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Wednesday, June 05, 2013
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SEMINAR SERIES: Lee Webster, "From the ground up: women's roles in peacebuilding"S0.18Seminar series: Politics and International Studies in Practice Lee Webster is Policy and Advocacy Manager at Womankind Worldwide, a women's rights and international development NGO, and has an MA in Gender and Development from the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. In this lecture she will examine the roles that women play in mitigating conflict and building peace at local level in Afghanistan, Liberia, Nepal, Pakistan and Sierra Leone. She will show that despite their active contribution to peace at local level, women are still marginalised from formal peace negotiations. The session will explore how Womankind used new research, media and public pressure to influence the UK Government's policy and practice on women, peace and security. This seminar is scheduled for 4 to 5.30 pm in room S0.18 with tea beforehand from 3.30. |