October 12-13, 2009
Women in Peace Operations Seminar
On October 12 and 13, 2009 the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre (PPC) hosted a Women in Peace Operations Seminar in Lusaka, Zambia. Twenty-seven police officers (7 men and 20 women) from six Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries (Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania and Zambia) took part in the Seminar.
The aim of the seminar was to discuss challenges to the participation of women in peace operations and to identify preliminary strategies for addressing these challenges. The seminar helped increase the awareness of the participants on the issue of peace operations and the operational advantage of women’s meaningful participation in peace operations. The seminar also helped raise awareness on UN Security Council Resolutions 1325 and 1820 and other regional legal instruments as a way to promote the integration of more female police officers to complex peace operations.
This project was made possible with funding from the Federal Republic of Germany, Foreign Office.
Seminar report : Women in Peace Operations (5.31MB)
September 21 to 28, 2009
Strategy Session on UN Security Council Resolution 1820
The Pearson Peacekeeping Centre attended a strategy session on United Nations Security Council Resolution 1820 in New York, organized by The International Women's Tribune Centre (IWTC).
The Pearson Peacekeeping Centre participated in discussions and provided some insights, along with Global Action, on the role of peacekeepers in implementing Resolution 1820 and in preventing and responding to sexual violence.
The aim of the strategy session was to analyze the Secretary-General’s latest report on Resolution 1820 and other official positions from member states and UN agencies, and to formulate complementary or alternative courses of actions to make Resolution 1820 an effective tool for ending sexual violence in conflict-affected communities.
Women's peace advocacy groups from Burundi, Canada, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Liberia, Nepal, Sierra Leone, The Netherlands, and the United States also attended the session.
The IWTC developed a blog to ensure wide dissemination of the discussions throughout the week with information on Resolution 1820, the different sessions and the participants and resource people.
For more information on the strategy session, contact the IWTC.
For more information on the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre and Resolution 1820, contact Kristine St-Pierre.
September 2, 2009
Roundtable on the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1820
The Pearson Peacekeeping Centre (PPC) and Peacebuild are organising a roundtable on the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1820. The roundtable will be held at the International Development and Research Centre in Ottawa, Canada on September 2, 2009. The purpose of this event is to increase understanding of the policy and programming implications of Resolution 1820 in the Canadian and international context in order to ensure the most effective implementation of the Resolution and the achievement of the goals it sets out.
The roundtable will bring together international experts to discuss challenges and opportunities to the implementation of Resolution 1820 from a variety of perspectives.
The roundtable presents a unique opportunity for Canadian government and civil society actors engaged in research, programming and projects focused on conflict-affected communities to come together and participate in an informed dialogue regarding the policy and programming implications of this Resolution.
August 6, 2009:
Female UNPOL Officers to Participate in Roundtable Discussions on UN SRC 1820
The Pearson Peacekeeping Centre (PPC), in conjunction with the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations and the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UN DPKO), is organizing a half-day open roundtable entitled UN SRC 1820: A Roundtable Discussion with Women UNPOL Officers from the Field: Investigating sexual and gender-based violence in Haiti, Liberia, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Read the media advisory here.
May 29, 2009:
Seminar - Global Security in 2014: Assessing Strategies for Intervention
Participants at the Global Security in 2014: Assessing Strategies for Intervention seminar discussed Canada’s response to the changing global peace and security environment. They considered relevant issues that could shape the peace and security debate – and policy options – over the next five years, until 2014.
Read the concept paper here.
May 13, 2009
The Pearson Peacekeeping Centre and the Chilean Joint Centre for Peace Operations to explore future training opportunities in Haiti
he Pearson Peacekeeping Centre (PPC) and the Centro Conjunto Para Operaciones de Paz de Chile (CECOPAC) are hosting a joint seminar entitled Initiatives and Challenges to Integrated Training for MINUSTAH Regional Contributors, on May 13 and 14, in Santiago, Chile.
Read the press release here.
Read the report: (English – PDF, 451 KB) (Spanish – PDF, 487 KB)