Agenda

Welcome:

Dr. Kathleen Kuehnast
Center for Gender and Peacebuilding, U.S. Institute of Peace

Opening Remarks: 

Ambassador Melanne Verveer 
Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues, U.S. Department of State

Keynote Address:

Ms. Zainab Hawa Bangura 
UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sexual Violence in Conflict

Panel One: International Responses to Sexual Violence

This panel will examine how international organizations and institutions have responded to sexual violence in armed conflicts; the current scopes and limitations of international and regional legal norms and frameworks; this panel will also discuss the effectiveness of international efforts to gather information about sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict settings. 

Dr. Kelly Askin, Open Society Justice Initiative, USA
Col. Birame Diop, Partners Senegal: Center for Change and Conflict Management , Senegal
Prof. Karen Engle, University of Texas, USA
Ms. Anne-Marie Goetz, UN Women, USA
Dr. Gina Heathcote, University of London, United Kingdom
Dr. Robert Jenkins, Hunter College, USA

Moderators:
Dr. Chantal de Jonge Oudaat, SIPRI North America, USA
Dr. Kathleen Kuehnast, Center for Gender and Peacebuilding, U.S. Institute of Peace, USA

Luncheon, Great Hall
Sponsored by Instituto Promundo and Sonke Gender Justice Network

Opening Remarks:
Mr. Tamba David Makieu
National Movement for Emancipation and Progress
Leyla Sharafi
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Panel Two: National Responses to Sexual Violence

This panel will examine national responses to sexual violence, including the creation and implementation of National Action Plans to implement Security Council Resolution 1325 (Women, Peace, and Security); the effectiveness of top-down responses (government) as compared to bottom-up (community based) responses; and building national capacity to address sexual violence in conflict situations. 

Dr. Anne-Marie De Brouwer, Tilburg University, Netherlands
Ms. Jehan Deng, Minister of Health and Environment for Jonglei State, South Sudan
Ms. Julissa Mantilla, UN Women Colombia, Colombia
Mr. Jean Nimubona, CARE, Burundi
Mr. Emilio Ovuga, University of Gulu, Uganda
Mr. Mohammad Shahabi, Peace Training and Research Organization, Afghanistan

Moderators:
Dr. Gary Barker, Instituto Promundo, Brazil
Dr. Jelke Boesten, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Introduction

Jim Marshall,
President, United States Institute of Peace

Keynote Address: Violence Against Women, The Continuum

Ms. Jody Williams 
Nobel Laureate

Reception, Leland Atrium
Sponsored by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Introduction:

Kristian Berg Harpviken
Director, Peace Research Institute Oslo

Opening Remarks:

Ambassador Wegger Christian Strømmen
Ambassador of Norway to the United States

Panel Three: Perpetrating Sexual Violence

This panel will examine the variation in nature and degree of sexual violence across armed groups, regions, and conflicts; how society’s gender constructions figure into the perpetration of sexual violence in conflict; and the complex relationship between perpetration and victimhood.  

Dr. Maria Eriksson Baaz, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Mr. Hassan Bility, Global Justice and Research Center, Liberia
Dr. Dara Kay Cohen, Harvard University, USA
Dr. Elisabeth Schauer, Vivo, Democratic Reputlic of Congo
Dr. Laura Sjoberg, University of Florida, USA
Dr. Maria Stern, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Dr. Elisabeth Wood, Yale University, USA

Moderators:
Dr. Inger Skjelsbæk, Peace Research Institute Oslo, Norway
Ms. Kim Thuy Seelinger, Human Rights Center, University of California-Berkeley, USA

Panel Four: Surviving Sexual Violence

This panel will examine experiences of the victims-survivors, and how they vary by conflict and region. This panel will also explore existing research about patterns of victimization, including the victimization of men. In addition, the panelists will discuss the best methods and practices for gathering information about victims-survivors. 

Dr. Erin Baines, University of British Columbia, Canada
Dr. Chris Coulter, Stockholm University, Sweden
Dr. Chris Dolan, Makerere University, Uganda
Ms. Desiree Lwambo, Heal Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Dr. Margaret Makanyengo, Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya
Ms. Marijana Senjak, Medica Zenica, Bosnia
Ms. Henny Slegh, Promundo, Rwanda

Moderator:
Ms. Kim Thuy Seelinger, Human Rights Center, University of California-Berkeley, USA
Dr. Inger Skjelsbæk, Peace Research Institute Oslo, Norway

Luncheon, Great Hall
Sponsored by Creative Associates International Inc.

Opening Remarks:

Ms. M. Charito Kruvant
President and CEO of Creative Associates International Inc.
 

Panel Five: Security from Sexual Violence

This panel will examine how to protect individuals from conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence.  It will seek to define the goals of “security” in this context and examine best practices in law enforcement. It will also review current research and knowledge about the provision and limitations of security efforts – from UN peacekeeping, to national government efforts, to the availability of safe shelter for victims-survivors.   

Ms. Suzan Aref, Women Empowerment Oragnization, Iraq
Ms. Heidi Lehmann, International Rescue Committee, USA
Amb. Liberata Mulah Mulah, Office of the President of Tanzania, Tanzania
Amb. Rebecca Okwaci, Ministry of General Education and Instruction, South Sudan
Comm. Karuna Rai, UNMIL Indian All-Female Police Formed Unit, Liberia

Moderators:
Dr. Jelke Boesten, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Dr. Chantal de Jonge Oudraat, SIPRI North America, USA

Keynote Address: Lubanga: Shifting Paradigms of Humanitarian Law

Ms. Patricia Sellers
International Criminal Lawyer, Visiting Fellow
Kellogg College, Oxford University, United Kingdom

Reception, Leland Atrium
Sponsored by the Peace Research Endowment (PRE)

Opening Remarks: 

Dr. Abigail Disney,
Co-founder, Daphne Foundation, President & Producer, Fork Films LLC
Member of the PRE Board of Directors

Panel Six: Methodological Challenges and Opportunities

This panel will examine how we can best, ethically and methodologically, generate good qualitative and quantitative data on sexual violence in armed conflict. It will survey the types of data that currently exist, the biases inherent in each type of data, the various methods of collecting data and how the data are used in research. Finally, the panel will generate a discussion as to how various researchers’ efforts can inform and support each other’s work and the process of policy creation. 

Mr. Xabier Agirre, ICC Office of the Prosecutor, Netherlands
Dr. Mary Ellsberg, Global Women's Institute, George Washington University, USA
Ms. Mazeda Hossain, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
Dr. Valerie Hudson, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, USA
Dr. Lynn Lawry, Initiative in Global Women's Health Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical, USA
Dr. Ragnhild Nordås, Peace Research Institute Oslo, Norway

Moderators: 
Dr. Dara Kay Cohen, Harvard University, USA
Dr. Kathleen Kuehnast, Center for Gender and Peacebuilding, U.S. Institute of Peace, USA

This panel will examine what further steps need to be taken to prevent the occurrence of sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict situations at local, national and global levels. This session will attempt to come up with some overall recommendations for both the experts and participants.

Dr. Gary Barker, Promundo, USA
Ms. Veronica Eragu, EDG Venture Consult, Uganda
Dr. Claudia Garcia Moreno, World Health Organization, Switzerland
Amb. Pernille Dahler Kardel, Danish Ambassador to Egypt, Egypt
Mr. Andrew Mack, Human Security Report Project, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Ms. Pia Peeters, The World Bank – Nairobi, Kenya
Ms. Kim Thuy Seelinger, HRC, University of California-Berkeley, USA

Moderator:
Dr. Kathleen Kuehnast, Center for Gender and Peacebuilding, U.S. Institute of Peace, USA
Dr. Chantal de Jonge Oudraat, SIPRI North America, USA
 

Closing Luncheon, Great Hall

Keynote Speaker:

Ambassador Donald Steinberg
Deputy Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

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