This was the Women in Peace & Security Roundtable

This was the Women in Peace & Security Roundtable

Women in Peace & Security Roundtable
September 23, 2020

This autumn marks the 20th anniversary since the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (WPS). A huge milestone, it finally promised mainstream attention to women’s perspectives on and experiences of war, peace and security which women’s rights activists had been pursuing for over a century.

This momentous anniversary was celebrated with a roundtable of key experts and practitioners discussing the WPS agenda’s past, present and potential futures.

Speakers:
Soumita Basu, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the South Asian University, New Delhi
Amanda Chisholm, Senior Lecturer researching and teaching on gender and security across both War Studies and Defence Studies
Dr Andrea Ellner, Lecturer in the Defence Studies Department, King’s College, London
Jamie J. Hagen, Lecturer in international relations at Queen’s University Belfast
Dr Aiko Holvikivi, Research Officer at the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security
Cynthia Petrigh, International expert in support to societies in transition
Swarna Rajagopalan, Political scientist and founding member of the Women’s Regional Network
Saskia Stachowitsch, Professor of International Politics at the University of Vienna