Feminist support to women activists and movements, making non-violent activism count politically

This WPS Side Event will bring together influential local women activists from Sudan, Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), Myanmar and Iraq with leading international stakeholders.

 

The speakers will examine how international actors (member states, mulilateral organisations, INGOs) can provide feminist support to women activists and movements in times of political upheaval, mass protest and armed violence. There will be particular focus on bridging the gaps from women leading protests on the streets to influencing all stages in each and every peace and political process. 

 

• Moneera Yassien, Founder of AMNA

• H.E. Ms. Maritza Chan Valverde, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the UN 
• Ms. Lena Skoglund, Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Sweden to the UN

• Hadia Hasaballah, Sudan
• Suheir Farraj, Director-General of the Women, Media and Development Organisation (TAM), Palestine
• Ada Chai, Myanmar
• Yasmin Fala, She Revolution / Infocenter, Iraq

• Breza Race, Program Director Center for Applied Non-Violent Actions and Strategies, Serbia

• Maria Stephan, Author of ‘Why Civil Resistance Works’ and co-leader of the the Horizons Project