Webinar
Gender, peace and security
Wednesday 4 November 2020, 15.00-16.30
DIIS ∙ Danish Institute for International Studies
Online via Zoom
UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace, and security (WPS), calls on member states to mainstream a gender perspective into matters of conflict and peacebuilding. This entails understanding gender dynamics and developing instruments to counter the effects of sexual violence and ensure the active involvement and participation of women.
However, while aiming to transform gender norms, WPS has been criticized both for its inadequate results and for its reproduction of the racial and sexual boundaries that contribute to conflict and violence.
Against this backdrop, this seminar asks, whether and how it makes a difference to include more women in the peace process? If not, why not? What would make a difference? This seminar will address some of the lessons about gender in UN Peacekeeping with the case of South Africa, shed light on masculinity and military cultures drawing on intersectionality perspectives, and provide practitioners’ perspective on global challenges and opportunities.
This webinar is a part of the Gender & (in)security event series.
Speakers
Marita Sørheim-Rensvik, Special Envoy for Women, Peace and Security, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Nina Wilén, Director, Egmont Institute for International Relations & Associate Professor, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Marsha Henry, Associate Professor, Department of Gender Studies, LSE
Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde, Senior Researcher, Migration and global order, DIIS
Robin May Schott, Senior Researcher, Peace & violence, DIIS
Programme
15.00-15.05 Introduction and welcome, Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde
15.05-15.15 The Uniqueness and Challenges of 1325: An Overview, Marita Sørheim-Rensvik
15.15-15.35 When the added value becomes an added burden: instrumentalising female peacekeepers’ participation in peace operations, Nina Wilén
15.35-15.55 The Necessity of Critical Theories for Challenging the Whiteness of Women, Peace and Security, Marsha Henry
15.55-16.30 Q&A with the webinar audience, moderated by Robin May Schott and Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde
Practical information
The webinar will be held in English. Participation is free of charge, but registration is required.