General Women, Peace and Security

The overall aim of the meeting will be to review current approaches and to invigorate and generate momentum for scaling up good practices and applying more effective strategies for implementation of the women, peace and security resolutions at national and regional levels. The specific objectives of the meeting are to:

The implementation of the UN's Women, Peace and Security agenda on the ground is in many respects lagging far behind its ambitious conceptual framework. Case in point is the situation of women in Afghanistan which remains highly insecure, and many fear, will only become more difficult with the coming international military drawdown in 2014.

Because Our Cause is Just is an eye-opening documentary about the struggle of women in countries experiencing the so-called “Arab Spring.” Begun as a civil movement of women and men seeking human rights and justice after decades of dictatorship, the revolutionary wave has not yielded justice for all.

A University of Queensland researcher has warned that refugee women and children face increased risks under the Federal Government's policy of sending asylum seekers to Nauru and Papua New Guinea.

Researcher Dr Nicole George is one of the organisers of a free seminar in Brisbane tomorrow focusing on Australia's role in upholding the security of women and children from the Asia-Pacific region.

The event will feature a presentation on GNWP's Kinshasa Call to Action and the handing over of Amnesty International's DRC postcard petition to the Security Council. It will be complemented by an interactive panel discussion featuring UN representatives, Member States and civil society.

PROGRAM

Welcome and Introductory remarks – Mr. Martin Vidal, Uruguay DPR

This panel discussion will present and analyze the various lessons learned and challenges in NAP development and implementation including but not limited to financing implementation, coordination of roles and responsibilities among various actors involved in implementation, involvement of civil society, monitoring and evaluation.

Office of the Commissioner for Children and Young People Perth, WA

Join the Perth YUNWA for their Women, Peace and Security Workshop

The topic of Women, Peace and Security has become recognized as a key issue in global discussions today. It is rare to question men's role in these discussions, yet creating partnerships with men is critical to establishing gender equality and ending gender based violence.

The Permanent Mission of Ireland invites you to a High Level Panel discussion on Women and Peacebuilding in the Great Lakes region, with the participation of Special Envoy Mary Robinson, Special Representative Zainab Bangura, women's civil society leader and Ugandan lawyer and peacebuilder Lina Zedriga and Ireland's Development Minister Joe Costello.

In the poorest regions of the world, roughly one in three girls gives birth by the age of 18. Adolescent girls are at the highest risk of maternal mortality, and these risks are compounded in humanitarian settings where sexual vio­lence and exploitation is pervasive.