Open seminar with NATO´s Special Representative on Women, Peace and Security
Irene Fellin, NATO's Secretary General's Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security (WPS) visits Sweden and holds an open seminar on the NATO WPS Agenda.
The seminar will focus on the evolution of NATO’s WPS Agenda including the recently endorsed 2024 NATO Policy on WPS which sets the vision and priorities for the years ahead.
Irene Fellin was appointed NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security and for Human Security in November 2021.
Ms. Fellin is a WPS expert and peacebuilder who has worked as a Senior Gender Adviser with Women in International Security (WIIS), the International Affairs Institute (IAI) in Rome, NATO HQ in Brussels, as well as international consultant for UN agencies and other national institutions for more than 15 years. She was instrumental in establishing and coordinating the Mediterranean Women Mediators Network (MWMN).
Ms. Fellin is a strong supporter of female leadership and in 2016 she founded the Italian chapter of Women In International Security (WIIS). Since 2017 she has been working with women mediators and peacebuilders across the Globe, supporting projects aimed at facilitating peacebuilding and mediation initiatives at the national and international level. She works on education and training programs about the “Women, Peace and Security” agenda and about “Gendered inclusive mediation and peace processes”.