General Women, Peace and Security

The Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL) at Rutgers University will host a day long symposium to discuss human rights 20 years after the United Nations World Conference on Human Rights. The event will seek to engage stakeholders on the challenges and opportunities for human rights in the 21st century.

Abigail E. Disney is a filmmaker and philanthropist. Her longtime passion for women's issues and peacebuilding culminated in her first film, the acclaimed Pray the Devil Back to Hell. Abigail produced the groundbreaking PBS mini-series Women, War & Peace, the most comprehensive global media initiative ever mounted on the role of women in peace and conflict.

Over the past five years there have been important advances in the implementation of UN Security Council resolution 1325, including an increased focus by the Security Council on the issue of conflict-related sexual violence.

What are the major gendered consequences of the civil war, and what are the immediate priorities of women inside Syria
and in refugee settings that will prevent further gendered violence?

How can women's political participation be strengthened inside Syria and in the refugee settings in the neighbouring countries of Lebanon and Jordan?

The UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review of UN Member States is an important mechanism/opportunity for NGO's to review gender components of individual country UPR Reports on human rights. The Final Reports of the Universal Periodic Review Working Group often contains gender-focused text that can be very useful in advocacy for the human rights of women and girls.

On May 16th, IPI together with the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping hosted a panel discussion focusing on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 in peacekeeping activities, and the issues relating to the prevention of and response to sexual and gender based violence that poses a risk to peace and security. The event featured Ms.

The Relief and Recovery Pillar of the Women, Peace and Security agenda focuses on ensuring that relief needs specific to women and girls are met and that special attention is paid to the most vulnerable, including displaced women and girls, survivors of gender based violence, and those with disabilities.

When men could not leave their homes for fear of beating and arrest, women used their apparent harmlessness to transport food, books, and medicine to freedom fighters and communities under siege. They organized the underground Albanian language educational system when their children were ousted from public schools. They held secret elections in homes and shops.

In Person:

This moderated dialogue will share the impact of insecurity and conflict on young women's human rights and how young women are mobilising on peace, security and human rights issues and contributing to implementation of UNSCR 1325. It will also provide recommendations to governments for the protection of young women's rights and security in times of conflict and delivering on the responsibility to protect.