Gender & Conflict @ the UN
The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) -- 50th Session
Panel Discussion on:
Women’s Participation in Conflict & Post-Conflict Decision-Making Processes
Sub-topics and panelists:
“Review of UN Deliberation on Increased Participation of Women in Conflict and Post-Conflict Decision Making Processes (Beijing Conference to 2006): Lessons for South Asia”
By: Dr. Nisha Sahai Achuthan (Chief Panelist and Moderator)
Former Member-Secretary of the National Commission for Women (NCW), Government of India, Dr. Achuthan has over three decades of professional experience in gender issues in conflicts.
“Women in the Conflict in Nepal”
By: Ms. Narbada Chhetri
Ms. Chhetri is a women’s and human rights activist who has had extensive experience at the grass roots level in Nepal. She is associated with INHURED, a human rights group.
“Emerging Women’s Leadership Roles in Conflicts”
By: Julie Bridgham
Julie Bridgham is a documentary filmmaker who has spent the last five years living off and on in Nepal where she produced and directed numerous films in some of Nepal's most remote and insurgency-affected areas. She has produced and directed for the BBC, the Travel Channel, TLC, and the United Nations, among others. Her recent documentary "The Sari Soldiers" is a feature-length film following six women at the forefront of the insurgency in Nepal, which is currently in post-production. Her presentation will include a twenty-minute promotional video clip of “The Sari Soldiers”.
Wednesday, March 8, 2006
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Church Center – Boss Room
8th floor, 777 United Nations Plaza
(First Avenue @ East 44th Street)
Guest Speakers:
Dr. Cora Weiss, President, Hague Appeal for Peace
Dr. Clarence Dias, President, International Center for Law & Development
Co-sponsors:
International Institute for Human Rights, Environment and Development; and
Alliance for Democracy & Human Rights in Nepal, USA
Free Admission. Guests must have a picture ID to get into the building.
For questions regarding this particular event, contact:
Sanjaya Parajuli, parajulis@hotmail.com; or Anil Shahi, anil_shahi_et@hotmail.com; or Somnath Ghimire, somu13@hotmail.com
For complete schedule of other parallel events of the 50th session of the CSW, please visit:
- http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/conf/seforms/dspUNcalendar.asp
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