN Security Council Ministerial Level Open Debate

October 26, 2010 (New York)
Walk on the Security Council organized by Femmes Africa Solidarité, International Civil Society Action Network, and the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders

October 21, 2010 (UN, NY)
At the Global Open Day on Women and Peace organized by UNIFEM, DPKO, DPA and UNDP, four women from previous national Open Days will speak in New York on the key themes raised by women in the national Open Days.  This event will launch the report of the 22 national Open Days, and a global petition urging progress on 1325. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will be attending as well as the heads of the four UN agencies. Inclusive Security Director Carla Koppell will moderate the event.

October 19, 2010 (UN, NY)
Austria, Mexico and the United Kingdom host an Arria Formula Meeting at the UN
Network members Betty Ogwaro from Sudan and Visaka Dharmadasa from Sri Lanka speak to the Security Council

September 29 – October 1, 2010 (San Diego, CA)
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice host 2010 Women PeaceMakers Conference – “Precarious Progress: U.N. Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security” – featuring Women Waging Peace Network members Monica McWilliams and Luz Mendez

September 25, 2010  (UN, NY)
UN Ministerial-level side event—"A 1325 Call to Action"—co-hosted by Austria, Bangladesh, Canada, Chile, Namibia, Sierra Leone and the Civil Society Advisory Group

August, 2010 (Israel, Palestine)
Inclusive Security consultations in Israel and Palestine with women peace builders

August 2, 2010 (Washington, DC)
Challenges of Afghan Reintegration and Reconciliation

July 27, 2010 (Washington, DC)
Inclusive Security, International Civil Society Action Network, US Department of State and US Institute of Peace present "Women, Peace, and Security: Fulfilling the Vision of 1325"

July 21 - August 7, 2010 (Juba and Khartoum, Sudan)
Inclusive Security consultations in Sudan with women peace builders

July 20 (Kabul, Afghanistan)
Kabul Conference

July 20 (Kampala, Uganda)
Meeting of the UN Civil Society Advisory Group

July 15 (Washington, DC)
Evelyn Thornton presents at "Peace Processes:Making a Deal, Making it Stick" course at the United States Institute of Peace

July 14 (Medford, MA)
Inclusive Security to participate in global Initiative on Quiet Diplomacy Expert Working Group around the development of draft guidelines for "Operationalizing SCR 1325: Enhancing Women's Participation in Peace Processes" at Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

July 5-9, 2010 (Uganda)
Inclusive Security works in Uganda with women peace builders

June 30, 2010 (UN Headquarters, NY)
Carla Koppell speaks at UN ECOSOC's Special Policy Dialogue, “The role of women in countries in special situations: Africa, LDCs, LLDCs, SIDSs, post-conflict and post-crisis countries”

June 18, 2010 (Washington, DC)
Huria Samira Hamidi of the Afghan Women’s Network and Najla Ayubi of the Organization of Strategic Studies And Research discuss the leadership roles which women played in the recent peace jirga in Afghanistan

June 16 - 18, 2010 (Oslo, Norway)
Carla Koppell participates on a panel at the Oslo Forum Annual Mediators' Retreat

June 9, 2010 (Washington, DC)
Inclusive Security testifies at a US Congressional Hearing on "Women as Agents of Change: Advancing the Role of Women in Politics and Civil Society"
Note: Video of this event is available on the U.S. House of Representatives website.

June 8, 2010 (Washington, DC)
Meeting of the Civil Society Advisory Group on UNSCR 1325

June 7 - 11, 2010 (Washington, DC)
Miki Jacevic and Evelyn Thornton present "Inclusive Security: Expanding Participation of Women in Peace Processes" at Peacebuilding & Development Institute

June 1 - 2, 2010 (Madrid, Spain)
Carla Koppell participates in a panel moderated by BBC journalist Daljit Dhaliwal on The International Women's Commission for a Just and Sustainable Israeli-Palestinian Peace's political vision and interests of women

May 31 - June 2, 2010 (Brussels, Belgium)
Evelyn Thornton participates in the Peace and Security Funders meeting

May 30 - June 6, 2010 (Nairobi, Kenya)
Training of Trainers 

May 6, 2010 (Washington, DC) 
Miki Jacevic presents at United States Institute of Peace on post-conflict reconstruction

May 2010 (Kabul, Afghanistan)
Inclusive Security consultation with Afghan women leaders in preparation for the National Consultative Peace Jirga

April 24, 2010 (Fair Park, Texas)
Inclusive Security's Miki Jacevic participates in Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson's annual peace conference

April 19 - 21 (Puerto Vallarta, Mexico)
Inclusive Security's Jacqueline O'Neill at a Gender Justice Dialogue convened by the Nobel Women’s Initiative

April 13, 2010 (New Haven, Connecticut)
Inclusive Security Director Carla Koppell at Yale University

April 7, 2010 (Highland Falls, NY)
Inclusive Security Chair Ambassador Swanee Hunt Keynotes at the 11th Annual West Point Diversity Leadership Conference: "Advancing Diversity at West Point"

April 5 - 8, 2010 (Washington, DC)
4-day Training of Trainers

March 29, 2010 (Washington, DC)
Inclusive Security training of women officials from the Afghan Foreign Ministry

March 25 - 26 (Washington, DC)
Evelyn Thornton appeared at "Honoring the struggle and the strength/Resilience of Darfur Women in the Face of Genocide"

March 19, 2010 (Washington, DC)
Inclusive Security Training of Iraqi women provincial council members

March 14 - 22, 2010 (Jerusalem and Ramallah)
Inclusive Security consultations with women peace builders in Israel and Palestine

March 6, 2010 (New York City)
First meeting of the UN Civil Society Advisory Group on Women, Peace and Security

March 5, 2010 (Washington, DC)
The Monopoly of Force: The Nexus between Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) and Security Secotr Reform (SSR)

March 5, 2010 (Washington, DC)
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Briefing by the International Women’s Commission For a Just and Sustainable Palestinian-Israeli Peace (IWC)

March 4 - 5, 2010 (Washington, DC)
Visit by the IWC

March 4, 2010 (Washington, DC)
Is There Another Path to Peace? Civil Society Leaders on the Peace Process

March 3, 2010 (Washington, DC)
Engaging Women as Peacebuilders at Soka Gakkai International-USA

March 2, 2010 (everywhere)
Premiere broadcast of a special Dan Rather Reports episode featuring Inclusive Security chair Ambassador Swanee Hunt and four members of the Women Waging Peace Network

February 2010 (Bosnia and Hercegovina)
Advocacy

February 2010 (Bosnia and Hercegovina)
Workshop with leading women politicians

February 2010 (Burundi)
Helping Burundi Prepare for 2010 Elections

February 2010 (Geneva)
Reforming the Security Sector in Europe

February 25, 2010 (New York City)
First meeting of the UN Steering Committee on UNSCR 1325

January 28, 2010 (Washington, DC)
Engaging Women in the Security Sector: Toward A More Holistic Approach to Peacebuilding

January 19, 2010
Policy Forum 2010: Women Moderating Extremism

January 2010
Colloquium 2010

January 19, 2010 (Washington, DC)
Policy Forum 2010: Women Moderating Extremism

January 21, 2010 (Washington, DC)
Leaders on the Front Lines Combating Extremism: The Pakistan Experience

January 21, 2010 (Washington, DC)
Moderating Extremism: Lebanese Leaders' Perspective

January 21, 2010 (Washington, DC)
How Women Moderate Extremism: Challenges to Civil Society in Bosnia

January 19, 2010 (Washington, DC)
The Institute for Inclusive Security's 11th Annual Policy Forum

January 19, 2010 (Washington, DC)
Taping of "Can Women Stop War?" at the Newseum

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