On 20-21 June, the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) Gender Team organized a High-Level Seminar on Gender and Inclusive Mediation Processes in cooperation with the UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) and the Crisis Management Initiative (CMI), with support from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
UN DPA and UN Women initiated the High-Level Seminar as a new effort supporting their Joint Strategy on Gender and Mediation. The goal is to increase the availability and quality of gender expertise in mediation processes, and support greater and more effective participation by women at all levels of conflict resolution and peacemaking.
The overall objective of the seminar is to generate more consultative processes by promoting women’s effective participation and building inclusive, gender-sensitive mediation capacity at international, regional and national levels. The seminar is the first in a series of six planned for a period of three years.
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