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Advancing Women in MENA: Should We Keep Trying?
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Advancing Women in MENA: Should We Keep Trying?
Does the Region’s Violent Conflict Preclude Progress?
The longstanding United Nations call for countries to adopt National Action Plans to involve women in issues of national security repeatedly stumbles in much of the Middle East and North Africa. Join the U.S. Institute of Peace on May 4 for a discussion on how these roadblocks can be overcome, especially amid the current upheaval.
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Since its adoption in 2000, U.N. Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security has inspired more than 50 member states to adopt National Action Plans to implement its provisions. Iraq in 2014 became the first country in the Middle East to adopt such a plan. Palestine approved its NAP in 2015. But insufficient public awareness and political buy-in and a shortage of targeted resources have stalled efforts elsewhere in the region and continue to hamper implementation even where advocates have succeeded in promoting the adoption of a plan.
USIP is preparing to publish a Special Report on these issues, led by the Middle East Center for Peace, Development and Culture at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell. Center Director Paula Rayman will be among speakers at that May 4 discussion addressing the connecting between implementation of UNSCR 1325 and long-term national security, with a special focus on Egypt, Iraq, Tunisia, Israel and the Palestinian Territories. The experts also will explore the importance of including men in the development of national action plans and creating safe spaces for productive conversations to prepare for peace. Join the conversation on Twitter with #MENA1325.
Dr. Linda Bishai, Welcoming Remarks
Director of North Africa Programs, U.S. Institute of Peace
Martin Meehan, Remarks
President, University of Massachusetts
Dr. Paula Rayman, Remarks
Director, Middle East Center for Peace, Development and Culture, University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Stephenie Foster, Panelist
Senior Advisor and Counselor, Office of Global Women's Issues, U.S. Department of State
Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini, Panelist
Co-Founder and Executive Director, International Civil Society Network
Ambassador Steve Steiner, Panelist
Gender Advisor, U.S. Institute of Peace
Kathleen Kuehnast, Moderator
Senior Gender Advisor, U.S. Institute of Peace
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