The conference will focus on the issue of women, peace and security from the perspective of Afghanistan, including the cooperation between civil and military actors.
Oxfam's award-winning filmmakers from their "Shooting Poverty" project will be in NYC for one week to screen their films and speak about how the international arms trade affects people living in poverty. These 3 films are each 15 minutes long, and they address 3 stories of how the arms trade has affected people in 3 different countries, including Burundi, India and Brazil.
Webcast: You may participate in this event in two ways. You can register to attend the event, or you may watch the live webcast beginning at 11:00am EDT on September 27, 2010 at www.usip.org/webcast
Three women recently arrived from Afghanistan will talk about their work to empower women and facilitate peace there, at 7 p.m. Sept. 25 at the Tikkun Reform Temple, 2550 N. Triphammer Road.
Indian civil society organisations, women activists from the Northeast and other parts of the country, scholars, parliamentarians and members of the armed forces are joining hands to assess the call to repeal the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) during a one day conference at India International Center in New Delhi.
