1325 at 25: Achievements, challenges and opportunities for fostering feminist insights on peace and security
To mark the 25th anniversary of the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, the research group on Gender, Peace and Security at the Swedish Defence University invites you to a day of celebration and reflection on the progress made since the adoption of the resolution in 2000.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, which for the first time recognised the importance of feminist perspectives in promoting international peace and security. The adoption of nine more resolutions in the following years has anchored what is often referred to as the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda in the international context.
Sweden has been an early advocate and driving force behind the agenda, and in 2019 the first Anna Lindh Professorship in Gender, Peace and Security was inaugurated at the Swedish Defence University.
To mark the 25th anniversary, the Gender, Peace and Security Research Group at the Swedish Defence University– which was established around the Anna Lindh Professorship – invites you to a day of celebration and reflection on the progress made since the adoption of Resolution 1325 in 2000, the challenges that the Agenda continues to face, but also the opportunities that exist to continue to deepen our understanding of international peace and security.
Agenda
The workshop is organised around three panels with the following agenda:
10h00-10h30
Welcome
- Robert Egnell, Vice-Chancellor, Swedish Defence University
- Annick Wibben, Anna Lindh Professor, War Studies, Swedish Defence University
- Priscyll Anctil Avoine, Assistant Professor, War Studies, Swedish Defence University
10h30-12h00
Panel 1 - WPS in and from the Nordics
- Annick Wibben, Anna Lindh Professor, War Studies, Swedish Defence University
- Charlotte Isaksson, Senior Gender Advisor, Directorate of Strategic Plans and Policy, Swedish Armed Forces
- Annette Lyth, LLM, International and Operational Law, Swedish Defence University
- Malin Nilsson, General Secretary, IKFF (WILPF) Sweden
12h00-13h00 Lunch
13h00-14h30
Panel 2 - WPS in Global Perspective
- Punam Yadav, Professor of Gender, Peace and Disaster Risk Reduction, University College London
- Johanna Mannergren, Professor in Political Science, Södertorn University
- Jenny Lorentzen, Senior Research Fellow in the Research Group for Peace, Conflict and Development, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
- Kateřina Krulišová, Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University
14h30-14h45 Fika outside Tre Kronor
15h00-16h30
Panel 3 - Imagining the future of the WPS Agenda through DDR gender initiatives
- Frida Lundström, senior DDR Officer, Folke Bernadotte Academy
- Kristin Valasek, Senior Specialist, Women, Peace and Security, Folke Bernadotte Academy
- Priscyll Anctil Avoine, Assistant Professor, Swedish Defence University