Despite increased attention to women’s side-lining in matters related to peace and conflict following UN Security Council Resolution 1325, women continue to be marginalised in peacekeeping missions, peace negotiations and peacebuilding processes. Between 1990 and 2017, women constituted only 2% of mediators, 8% of negotiators and 5% of witnesses and signatories in all major peace processes. In 2017, women made up just 10% of UN peacekeeping police personnel and 4% of military peacekeepers, despite research showing that including women in peace and security matters has several concrete benefits.
This hybrid seminar on women and peacebuilding discusses why women continue to be marginalised from peace negotiations and how this affects peacebuilding processes.
You are very welcome at the Egmont Institute, Rue des Petits Carmes 24A, in Brussels. The event is hybrid with the possibility to join the discussion via Zoom.
Please register by 9 June.
This event is part of a joint initiative between the King Baudouin Foundation (KBF), the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM), the European Policy Centre (EPC) and the Egmont Institute around the KBF Africa Prize. The KBF Africa Prize has been awarded to Elman Peace and Human Rights Center in Somalia in recognition of its successful efforts to combat violence and promote social justice. Its record of empowering and cultivating leadership skills among women and young people is outstanding.