While conflict management professionals understand the contributions that women make in peacebuilding efforts, promoting this idea in conflict societies and effectively engaging women in a wide range of peacebuilding activities requires knowledge and awareness.

Please join us at the first Gender and Peacebuilding Seminar to explore the role women can play in peace negotiations.

The seminar setting will allow for ample time for discussion and interaction among participants and with experts about why to solicit the contributions of women in peace negotiations and how to best achieve this goal.

• Pamela Aall
  Vice President, Education and Training Center - Domestic, U.S. Institute of Peace

  Pamela Aall will discuss the challenges that mediators encounter in addressing issues important to women and how to address these challenges.

• Carla Koppell
  Director, The Institute for Inclusive Security

  Carla Koppell will discuss the importance of more inclusive peace negotiations and concise strategies for how policymakers can increase women's participation.

• Anthony Wanis St. John
  Assistant Professor, School of International Service, American University and advisor to Education and Training Center-Domestic, U.S. Institute of Peace

  Anthony Wanis St. John will discuss whether differences in negotiation behaviors and attitudes are tied to gender identity in an effort to reintegrate impact and context in the debate about difference in negotiation.

• Nadia Gerspacher, Moderator
  Program Officer, Education and Training Center - Domestic, U.S. Institute of Peace