The PRIO Centre on Gender, Peace and Security was recently established in the autumn of 2015 to build on PRIO’s position as a leading research environment on gender, peace and security. To celebrate the establishment of the new centre, PRIO is hosting a launch event with guest speaker Professor Christine Chinkin, Emerita Professor of International Law and Director of the Centre on Women, Peace and Security at the London School of Economics. Professor Chinkin will give a talk on ‘Women, Peace and Security: What Does It Mean in the Contemporary World?’
Programme
15:00-15:05 Welcome by Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director, PRIO
15:05-15:10 Opening remarks by Tore Hattrem, State Secretary, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
15:10-15:20 Presentation of the PRIO Centre on Gender, Peace and Security by Torunn L. Tryggestad, Director, PRIO Centre on Gender, Peace and Security
15:20-15:50 Women, Peace and Security: What Does It Mean in the Contemporary World?
Keynote address by Professor Christine Chinkin, Director, Centre on Women, Peace and Security, London School of Economics (LSE)
15:50-16:45 Panel Discussion on 'Advancing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda: The role and impact of research on policy and practice' with panelists:
- Yannick Glemarec, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director, UN Women
- Christine Chinkin, Director, Centre on Women, Peace and Security, LSE
- Roslyn Warren, Research Partnerships Manager, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security
- Inger Skjelsbæk, Research Professor, PRIO Centre on Gender, Peace and Security
- Moderated by Torunn L. Tryggestad, PRIO
Followed by Q&A
16:45-19:00 Reception and remarks from Espen Lindbæck, Deputy Director of the Section for Peace and Reconciliation, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Please register your attendance by 8 February
