[SDCPJ] Women, Peace and Security Consultation Oct. 8

 

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

 

WILPF and the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice invite you and your friends to participate in a consultation with U.S. State Department's Senior Policy Advisor Susan Braden, who is scheduled to visit our community to LISTEN to our concerns about women, peace and security: Saturday, October 8, 2011, 1:00 – 4:00 P.M., Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies, University of San Diego (Linda Vista).

 

Women, Peace and Security Consultation

1:00: Welcome: Dee Aker, Deputy Director of IPJ, a brief summary of the IPJ-convened

          conference (29 September - 1 October 2010)

 

1:10: Overview: Women, Peace and Security and a National Action Plan

         Maria Butler, Director, PeaceWomen Project--WILPF

         Preview of PBS series: Women, War and Peace

         Susan Braden, Senior Policy Advisor, State's Office of Global Women's Issues

         Theresa De Langis, Senior Expert on Women's Human Rights in Conflict Settings

             

1:55: Panel Discussion: Impact of Violence on Women, Locally and Globally

         Local Experts Discuss Immigration, Human Trafficking, Refugees, Domestic Violence,

         Militarism, Asylum Seekers, Rape, Violence against Military Women

          

2:25: Discussion Circles: Civil Society Initiatives for Change and Recommendation for the

         U.S. NAP: Participation, Protection, Conflict Prevention, and Restorative Justice

 

Refreshments

 

3:10: Report Back from Discussion Circles

 

3: 25: Public Testimonies/Q & A

 

3: 55: Closing and Wrap Up

 

4:00:  Adjourn

 

Free. RSVP or questions: ahoiberg@aol.com or 619.223.8074.