Events Calendar
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June 28, 2021
All day: High Level Convening on Feminist Peace in Yemen (Peace Track Initiative)June 28, 2021 – July 2, 2021 All day Peace Track Initiative (PTI), the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), are co-hosting a High-Level Convening towards feminist peace in Yemen. The convening will celebrate the past two years of work with Yemeni women leaders of diverse backgrounds to support the peace process by bringing grassroots-centred, inclusive, and sustainable agendas to the peace negotiations and transition in Yemen. Over the last two years, the Peace Track Initiative held Track II consultations with Yemeni women’s groups and supported women-led organisations to hold consultations inside and outside Yemen on issues related to the peace process. The areas of Track II consultations included the ceasefire arrangements, security arrangements, humanitarian arrangements, and confidence building measures. These covered issues related to transitional justice, the south issue, releasing the detainees, opening humanitarian corridors, addressing the civil servants’ salaries, and more. These outcomes were reflected into a Feminist Roadmap For Peace in Yemen that brings forward gender-responsive recommendations on issues related to the peace process. |
June 29, 2021
All day: High Level Convening on Feminist Peace in Yemen (Peace Track Initiative)June 28, 2021 – July 2, 2021 All day Peace Track Initiative (PTI), the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), are co-hosting a High-Level Convening towards feminist peace in Yemen. The convening will celebrate the past two years of work with Yemeni women leaders of diverse backgrounds to support the peace process by bringing grassroots-centred, inclusive, and sustainable agendas to the peace negotiations and transition in Yemen. Over the last two years, the Peace Track Initiative held Track II consultations with Yemeni women’s groups and supported women-led organisations to hold consultations inside and outside Yemen on issues related to the peace process. The areas of Track II consultations included the ceasefire arrangements, security arrangements, humanitarian arrangements, and confidence building measures. These covered issues related to transitional justice, the south issue, releasing the detainees, opening humanitarian corridors, addressing the civil servants’ salaries, and more. These outcomes were reflected into a Feminist Roadmap For Peace in Yemen that brings forward gender-responsive recommendations on issues related to the peace process. 8:00 am: Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, Lucy Geries Talgieh & May Sabe Phyu at Survival and Activism under Occupation (ICAN, LSE WPS & CFFP)June 29, 2021 – 
8:00-9:15 (ET) / 13:00-14:15 (BST) The impact of the February coup in Myanmar is ongoing, and we have seen yet another resurgence of violent conflict in Palestine and Israel. So, when the tanks roll in, the bombs drop, the raids and the arbitrary arrests begin how do social activists survive and thrive under military dictatorships and occupation forces? With a focus on Myanmar and Palestine, for our fifth session in the Coming of Age of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda series, Sanam Naraghi Anderlini MBE will be in conversation with Agnes Callamard, Secretary General at Amnesty International and formerly the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Killings; May Sabe Phyu, Director of the Gender Equality Network; and Lucy Talgieh, Palestinian Council member and peacebuilder from Wi'am: The Palestinian Conflict Transformation Center. The talk will Illustrate daily life under occupation, the risks and choices taken, the strategies of those fighting for change through non-violent means, and the personal cost of trauma and insecurity that prevails. The panellists will also discuss the role and obligations of international actors in supporting local peacebuilders and human rights defenders in preventing violence and finding sustainable and transformative solutions for peace. 3:00 pm: Jamal Al-Jawaheri at the Second UN High-Level Counterterrorism Conference (Session IV, breakout session B)June 29, 2021 – SESSION IV: Parallel breakout discussions: Responding to new and evolving counter-terrorism challenges in the new decade Breakout session B: Demands of a new decade and strengthening a criminal justice response to countering terrorism [online] Chair:
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June 30, 2021
All day: High Level Convening on Feminist Peace in Yemen (Peace Track Initiative)June 28, 2021 – July 2, 2021 All day Peace Track Initiative (PTI), the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), are co-hosting a High-Level Convening towards feminist peace in Yemen. The convening will celebrate the past two years of work with Yemeni women leaders of diverse backgrounds to support the peace process by bringing grassroots-centred, inclusive, and sustainable agendas to the peace negotiations and transition in Yemen. Over the last two years, the Peace Track Initiative held Track II consultations with Yemeni women’s groups and supported women-led organisations to hold consultations inside and outside Yemen on issues related to the peace process. The areas of Track II consultations included the ceasefire arrangements, security arrangements, humanitarian arrangements, and confidence building measures. These covered issues related to transitional justice, the south issue, releasing the detainees, opening humanitarian corridors, addressing the civil servants’ salaries, and more. These outcomes were reflected into a Feminist Roadmap For Peace in Yemen that brings forward gender-responsive recommendations on issues related to the peace process. |
July 1, 2021
All day: High Level Convening on Feminist Peace in Yemen (Peace Track Initiative)June 28, 2021 – July 2, 2021 All day Peace Track Initiative (PTI), the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), are co-hosting a High-Level Convening towards feminist peace in Yemen. The convening will celebrate the past two years of work with Yemeni women leaders of diverse backgrounds to support the peace process by bringing grassroots-centred, inclusive, and sustainable agendas to the peace negotiations and transition in Yemen. Over the last two years, the Peace Track Initiative held Track II consultations with Yemeni women’s groups and supported women-led organisations to hold consultations inside and outside Yemen on issues related to the peace process. The areas of Track II consultations included the ceasefire arrangements, security arrangements, humanitarian arrangements, and confidence building measures. These covered issues related to transitional justice, the south issue, releasing the detainees, opening humanitarian corridors, addressing the civil servants’ salaries, and more. These outcomes were reflected into a Feminist Roadmap For Peace in Yemen that brings forward gender-responsive recommendations on issues related to the peace process. |
July 2, 2021
All day: High Level Convening on Feminist Peace in Yemen (Peace Track Initiative)June 28, 2021 – July 2, 2021 All day Peace Track Initiative (PTI), the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), are co-hosting a High-Level Convening towards feminist peace in Yemen. The convening will celebrate the past two years of work with Yemeni women leaders of diverse backgrounds to support the peace process by bringing grassroots-centred, inclusive, and sustainable agendas to the peace negotiations and transition in Yemen. Over the last two years, the Peace Track Initiative held Track II consultations with Yemeni women’s groups and supported women-led organisations to hold consultations inside and outside Yemen on issues related to the peace process. The areas of Track II consultations included the ceasefire arrangements, security arrangements, humanitarian arrangements, and confidence building measures. These covered issues related to transitional justice, the south issue, releasing the detainees, opening humanitarian corridors, addressing the civil servants’ salaries, and more. These outcomes were reflected into a Feminist Roadmap For Peace in Yemen that brings forward gender-responsive recommendations on issues related to the peace process. 11:10 am: Berfu Şeker at Generation Equality Paris Forum 'Amplifying Feminists Power: Resisting Anti-Rights Movements'July 2, 2021 – 11:10-11:55 (ET) / 17:10-17:55 (CEST) From the withdrawal of Turkey from the Istanbul Convention, to the banning of gender and comprehensive sexuality education in schools in Paraguay, these anti-rights trends endanger the entire human rights ecosystem. Join AWID, RESURJ, PRA and IPAS at the Generation Equality Forum (GEF) Paris to hear from four amazing feminist activists about their experiences and strategies to resist and disrupt the anti-rights tide! |
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July 14, 2021
10:00 am: Sanam Naraghi Anderlini & Enass Muzamel at Redesigning Peacebuilding for the 21st Century (ICAN & Germany, South Africa, Mexico)July 14, 2021 – 
Concept Note Germany, Mexico, South Africa and the International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN) will host a hybrid event on Re-designing Peacebuilding for the 21st Century: Peace, Power, and Sharing Responsibility, on July 14 from 10 - 11.30 am EST at the German House in New York. This high-level event on the sidelines of the 2021 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development will focus on the challenges of ensuring successful peace processes in an era of complex multidimensional conflicts. It will reflect on the evidence base that demonstrates the efficacy of inclusive processes, particularly with regard to the representation of women peacebuilders. In direct response to the HLPF theme “sustainable and resilient reconstruction after Covid-19”, the discussions will tackle SDGs 16 and 5, putting particular focus on the direct links between the recognition, resourcing, and protection of women peacebuilders and their full, meaningful and effective participation in peace processes. With a focus on the current processes in Libya and Sudan, the exchanges will highlight the contributions of women-led peacebuilding organizations to peace processes; provide analysis, lessons learned, and ways forward; and generate responses and commitments from member states. The hybrid event will take place at the German House in New York with a limited number of participants as well as with online participation. Key Objectives:
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July 22, 2021
5:00 am: Dina Zaman at Post COVID: On Ground Trends (IMAN Research)July 22, 2021 – 
10:00 (BST) / 16:00 (WIB) Dina Zaman of IMAN Research will speak about on the ground sentiments Post 2018, where two groups: young Malay men, and women who have taken the path of far right and toxic nationalism are becoming more vocal about their dissatisfaction with the way the country is governed.. The presentation is just an exhibition of ongoing research. Whereas Dr Kevin Fernandez will talk about the challenges women activists meet. Due to structural, political and cultural reasons, women activists face burdens in their work, especially in relation to two particular issues: child marriage and stateless children. Our recent study attempted to investigate how these women organise themselves to challenge notions of patriarchy in Malaysia, which have been buttressed by its colonial and postcolonial history, as well as the institutionalisation of political Islam through state and non-state actors. Results from the study found that there was a marked divergence in the issues that were focused on by activists in East and West Malaysia, with structural reform and injustice as key motivators. Different cultural factors and historical ties were among the factors which caused significant east-west differences in the results collected. Structural discrimination, such as state actions (as informed by right wing populism) and online harassment were among the challenges faced. |
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July 27, 2021
1:30 pm: Muna Luqman at From Conflict and Hunger to Stability and Nourishment (SIPRI, FAO & WFP)July 27, 2021 – 13:30 (ET) / 19:30 CEST A successful Food Systems Summit must address the rising threat of famine, driven by conflict. This event, organised by the Proto-Coalition on Conflict and Hunger/HDP Nexus Solutions Cluster, will help to draw attention to this important topic by bringing together high-level panelists from governments and civil society. Panelists will reflect on the need for a multidisciplinary, coherent, comprehensive and systemic approach to strengthening food systems that is implementable in diverse national contexts- including forced displacement - and fosters peace and stability. For more information on the Proto-Coalition, see: https://foodsystems.community/humanitarian-development-peace-hdp-nexus/ |
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