SUMMARY

Topic: Beyond Victimhood: A Panel Discussion on Securing a Role for Women in Peacebuilding
Location: Wagner School, Second Floor, Puck Building, 295 Lafayatte Street (cross with Houston)
Date: October 25, 2006
Time: 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Co-sponsored with the International Crisis Group, United Nations Development Fund for Women, Initiative for Inclusive Security and the NGO Working Group for Women, Peace and Security.
Please RSVP by clicking on the link at the October 25th date.

Speakers:

• Betty Bigombe - Senior Fellow US Institute of Peace and Senior Consultant Social Protection Sector Chief Mediator and Former Ugandan Government Minister
• Sally Merry - Professor of Anthropology and Law and Society, New York University
• Elisabeth Rehn - UNIFEM Independent Expert, Global Assessment on the Impact of War on Women and their Role in the Peace Process Former Finnish Defense Minister
• Barbara Bengura (TBC) - Founding Member and Regional Advisor, Women in Peacebuilding Network in Sierra Leone, National Coordinator, Grassroots Empowerment for Self Reliance, Former Secretary-General, Network on Collaborative Peacebuilding in Sierra Leone
• Breyten Breytenbach - Distinguished Global Professor in Creative Writing, New York University
• Noeleen Heyzer - Executive Director, UNIFEM

Moderators:

• Swanee Hunt - Director, Women and Public Policy Program, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
• Donald Steinberg - Vice President International Crisis Group, Former US Ambassador to Angola