The new open accessbook Livesin Peace Research: The Oslo Stories explains how PRIO, the world'soldest independent peace research institute, was founded and how it survivedthrough crises.
On 16June 2018, Helga Hernes was awarded honorary membership in the Norwegian Association for Women’s Rights (Norsk Kvinnesaksforening, NKS).
PRIO congratulates Helga Hernes on her 80th birthday today!
Interview with PRIO's gender group
Integrating Gender into Foreign Policy
In connection with the recent launch of the Norwegian government’s Action Plan for Women's Rights and Gender Equality in Foreign and Development Policy 2016-2020 an Advocacy Group was also announced.
PRIO Launches New Centre on Gender, Peace and Security
24-26 March 2015, Oslo
Torunn L.
Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict
Women, Power and Politics: The Road to Sustainable Democracy
Women, Power and Politics: The Road to Sustainable Democracy (14-15 November 2013)
Selected publications by PRIO Researchers
New Project at PRIO on National Action Plans
By invitation only
At Vika Kino in Oslo, PRIO screens the film "Pray the Devil Back to Hell" about Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee's mobilization of Liberian women to end the country's civil war.
USIP (United States Institute for Peace) is launching the book Women and War with a two-day Symposium in Washington.
Helga Hernes and Inger Skjelsbæk will give presentations at a seminar tomorrow (27th Nov) at the University of Oslo, debating military service for women.
It is now possible to download the report from the November 2007 Conference Peacebuilding in Afghanistan: How To Reach the Women.
In honour of Helga Hernes at her 70th birthday, PRIO has launched a new book, published by PAX Publishing.
PRIO organized this conference in co-operation with The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
PRIO and the Norwegian Red Cross organized an international conference on the topic "The Impact of Armed Conflict on Women".
The Gender Group at PRIO invites you to a seminar on Gender and Security: Discourses, Concepts and Conflicts with Lene Hansen, University of Copenhagen.
PRIO has the pleasure of inviting you to a seminar with Cynthia Enloe of Clark University (USA).
Helga Hernes, Senior Adviser at PRIO, has been appointed by the Norwegian Parliament to chair the Norwegian Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight Committee [EOS-utvalget].