Category Archives: War Conflict

5 June 2014 17:00 ~ Sexual Violence in Conflict – WILPF Webinar

This Series of regular Webinars is hosted by our WILPF Academic Network and will be featuring every two months in the lead-up to April 2015.

These Webinars are open for everybody, no prior knowledge or experience necessary! They feature any issue concerning peace and security from a gender perspective, including disarmament, human rights and the women, peace and security agenda.

If you are unsure how to join a Webinar, just click here for a step-by-step explanation. In short, after registering, you will get a link sent to your email. Click that link at the time of the Webinar and you will be connected to the live session.
Upcoming Webinars

Sexual Violence in Conflict
EPISODE 4; 5th June 2014; 18:00 Geneva Time (CET) 17:00 BST

Conflict-related gender violence is widespread, encompassing a range of human rights violations, and affecting not only women and girls, but men and boys as well. Sexual violence in armed conflict is used for many different purposes, including as a tool of economic exploitation, a mechanism of domination, a weapon of war, and an element of genocide.

It is a fundamental aspect of a global political economy of violence, fueling the criminalization of armed conflict and global erosions of safe spaces. Professor Janie Leatherman will be speaking about the causes and consequences of sexual violence in contemporary armed conflict. She will address the new trends in conflict-related sexual violence and arising challenges in humanitarian responses, reflecting on current strategies of prevention, protection, and caring.

Register at http://www.womenstopwar.org/wsw-webinar-series/

May 30, 2014

10 June 2014 18:30 ~ Building a Future after Conflict – SIGBI panel discussion at Global Summit – London

SIGBI has been invited to be part of the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, which will take place at ExCel, London on 10-13 June 2014. This is a major initiative by William Hague, UK Foreign Secretary, who will co-chair the summit with Angelina Jolie, Special Envoy for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

This is an exciting opportunity for SIGBI, we will be hosting a panel session on Tuesday 10th June 6.30pm – 8pm and we also have a stand in the Marketplace throughout the event.

Panel Session
SIGBI will be holding a panel session on Tuesday 10th June 6.30pm – 8pm Hall N20/21, Building a Future after Conflict, which will be chaired by SIGBI President, Margaret Oldroyd. Speakers are still to be confirmed, but are likely to be:

  • Lois Kemera, Sierra Leone, Project Leader, Project Sierra A Family and A Future
  • Anne MacDonald OBE, Federation Coordinator, Project Sierra A Family and A Future
  • Judge Sabina Arbia, former Registrar of the ICC and Chief Prosecutor at the UN ICT post Rwanda genocide
  • Ann Garvie, International President, Limbs for Life in partnership with IRC
  • Kate Moore MBE, Project Independence in partnership with Women for Women International

Please see the invitation to attend this panel, and if you can make it we will be delighted to welcome you..

Marketplace Stand
SIGBI has a stand in the Marketplace throughout the event.

How to Attend?

We would love to see you at the summit. The Fringe is free to attend and prior-registration is not required.

Full details at http://sigbi.org/2014/global-summit-london/

May 23, 2014