This autumn, from September 15 to September 18, Ukrainian, Georgian and German participants of the Women, Peace, Security: A Chance for Georgia’s and Ukraine’s Protracted Conflicts? (2019) Gender and international politics were presented in greater detail. The results of the #womenps project were also summarized.
Sonia Schiffers, Co-Head of Programme Area “Gender and International Politics, reported on how Germany is working on the gender issue in Europe.
The participants had the opportunity to listen and talk with a representative of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany – Vanessa Prince, an officer of the Department for Women, Peace and Security.
Participants shared the experience of political research and their changes:
Dilek Gursel: Women, Peace and Security in the Turkish-Kurdish Peace Process: Lessons for Germany’s Global Peacebuilding Activities;
Merle Huber: Gendered Dimensions of Security and the Transformative Potential of the WPS Agenda in Germany;
Anastasiia Tokunova: Two Agendas, Similar Goals? Sustainable Development and Women, Peace and Security in Ukraine;
Sofiia Kordonets: Localizing 1325 in Ukraine: Implementation of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda Beyond Kyiv.
Within the theme “Peacebuilding in Protracted Conflicts: Can We Foster Social Cohesion Through a Gender Lens?”, a presentation was made by Andreas Holzinger. And Olga Yakobiy presented the speech about Supporting Women in Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding in Georgia
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