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The 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will take place from March 11th-22nd, 2024.
The priority theme of this year’s session is “Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective.”
During #CSW68, check back here for the events that the International Peace Institute (IPI) is hosting, as well as relevant recommended reading for each event.
To view the calendar of #CSW68 side events, click here>>
Wednesday, March 6th at 9:45am EST
Shattering Glass: The UNSC, its “Elected Ten” and Women, Peace and Security
Through a hybrid public policy forum, IPI together with the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) will explore the impact of elected member states (E10) on Security Council policy outcomes, with a specific focus on advancing the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda. The forum will serve as an arena for discussions about how E10 member states conduct their WPS diplomacy and raise issues about how the agenda can flourish, despite a global context of increasingly complex obstacles. The event will also present NAI’s research findings from the project, “Shattering Glass: How Elected Members of the UN Security Council Fight for Women, Peace and Security,” undertaken with the Peace Research Institute Oslo. Featured speakers will include H.E. Merete Fjeld Brattested, Permanent Representative of Norway to the UN; H.E. Fergal Mythen, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the UN; and Roselynn Finda Senesi, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Sierra Leone to the UN. Read more>>
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Recommended Reading
- Advancing Women, Peace and Security in the UN Security Council: Critical Choices for Elected Member States
- Women, Peace and Security Strategies at the Horseshoe Table: The Elected Ten UN Security Council Members Advancing the WPS Agenda
- Lessons from E10 Engagement on the Security Council
- A Year in the Life of an Elected Member: Lessons Learned on the Security Council
- Sharing the Pen in the UN Security Council: A Win for Inclusive Multilateralism?
- Climate Change in the Security Council: What New Council Members Can Achieve in 2023
Friday, March 8th at 10:30am EST
Inside Afghanistan’s Gender Apartheid
To mark International Women’s Day on March 8th, IPI will host Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai and other high-profile speakers for a panel discussion on the deteriorating rights of girls, women and individuals of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities in Afghanistan. The discussion will highlight ongoing efforts to ensure justice and accountability for these abuses—in particular the momentum around efforts to recognize and codify the crime of gender apartheid. This hybrid event is co-organized by IPI, the Malala Fund, and the Atlantic Council and is co-sponsored by the Governments of Malta, and Mexico; the Global Justice Center; Rawadari; and the Georgetown Institute of Women, Peace and Security. Read more>>
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Recommended Reading
- You Can’t Ignore the Voices of Afghan Women: Interview with Heather Barr
- Gender Apartheid is a Horror. Now the United Nations Can Make it a Crime Against Humanity
- Making Women’s Rights and Inclusion a Priority in Afghanistan Peacemaking
- Despite Ample Mechanisms, Women Still Excluded from Afghanistan’s Political Process
- A Humanitarian Perspective on the Independent Assessment in Afghanistan
- When Militarism Meets Gender Reform: Fixing the Contradictory Legacy of the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda in Afghanistan
Wednesday, March 13th at 10:00am EDT
Challenges and Best Practices for Advancing Multilateral Feminist Policies
IPI, in partnership with the Catalan Ministry for Foreign Action and European Union, will host an interactive closed-door roundtable discussion focused on multilateral feminist policymaking. The aim of this event will be for member states and civil society to share knowledge on feminist approaches to international cooperation, international development, and policy implementation, including of feminist foreign policies and development policies at the multilateral level, with a particular focus on feminist funding models. IPI will also share findings from its forthcoming report, “Key Debates in Advancing Feminist Foreign Policy in the Multilateral System,” on the central discussions related to feminist foreign policymaking, including militarization, domestication, and accountability.
This is a closed-door event. If you are interested in participating, please contact Phoebe Donnelly donnelly@ipinst.org.
Recommended Reading
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