February 2011 Newsletter
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I. Recent Activities
US Civil Society Working Group on Women, Peace, and Security Forms (February 2011)
Inclusive Security helped to form the US Civil Society Working Group on Women, Peace, and Security. These civil society advocates will work with US government representatives to provide feedback on process and content for the US National Action Plan (NAP) on Women, Peace, and Security. The US NAP will provide a road map for government-wide effort to advance implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325; the Working Group is committed to ensuring that the actions outlined are comprehensive and transformative.
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/8640_washington_dc_civil_society_working_group_
on_women_peace_and_security_forms.cfm
Inclusive Security Begins Second Year of Partnership with Women in International Security (February 2011)
Women in International Security is a global network advancing women’s leadership in international peace and security. Inclusive Security and WIIS will jointly advocate for women’s full participation in peace and security decision making, both in the United States and abroad.
http://wiis.georgetown.edu/
Women Mediating Across Conflict Lines: Inclusive Security’s 12th Annual Colloquium Gets the Attention of Policy Shapers (January 2011)
The Institute for Inclusive Security recently held its 12th annual colloquium. Twenty-one female mediation experts from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East convened for two weeks in Cambridge and Washington, DC with the goal of elevating the visibility and role of female mediators.
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/8641_women_mediating_across_conflict_lines_
inclusive_security_s_12th_annual_colloquium.cfm
Inclusive Security hosts annual Policy Forum event, “Women Mediating Conflict” (January 2011)
Over 400 influential policy shapers braved an ice storm on January 18th to celebrate women mediators. Featured colloquium speakers included Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-MO), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; B. Lynn Pascoe, under-secretary-general for Political Affairs, UN; and Jordan Ryan, assistant administrator of the UN Development Programme and director of the Bureau for Crisis Prevention.
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/8642_inclusive_security_hosts_
annual_policy_forum_event_women_mediating_conflict_.cfm
Women Help Peace Endure: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Event (January 2011)
The Woodrow Wilson Center hosted “Can Women Help Make Peace Agreements Sustainable?” on January 20. Featured speakers were Jacques Paul Klein, former UN secretary general’s special representative and coordinator of UN Operations, Liberia, as well as women mediators Suuad Allami (Iraq), Roxana Cristescu (Balkans), Luz Méndez Gutiérrez (Guatemala), and Alice Nderitu (Kenya). The event was moderated by Carla Koppell, director of The Institute for Inclusive Security.
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=events.event_summary&event_id=648787
Colloquium Participants Elevate their Voices in Advocacy Meetings (January 2011)
As part of our annual colloquium, Inclusive Security spent time knocking on the doors of policy shapers at key US agencies and the US Congress, as well as international and regional bodies, from the World Bank to the African Union advocating for the inclusion of more women in mediation efforts.
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/8643_colloquium_participants_elevate_their_voices_
in_advocacy_meetings.cfm
Members of Congress Play an Active Role in the Institute's 12th Annual Colloquium (January 2011)
Only two weeks into the 112th Congress, members were eager to participate in the Institute’s 12th annual colloquium.
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/8644_members_of_congress_play_an_active_role_
in_the_institute_s_12th_annual_colloquium.cfm
Strengthening Women’s Voices in Sudan (December 2010-February 2011)
Inclusive Security returned to Sudan in mid-December just days before the referendum took place on January 9.
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/8645_strengthening_women_s_voices_in_sudan.cfm
Inclusive Security Holds Workshops with the Afghan Women’s Network (November-December 2010)
Inclusive Security's Afghan team members spent 10 days in Kabul in late November and early December. The primary purpose was to assist strategic planning by our local partner, the Afghan Women’s Network.
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/8646_inclusive_security_holds_workshops_
with_the_afghan_women_s_network.cfm
II. Training
Alumni from Our Training of Trainers Program to Strengthen Our Community of Practice (February 2011)
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/8647_alumni_from_our_training_of_trainers_program_
to_strengthen_our_community_of_practice.cfm
Inclusive Security Announces New Opportunity in Our Training of Trainers Series, May 20-May 28, 2011
If you’re interested in learning more about the program, please read the call for applications or visit the announcement page:
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/8648_inclusive_security_announces_new_opportunity_
in_our_training_of_trainers_series_may_20_may_28_2011.cfm.
III. Inclusive Security in the News
Carla Koppell, Inclusive Security director, serves as guest editor for the “International Women’s Rights” issue of The Solutions Journal, which will coincide with International Women’s Day on March 8 and will feature contributions from renowned intellectuals, activists, lawyers, and grassroots leaders.
http://www.thesolutionsjournal.com/
Inclusive Security's Carla Koppell's op-ed "Anti-Corruption Views - Middle East turmoil shows risks of ignoring civil society" published by TrustLaw.
http://www.trust.org/trustlaw/blogs/anti-corruption-views/middle-east-turmoil-shows-risks-of-ignoring-civil-society/
Colloquium media coverage appeared in the following outlets:
http://www.voanews.com/persian/programs/tv/60796672.html
http://www.voanews.com/wm/voa/english/pcus/pcus1230a.asx
http://www.youtube.com/zeriamerikes#p/u/11/IiYvVa7aiD8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypUZt8XNl90
http://www.voanews.com/uzbek/news/kyrgyzstan-raya-kadyrova-women-mediators-114807039.html
http://www.aslanmedia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1716:exploiting-women-for-peace&catid=301:world&Itemid=457
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=37316&Cr=women&Cr1
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/women-war-peace/podcast/
bringing-combatants-into-the-fight-for-peace/6505/
IV. Upcoming Events
February-March 2011 (New York City, NY)
Inclusive Security will participate in the Commission on the Status of Women meetings from February 22 to March 4 in New York. As part of this series of discussions, we will meet with our network members to share experiences and strategies for advancing UNSCR 1325. Our Liberian network members, Women NGO Secretariat of Liberia, will speak on a panel on “The Position of Women in Leadership prior to the War and Now."
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/55sess.htm
February 2011 (Washington, D.C.)
Carla Koppell will speak at the 2011 J St Conference “Giving Voice to Our Values” on February 28.
http://conference.jstreet.org
March 2011 (Global)
Inclusive Security is partnering with Women for Women International for the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day on March 8 and inviting women’s groups and every woman in the world to meet on bridges that day at noon to demand an end to all violence. If you’re interested in organizing a bridge event, please visit: http://www.womenforwomen.org/bridge/
March 2011 (Montreal, Canada)
Jacqueline O’Neill, Inclusive Security’s lead advocacy coordinator, is speaking 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 on March 16.
http://www.isanet.org/montreal2011/
March 2011 (San Diego, CA)
Carla Koppell will participate on a panel entitled, “Women Building Global Security and Stability,” moderated by New York Times reporter Elizabeth Bumiller in San Diego on March 16. The panel is a part of the Sea Service Leadership Association’s 24th Annual Women’s Leadership Symposium.
http://www.sealeader.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/2011-JWLS-Press-Release.pdf
V. Select News from the Women Waging Peace Network
Colombia
Alma Viviana Perez was appointed the coordinator for gender and specific populations at the National Commission for Reparation and Reconciliation in Colombia.
Israel
Irit Kohn has been elected president of the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists.
Liberia
Leymah Gbowee will join former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Ingrid Betancourt, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Ashley Judd, Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky, Leymah Gbowee, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Firoozeh Dumas, Andrea Mitchell, Michelle Rhee, Ambassador Melanne Verveer, Malika Saada Saar, and acclaimed Chinese journalist Huang Hung in participating in The Daily Beast’s Second Annual Women in the World Summit, March 10–12.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-09-30/announcing-the-second-annual-women-in-the-world-summit/
Nigeria
Kemi Ogunsanya has been appointed adviser for gender and political development at the Social Transformation Programmes Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat.
Philippines
Philippine Center for Islam and Democracy (PCID) and the Magbassa Kita Foundation are convening the 2nd National Conference of Muslim Women Peace Advocates in Zamboanga City, Philippines. Network member Amina Rasul Bernardo is PCID’s lead convener. The conference will bring together Muslim women religious scholars and civil society leaders to exchange information and facilitate greater participation in responding to conflict prevention, peacemaking and democracy, and sustainable development in Mindanao.
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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