December 2010 Newsletter

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I. Recent Activities

Planning for the Next Decade of Work in Women, Peace, and Security (November 2010)
At an all-day meeting in Washington, DC on November 1, Inclusive Security worked with the International Civil Society Action Network and representatives of organizations involved in women, peace, and security in more than a dozen countries to assess the state of the field and start planning for another decade of strategic work.
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/8541_planning_for_the_next_decade_of_work_in_women_peace_and_security.cfm

Convening Experts to Apply Inclusive Peacebuilding Experience to Afghanistan (November 2010)
On November 5, Inclusive Security convened a meeting with a dozen academics and conflict resolution professionals, each an expert on Afghanistan or participatory peace processes, to discuss a way forward for Afghanistan. The discussion yielded recommendations for advancing peace negotiations and post-conflict statebuilding in Afghanistan.
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/8558_convening_experts_to_apply_inclusive_peacebuilding_experience_to_afghanistan.cfm

Seizing Opportunity: The 10th Anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (October 2010)
As civil society organizations and governments around the world observed the 10th anniversary of landmark UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security, Inclusive Security seized the opportunity presented by the unusually high attention paid to the issue. After encouragement by Inclusive Security and others, US Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton announced new US commitments and $44 million in funding, much of it earmarked for Afghanistan, at the UN Security Council Open Debate on October 26. Inclusive Security drafted a number of recommendations on what additional commitments governments could make to UNSCR 1325: a set targeted to the US government because of its unique position in the diplomatic and military communities, a set for national governments more generally, and a set on preventing sexual violence.
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/8557_seizing_opportunity_the_10th_anniversary_of_un_security_council_resolution_1325.cfm

Synthesizing the Advice of Women Peacebuilders from Around the World for Senior UN Leaders (October 2010)
On October 21, Inclusive Security Director Carla Koppell moderated the Global Open Day at the UN attended by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, as well as new UN Women head Michelle Bachelet, Department of Peacekeeping Operations Under-Secretary-General Alain Le Roy, and Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe. The event synthesized the priorities communicated by more than 1,500 women during 25 national events around the world earlier this year which allowed women leaders to speak directly to UN leadership in their respective countries. Women peacebuilders also presented Secretary-General Ban with a petition calling for the UN to give more attention to women, peace, and security.
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/8538_synthesizing_the_advice_of_women_peacebuilders_from_around_the_world_
for_senior_leaders_of_the_un.cfm

Supporting the US Congress's Call for Stronger US Leadership on UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (October 2010)
Inclusive Security worked with staff in the US House and Senate to support Congress's call for the Obama Administration to commit to a national action plan for UNSCR 1325. Inclusive Security research helped shape role in a report issued by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/8556_supporting_the_us_congress_s_call_
for_stronger_us_leadership_on_un_security_council_resolution_1325.cfm

Supporting Women's Inclusion in the Final Implementation of Sudan's Peace Agreement (October 2010)
In late October, Inclusive Security facilitated a four-day strategic planning session in Juba with more than 30 members of a coalition of women leaders from the North, South, East, and Darfur. Through a collaborative process, the women finalized areas for advocacy and determined needs for skill building and women’s leadership for the coming year. They discussed regional priorities, such as the need to ensure a free and fair referendum, and emphasized the importance of women working across divides to ensure a more peaceful future for Sudan. The Voice of America radio in Sudan featured three of the women leaders working with Inclusive Security.
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/8546_supporting_women_s_inclusion_in_the_
final_implementation_of_sudan_s_peace_agreement_october_2010_.cfm

Elevating New Voices for the Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations (September–October 2010)
Inclusive Security has released rosters of women technical experts who might aid negotiations to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. With the intent of advocating to the respective leaders who control the composition of the negotiating teams, Inclusive Security is producing the roster of Israeli experts in English and Hebrew; the Palestinian roster in English and Arabic. Inclusive Security also met with women peacebuilders from Israel and Palestine in November to advance women's leadership in foreign policy and security decision making.
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/8539_middle_east_update_november_2010.cfm

II. Training

Regional Training of Trainers South Asia (November 2010)
In partnership with UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Nepal, and with support from the US Department of State and the US Embassies of Afghanistan, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, The Institute for Inclusive Security convened 23 expert women trainers from South Asia for an intensive seven-day Training of Trainers workshop.
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/8555_regional_training_of_trainers_nepal_2010.cfm

III. New Publications

Joint Protection Teams: A Promising Model for Enhancing Civilian Security
A novel model for multidisciplinary peacekeeping—Joint Protection Teams—currently used only in Democratic Republic of Congo by the UN Organization Stabilization Mission there, combines civilian, military, and police staff to deploy to high-risk areas. This policy brief assesses JPT efforts to date and offers recommendations for improving this method of peacekeeping as it is considered for use in Sudan and elsewhere. (7 pages)
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/8536_joint_protection_teams_a_promising_model_for_advancing_protection.cfm

Visit our full list of publications for our Toolkit, policy commission reports, and more:
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/8049_publications_by_year.cfm

IV. Inclusive Security in the News

Ambassador Swanee Hunt's op-ed "Time for Women to Call the Shots" is published in GlobalPost in November.
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/worldview/101105/united-nations-women-rights

Inclusive Security and Women Waging Peace Network members from Sudan are featured by Voice of America Sudan Project in October (beginning about 13:20 into the audio).
http://www.huntalternatives.org/download/2037_engl1630atue.mp3

Inclusive Security is mentioned in “Women Essential for Sustainable Peace” by Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury in October.
http://www.indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-10-31%2018:07:28&key2=1

Carla Koppell is quoted in “GENDER: Give women peacekeepers a chance” by Integrated Regional Information Networks in October.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=90920

V. Upcoming Events

January 2011 (Cambridge, MA and Washington, DC)
Inclusive Security's 12th Annual Colloquium and Policy Forum focused on women in mediation
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/8547_policy_forum_2011_women_in_mediation.cfm

For an up-to-date list of future events, please visit the events page of the Inclusive Security website.
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/7868_events.cfm

VI. Select News from the Women Waging Peace Network

Click to read the expanded November 2010 update on the Network members’ activities summarized below.

Afghanistan
Wazhma Frogh testified before the US Senate’s Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law on US ratification of The Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women.
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/7676_wazhma_frogh.cfm

Fiji
Sharon Bhagwan-Rolls and member of the Civil Society Advisory Group to the UN on women, peace, and security contributed to an article on the role women have played in bringing peace and security to the Pacific.
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/362_sharon_bhagwan_rolls.cfm

Liberia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Sudan
Cerue Garlo of Liberia, Mossarat Qadeem of Pakistan, and Safaa Adam of Sudan spoke on the “How Women are Transforming War into Peacebuilding” panel at USIP’s Women and War conference on November 4. Visaka Dharmadasa of Sri Lanka spoke on the “Impacts of Media on Women, War and Peace” at the same conference. On October 21 in New York, Ms. Adam also spoke at the UN on the critical need to involve women in peace negotiations at the UN.
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/7664_cerue_garlo.cfm
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/8236_mossarat_qadeem.cfm
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/600_safaa_adam.cfm
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/385_visaka_dharmadasa.cfm

Click to read the expanded November 2010 update on the Network members’ activities summarized above.

About The Institute for Inclusive Security
The Institute for Inclusive Security uses research, training, and advocacy to promote the inclusion of all stakeholders, particularly women, in peace processes. We work with a global network of well over 1,000 women leaders from more than 40 conflict regions. Our research gives policymakers new strategies to drive inclusion by examining tangible contributions of women peace builders. Our training provides leaders the specialized skills and knowledge to direct local, national, and international peacebuilding. Our advocacy to high-level policymakers promotes change that makes peace processes more broad-based, and thus sustainable.
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