Twenty-five years after the adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, in a changing and fragmented geopolitical context, with a transition from a rules-based world order, in which armed conflicts are multiplying, exacerbating and prolonging, the Women, Peace and Security Agenda faces ever-greater challenges.
On the one hand, the erosion of democracy and the questioning of global norms promoting gender equality and women’s rights in some countries and multilateral institutions weaken the relevance of this Agenda. On the other hand, geopolitical interests and new security priorities, far from being an opportunity to strengthen this Agenda, seem in some cases to have the opposite effect, minimizing its importance and effectiveness, if not questioning its validity.
How can we maintain our commitment to the Women, Peace and Security Agenda? How can we highlight its positive impacts on conflict prevention and peace processes?
Hashtag: #AgendaMPS
Programme:
10:00 Welcome
- Tiina Jortikka, Director, Instituto Iberoamericano de Finlandia | @TiinaJortikka
- Charles Powell, Director, Elcano Royal Institute | @CharlesTPowell
10:15 First panel – Assessing 25 years of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in an era of geopolitical competition.
- María Jesús Conde, Former Ambassador-at-large for Feminist Foreign Policy, and advisor for the development of Spain’s Third Women, Peace and Security Plan
- Manuela Mesa, Director, CEIPAZ | @CEIPAZ1
- Elisa Tarnaala, member of the Nordic Women Mediators | @ElisaTarnaala
- Lorena Larios, Secretary for Ibero-American Cooperation, SEGIB | @LorenaLariosR
- Modera: María Solanas, Director of Programmes, Elcano Royal Institute; member of the Mediterranean Women Mediators Network | @Maria_SolanasC
11:45 Coffee break
12:00 Second panel: The implementation of Resolution 1325 in practice: Prevention, mediation, negotiation
- Ida Bakke, member of the Nordic Women Mediators | @NOREFno
- Nigeria Rentería, member of the Ibero-American Women Mediators Network |
- @NigeriaRenteria
- María Villellas, Escola de Cultura de Paz, member of the Mediterranean Women Mediators Network
- Ana Alonso Giganto, Ambassador-at-Large for Feminist Foreign Policy | @MAECgob
- Modera: Katariina Leinonen, member of the Nordic Women Mediators | @KatariinaLeino1
13:20 Conclusiones
- Tiina Jortikka, Director, Instituto Iberoamericano de Finlandia | @TiinaJortikka
- María Solanas, Director of Programmes, Elcano Royal Institute; member of the Mediterranean Women Mediators Network | @Maria_SolanasC
14:00 Farewell reception
– The seminar will be in Spanish without simultaneous translation.
– In-person event. If you would like to attend in-person, please send RSVP to cultura@madrid.fi.
Image: Women, Peace and Security – UN Security Council Open Debate, 2022. Photo: UN Women (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
