Missing Peace Global Symposium on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: Taking Action Together with Survivors, Policymakers, Practitioners and Scholars
From past conflicts in Vietnam and Bosnia and Herzegovina to today’s conflicts in Ukraine, Ethiopia, Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Colombia and Myanmar, state and nonstate actors have used sexual violence to intimidate and terrorize populations. What is missing from policy, research and practice to deter conflict-related sexual violence, mitigate ongoing harms, and heal from the intergenerational impacts? What are the implications for peace and global security when action falls short? These are among the questions at the forefront of the Missing Peace Initiative.
Join USIP, the Peace Research Institute Oslo, Washington University in St. Louis, and Women in International Security via livestream for the plenary sessions of the 10th anniversary Missing Peace Global Symposium. This symposium will bring together leading researchers from diverse disciplines, survivors of different conflicts, practitioners, and policymakers to advance a multi-pronged approach to ending the atrocity of conflict-related sexual violence.
Conflict-related sexual violence displaces people, destroys communities, silences victims and warns of wider atrocities. It undermines reconciliation efforts and the transition to more secure and peaceful societies. Yet, opportunities to integrate prevention and mitigation efforts and jointly leverage resources continue to be missed. How can we effectively move beyond policy siloes that continue to limit action against conflict-related sexual violence?
Keynote Remarks:
Assistant Secretary Anne Witkowsky, Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, U.S. Department of State
Panel Discussion:
Andrea Freeman, Deputy Director, Office of Sudan and South Sudan Programs, Bureau for Africa, U.S. Agency for International Development
Ambassador Makila James, Senior Advisor, U.S. Institute of Peace
Emily Kenney, Policy Specialist, Rule of Law and Transitional Justice, U.N. Women
Siobhan Mullally, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons and Established Professor of Human Rights and Director, Irish Center for Human Rights, University of Galloway
Robinah Rubimbwa, Founder and Executive Director, Coalition for Action on Resolution 1325, Uganda
Ambassador Melanne Verveer, Executive Director, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security
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