The ninth High-Level Seminar on Gender and Inclusive Mediation Processes will be held in Oslo, 9-11 October 2018. The seminar series aims at generating more consultative processes by promoting women’s effective participation and building inclusive, gender-sensitive mediation capacity at international, regional and national levels.

The ninth High-Level Seminar on Gender and Inclusive Mediation Processes will be held in Oslo, this autumn.

The overall objective of theHigh-Level Seminar on Gender and Inclusive Mediation Process for envoys, mediators and senior mediation experts, is to generate more consultative processes by promoting women’s effective participation and building inclusive, gender-sensitive mediation capacity at international, regional and national levels.

The High-Level Seminar on Gender and Inclusive Mediation Processes is designed to:

  • Increase participant's awareness of the roles women may play in resolving and sustaining conflict;
  • Deal with dilemmas of inclusivity and efficiency in mediation; e.g. how opportunities for women’s participation in mediated processes are affected by culture and local traditions;
  • Apply the UN’s normative women, peace and security frameworks as leverage for mediators;
  • Offer practical strategies and tools for conflict assessment and process design to expand participation and opportunities for women and civil society; and for including women more systematically in monitoring and implementation bodies; and
  • Provide specific information, advice, and language on gender-relevant components of substantive issues, including on conflict-related sexual violence, in ceasefire- and peace agreements.

Since its start in 2013, the series of seminars is organized by the UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA), the Crisis Management Initiative (CMI) and the Governments of Norway and Finland in cooperation with the PRIO Centre on Gender, Peace and Security.

Contact information

For questions, please contact Linn Marie Reklev (linrek@prio.org).