Why Women Peacebuilders Matter with FREE LUNCH
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Why Women Peacebuilders Matter with FREE LUNCH
March 8 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Free
MEAL AND MEETING SPACE PROVIDED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE IOWA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY
The U.S. Institute of Peace(USIP) presents the Women Building Peace Award (WBPA) annually to an extraordinary international woman peacebuilder. During this International Women’s Day event, Dr. Kathleen Kuehnast, Director of Women, Peace, and Security at USIP, will discuss gender-inclusive peacebuilding and present the work of 2023’s WBPA finalists.
“Research confirms that the security of a nation is directly tied to the security and status of its women. At the same time, violent conflict upends and polarizes societies, disrupting social structures and gender roles. An expanding evidence base indicates that peacebuilding and security programs and policies are more successful when they address the different impacts of conflict on men, women, and gender and sexual minorities and ensure full participation of diverse women in the design and implementation of solutions.”
(https://www.usip.org/programs/women-peace-and-security-wps).Dr. Kathleen Kuehnast is the director of the Women, Peace, and Security portfolio at USIP, where she oversees the Institute’s work on the gendered impacts of violent conflict, drawing upon U.N. Security Council Resolution 1325, emphasizing the critical role women play in all aspects of peacebuilding. Since 2012, Kuehnast has served as a founding partner of the Missing Peace Initiative, which is focused on ending conflict-related sexual violence by bringing a survivor-centered focus to research, policy, and practice. Since 2010, she has also spearheaded the U.S. Civil Society Work Group on Women, Peace, and Security, of which USIP is the secretariat. Before USIP, Kuehnast worked in the international development field, primarily with the World Bank, where her role as a senior social scientist included research and project management on the thematic streams of women and poverty, social capital, and community-driven development in fragile and post-conflict societies. Her regional expertise is in Central Asia, where she lived for several years during the initial years of the post-Soviet period in Kyrgyzstan, completing her doctoral dissertation research.
Why Women Peacebuilders MatterMARCH 08, 2024, 12:00PM – 1:00PMIOWA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARYALSO STREAMING ONLINE: https://www.youtube.com/@thelibrarychannelDOORS OPEN AT 11:30AM – JOIN US FOR SOCIAL CONNECTION AND A MEAL!
PLEASE RSVP BY MARCH 4th – SO WE KNOW HOW MUCH FOOD TO ORDER
Learn more about Dr. Kuehnast: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleen-kuehnast-52540a2b/