On Monday the 24th of May, **Jenny Lorentzen**moderated a virtual dialogue titled 鈥淢andate to Mission: Real Life Implementation of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Mali鈥�. The dialogue was hosted by the Permanent Mission of France and the United Kingdom to the United Nations in New York, and the Department of Peace Operations with three delegates from Mali鈥檚 Peace Agreement Monitoring Committee (Comit茅 de Suivi de l鈥橝ccord, CSA) and civil society leaders. The Permanent Mission of Mali and Norway to the United Nations in New York co-sponsored the event.
The objective of the meeting was to learn directly from the experiences and insights of women who are participating in and supporting the Peace Process in Mali; to highlight the importance of their role in political and peace processes, including political transition, stabilisation, mediation and conflict prevention; and to strengthen understanding of the challenges and opportunities for ensuring their full, equal and meaningful participation in these processes.
The event was also an opportunity for women who are participating in and supporting the Peace Process in Mali to inform peacekeeping priorities, such as the upcoming MINUSMA mandate renewal, and for the audience to learn about the impact of language on Women, Peace and Security in peacekeeping mandates, including how it has been translated into real progress and achievement at the country-level in Mali.
Lorentzen is a Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Political Science at Lund University, and Senior Researcher at 糖心网页版. Lorentzen has recently successfully defended her dissertation for the degree dr.philos: "Normative Encounters between the 'Global' and the 'Local': Women, Peace and Security in Mali and Rwanda".
