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Thursday, May 5, 2011Women & War Book Launch and Reception
Venue: U.S. Institute of Peace Headquarters
           2301 Constitution Avenue NW
           Washington, DC 20037
Time: 4:00pm – 6:00pm

4:00pm – 5:00pm         Session 1

Welcome and Introductions:

• Tara Sonenshine
  Executive Vice President, U.S. Institute of Peace

Keynote Speaker:       

• Ambassador Wegger Christian Strømmen
  Ambassador of Norway to the United States
  Royal Norwegian Embassy

5:00pm – 6:00pm         Reception hosted by the Royal Norwegian Embassy


Friday, May 6, 2011Women & War Symposium
Venue: U.S. Institute of Peace Headquarters
           2301 Constitution Avenue NW
           Washington, DC 20037
Time: 8:00am – 4:30pm

8:00am – 8:45am Registration

9:00am – 10:45am     Session 1: Women and War from the perspectives of the U.S. Government

Welcome:

• Tara Sonenshine
  Executive Vice President
  U.S. Institute of Peace

Keynote:  “UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and the U.S. National Action Plan: A Department of Defense Perspective”       

• Kathleen Hicks
  Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Forces
  U.S. Department of Defense
  
  Q and A

"The Vital role of Women In Advancing Peace and Security"

• Ambassador Melanne Verveer (pre-recorded)
  Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues
  U.S. Department of State

“Women and War: An Agenda for Action”

• Ambassador Donald Steinberg
  Deputy Administrator
  U.S. Agency for International Development
  
  Q and A

10:45am – 11:00am     Break

11:00am – 12:00pm     Session 2: Women & War, Power and Protection in the 21st Century

Panel Discussion with Authors:

• Sanam Anderlini
  Executive Director
  International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN)
• Inger Skjelsbæk
  Senior Researcher, Deputy Director
  Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
• Carla Koppell
  Senior Coordinator, Office of Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment
  U.S. Agency for International Development
• Helga Hernes
  Senior Adviser
  Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
• Manal Omar
  Director of Iraq and Iran Programs
  U.S. Institute of Peace
• Chantal de Jonge Oudraat
  Director, Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program
  U.S. Institute of Peace
• Kathleen Kuehnast 
  Director, Gender and Peacebuilding Center
  U.S. Institute of Peace

12:00pm – 1:00pm     Session 4: Luncheon and Dialogue

1:15pm – 4:30pm     Session 3: Framing Women and War through Media, Film, and Music

Performance:

• Morley
  ‘Sever the Ties’ and ‘Women of Hope’

Presenter and Moderator:      

• Pat Mitchell
  President and CEO
  The Paley Center

Panel:

• Abigail Disney
  Filmmaker, Philanthropist, Producer of the film “Pray the Devil Back to Hell”
  Founder of Fork Films
• Femke van Velzen
  Filmmaker, Philanthropist, Producer of the film “Weapon of War”
  Co-Founder of IF Productions
• Agnes M. Fallah-Kamara Umunna
  Journalist and Radio Producer
  Executive Director and Founder of Straight from the Heart Project
• Morley
  Composer and Singer
• Sheldon Himelfarb
  Director, Center of Innovation: Media, Conflict, and Peacebuilding
  U.S. Institute of Peace