Overview

Public Meeting & Symposium
Building Peace - Empowering Women
Gender Strategies to make UN Security
Council Resolution 1325 work

Public Meeting

Thursday, April 6, 2006
18.00 - 20.00
MUMOK - Museum of Modern Art, Hofstallung
Museumsquartier, 1070 Vienna

Symposium

Friday, April 7, 2006
9.00 - 17.00
MUMOK - Museum of Modern Art, Lounge, 8th floor
Museumsquartier, 1070 Vienna

Programme Public Meeting, April 6

• Ursula Plassnik, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Austria
  Austrian endeavours in the frame of international agreements
• Penda Mbow, former Minister of Cultural Affairs, Senegal, gender and law specialist with regard to women and Islam
  The role of women in peace building in West African Islamic countries
• Elisabeth Rehn, former UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in South Eastern Europe and former Minister of Defence, Finland
  Women, War and Peace. Remaining challenges
• Rachel N. Mayanja, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women
  Implementation of UN SC Resolution 1325 from a UN perspective
• Discussion
  
  Moderation: Rubina Moehring, journalist, president of Reporters Without Borders - Austria

The Austrian Development Agency kindly invites you to a reception following the discussion.

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Programme Symposium, April 7

• Welcome address
  Ambassador Michael Linhart, Managing Director of the Austrian Development Agency, Austria
• Keynote speech
  UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and the necessity to organise for peace
  Elisabeth Rehn, former UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in South Eastern Europe and former Minister of Defence, Finland
• Local and regional perspectives
  Report from East Africa
  Stella Sabiiti, Center for  Conflict Resolution CECORE, Kampala, Uganda
• Report from South Eastern Europe
  Igballe Rogova, Kosova Women's Network, Pristina, Kosovo
• Discussion
• Comparative perspectives
  Speaking justice - experiences in West Africa
  Renate Winter, Justice and Vice President at the Sierra Leone Special Court, Austria / Sierra Leone
  
  The Potential of UN SC Resolution 1325 in redistributing gendered power relations
  Judy El-Bushra, consultant on gender & armed conflict, formerly working for ACORD, UK
• Discussion
• Donor perspectives
  Panel discussion with SDC, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ADC
  
  Integrating UN SC Resolution 1325 into existing SCD programmes
  Markus Reisle, SDC, Conflict Prevention and Transformation Division, Switzerland
  
  Strengthening women's participation in peace-building: Norwegian action plan for the implementation of UN SC Resolution 1325
  Ambassador Mette Kongshem, Permanent Representative of Norway to the OSCE
  
  Austria's focus on gender equality and human security
  Ambassador Irene Freudenschuss-Reichl, DG for Development Cooperation in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Austria
• Closing panel with all speakers and the audience
  
  Moderation: Karin Kneissl, journalist, Middle East expert

For more details please refer to the attached programmes.
Registration for both events required.
Please contact oeza.info@ada.gv.at until March 31.

Information and contact
Austrian Development Agency
The Operational Unit of the Austrian Development Cooperation
Elisabeth Schimpfoessl
Zelinkagasse 2
1010 Vienna
Tel.: +43 (1) 90399-420
http://www.ada.gv.at, http://www.mfa.at/adc

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