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February 16, 2012
The Embassy of Finland together with the U.S. Institute of Peace cordially invite you to a panel discussion on Women, Peace, and Security in Afghanistan: Prospects on the Way Forward. The discussion will offer a timely follow-up to the International Afghanistan Conference held in Bonn in December 2011. The panelists representing the governments of Afghanistan, Finland and the United States, as well as Afghan civil society will examine ways to better ensure an active role for women in the current peace processes and reconstruction efforts. |
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January 19, 2012
The U.S. Institute of Peace, in collaboration with the Institute for Inclusive Security, will host a panel of experts to examine the ways in which diverse civil society actors, including youth and women, as well as the media, religious and business communities, confront real conflicts with collaborative problem-solving approaches. |
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December 6, 2011
On December 6, the U.S. Institute of Peace facilitated a discussion featuring two women NGO leaders from Iraq whose USIP-supported projects enable them to promote positive participatory roles for women as peacebuilders and provide mechanisms and strategies to combat discrimination and violence against women in Iraq. Countries: Iraq
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Gender and Peacebuilding, Political Reform
| Programs: Grant Program
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November 29, 2011
On November 29, 2011, the U.S. Institute of Peace hosted a panel of distinguished experts who discussed the situation of women in Haiti and their role in reconstruction. The event featured a delegation of women leaders from Haiti and an exhibition of photos taken by Haitian women depicting their lives in the tent cities around Port-au-Prince. |
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October 25, 2011
USIP, in collaboration with the Institute for Inclusive Security, USAID, and Vital Voices, hosted a discussion with Ambassador Swanee Hunt and USAID’s Deputy Administrator Donald Steinberg on lessons emerging from the Bosnia conflict with a particular focus on the best ways to ensure a direct role for women in peacebuilding efforts worldwide. In addition, film producer Abigail Disney and film director Pamela Hogan presented their PBS documentary, “I Came to Testify,” that describes how a group of 16 women from Bosnia, victims of the war’s systematic rapes, broke through political and societal silence by stepping onto the witness stand at an international tribunal. |
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October 5, 2011
Hosted by Congressman Russ Carnahan, and co-hosted by the Office of Senator John Kerry and the Office of Senator Barbara Boxer, the U.S. Institute of Peace, Fork Films, the Institute for Inclusive Security, and Vital Voices, collaborated on the pre-screening and panel discussion of the new film, "Peace Unveiled" on October 5, 2011 at the Congressional Visitors Center Theater in Washington, DC. Countries: Afghanistan
| Issue Areas: Gender and Peacebuilding, Political Reform, Security Sector Reform/Governance
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September 13, 2011
The U.S. Institute of Peace, in collaboration with the Office of Congressman Russ Carnahan, Fork Films, and the U.S. Civil Society Working Group on the National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, hosted a viewing of the film, “Pray the Devil Back to Hell” on September 13, 2011 at the Congressional Visitors Center Theater in Washington, DC. Countries: Africa, Liberia
| Issue Areas: Gender and Peacebuilding, Political Reform, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
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July 19, 2011
On July 19, USIP held a full day conference that explored transformations inside North Korea that have significant implications for the regime and the U.S.’s North Korea policy. A group of Seoul-based North Korean defectors spoke at the conference and shared their unique experiences and operational insights from conducting business in the informal markets.
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July 18, 2011
For two years, USIP Senior Fellow Robin Wright tracked the tectonic political shifts that culminated in the uprisings across the Middle East. USIP is pleased to host an in-depth discussion with leading Middle East analyst Robin Wright on the publication of her new book, "Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion across the Islamic World." Webcast: This event will be webcast live beginning at 10:00am EST on July 18, 2011 at www.usip.org/webcast. |
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June 24, 2011
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf made her third visit to USIP on Friday, June 24, 2011 for a speech that addressed key political, economic and social issues affecting her country and the region. Audio, Video and Photos are available on the event page.
Countries: Liberia
| Issue Areas: Gender and Peacebuilding, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Rule of Law
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