Events

Upcoming Events

	May 18, 2012 Trauma Resilience as a Keystone to Building the Rule of Law in Conflict-Affected Societies The United States Institute of Peace invites you to a public event on trauma and its effects on rule of law in conflict-affected societies. This two-panel event will examine trauma from the panelists' experiences in post-conflict zones, share new and innovative approaches to building trauma resilience, and focus on Libya as a case study to examine the trauma phenomenon among the general population. Webcast: This event will be webcast live beginning at 9:00AM on May 18, 2012 at www.usip.org/webcast. Countries: Africa, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Liberia, Libya, Nepal, Syria, The Two Sudans, Yemen \| Issue Areas: Health and Peacebuilding, Rule of Law
	May 18, 2012 India and Pakistan in Afghanistan: the 2014 Regional Outlook Among regional actors, Pakistan is always highlighted as the most critical player in a sustainable peace in Afghanistan, yet prolonged tensions in the Pakistan-U.S. relationship and Pakistan’s worries about India’s role in Afghanistan make this a challenging issue to resolve. Join USIP on May 18 for a debate among South Asia experts on Pakistani and Indian interests and strategies toward Afghanistan, and how the 2014 political and security transitions in Afghanistan will impact their strategies, and subsequently the region. Countries: Afghanistan, India, Pakistan \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
	May 21, 2012 Innovative Economic Partnerships with Women in Post-Conflict Transition USIP’s Center for Gender and Peacebuilding, in collaboration with Kate Spade New York and Women for Women International, will convene experts to explore the impact of private business and civil society partnerships on women's empowerment in the post-conflict contexts of Afghanistan, Bosnia and Rwanda. Countries: Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Rwanda \| Issue Areas: Economics and Conflict, Gender and Peacebuilding, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
	May 22, 2012 "Saving Face" - A Special Screening Join USIP for a special screening of the Oscar-winning documentary “Saving Face,” and a conversation with filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on the documentary, and more broadly on the state of Pakistan’s women, and how acid attack violence presents an opportunity for a greater role for women in addressing Pakistan’s challenges. Countries: Pakistan \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Gender and Peacebuilding, Human Rights
	May 22, 2012 The End of Civil Wars: How to Make Peace Stick In recent decades, civil wars have caused more deaths than any other form of organized mass violence. Between 2000 and 2010, an extraordinary 90 percent of civil wars were recurrences of earlier wars, according to the World Bank’s 2011 World Development Report. This event will bring together experts on civil war, the success of post-war peace agreements, and deeply divided societies to discuss the key elements that contribute to the success or failure of post-civil war peace. Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Economics and Conflict, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities

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	May 18, 2012 Trauma Resilience as a Keystone to Building the Rule of Law in Conflict-Affected Societies The United States Institute of Peace invites you to a public event on trauma and its effects on rule of law in conflict-affected societies. This two-panel event will examine trauma from the panelists' experiences in post-conflict zones, share new and innovative approaches to building trauma resilience, and focus on Libya as a case study to examine the trauma phenomenon among the general population. Webcast: This event will be webcast live beginning at 9:00AM on May 18, 2012 at www.usip.org/webcast. Countries: Africa, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Liberia, Libya, Nepal, Syria, The Two Sudans, Yemen \| Issue Areas: Health and Peacebuilding, Rule of Law
	May 18, 2012 India and Pakistan in Afghanistan: the 2014 Regional Outlook Among regional actors, Pakistan is always highlighted as the most critical player in a sustainable peace in Afghanistan, yet prolonged tensions in the Pakistan-U.S. relationship and Pakistan’s worries about India’s role in Afghanistan make this a challenging issue to resolve. Join USIP on May 18 for a debate among South Asia experts on Pakistani and Indian interests and strategies toward Afghanistan, and how the 2014 political and security transitions in Afghanistan will impact their strategies, and subsequently the region. Countries: Afghanistan, India, Pakistan \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
	May 21, 2012 Innovative Economic Partnerships with Women in Post-Conflict Transition USIP’s Center for Gender and Peacebuilding, in collaboration with Kate Spade New York and Women for Women International, will convene experts to explore the impact of private business and civil society partnerships on women's empowerment in the post-conflict contexts of Afghanistan, Bosnia and Rwanda. Countries: Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Rwanda \| Issue Areas: Economics and Conflict, Gender and Peacebuilding, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
	May 22, 2012 "Saving Face" - A Special Screening Join USIP for a special screening of the Oscar-winning documentary “Saving Face,” and a conversation with filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on the documentary, and more broadly on the state of Pakistan’s women, and how acid attack violence presents an opportunity for a greater role for women in addressing Pakistan’s challenges. Countries: Pakistan \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Gender and Peacebuilding, Human Rights
	May 22, 2012 The End of Civil Wars: How to Make Peace Stick In recent decades, civil wars have caused more deaths than any other form of organized mass violence. Between 2000 and 2010, an extraordinary 90 percent of civil wars were recurrences of earlier wars, according to the World Bank’s 2011 World Development Report. This event will bring together experts on civil war, the success of post-war peace agreements, and deeply divided societies to discuss the key elements that contribute to the success or failure of post-civil war peace. Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Economics and Conflict, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities