The ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Centre on Gender, Peace and Security was recently established in the autumn of 2015 to build on ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ’s position as a leading research environment on gender, peace and security. To celebrate the establishment of the new centre, ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ is hosting a launch event with guest speaker Professor , Emerita Professor of International Law and Director of the . Professor Chinkin will give a talk on ‘Women, Peace and Security: What Does It Mean in the Contemporary World?’
Programme
15:00-15:05 Welcome by Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director, ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ
15:05-15:10 Opening remarks by Tore Hattrem, State Secretary, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
15:10-15:20 Presentation of the ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Centre on Gender, Peace and Security by Torunn L. Tryggestad, Director, ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Centre on Gender, Peace and Security
15:20-15:50 Women, Peace and Security: What Does It Mean in the Contemporary World?
Keynote address by Professor Christine Chinkin, Director, Centre on Women, Peace and Security, London School of Economics (LSE)
15:50-16:45 Panel Discussion on 'Advancing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda: The role and impact of research on policy and practice' with panelists:
- Yannick Glemarec, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director, UN Women
- Christine Chinkin, Director, Centre on Women, Peace and Security, LSE
- Roslyn Warren, Research Partnerships Manager, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security
- Inger Skjelsbæk, Research Professor, ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Centre on Gender, Peace and Security
- Moderated by Torunn L. Tryggestad, ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ
Followed by Q&A
16:45-19:00 Reception and remarks from Espen Lindbæck, Deputy Director of the Section for Peace and Reconciliation, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Please register your attendance by 8 February
