Georgetown University’s Institute for Women, Peace & Security

Where are the Women: Advancing Women’s Leadership in Politics and Peacebuilding

Thursday, April 22
9:00AM-10:15AM EDT
RSVP here for the virtual event
 

Women play major roles as decision-makers and leaders advancing peace and prosperity around the world. Yet progress on women’s political representation has been slow and uneven. Only 22 countries have women in the highest position of political power and only 25 percent of national parliamentarians are women. Barriers to women’s meaningful participation abound, including traditional gender roles, biases, and norms about who holds positions of power.

Join us for a discussion on how we can advance women’s meaningful political participation, build pipelines of future women leaders, and sustain support for gender equality. Government and civil society leaders will share lessons learned and best practices for breaking the barriers to accelerate women’s inclusion that can be scaled to better serve women worldwide.
 

Featuring:
 

The Honorable Julia Gillard
Former Prime Minister of Australia

Ms. Ikram Ben Said
Founder, Aswat Nissa, Tunisia

Ms. Laura Alonso
Former Head of the Argentina Anti-Corruption Office

Ms. Rumbidzai Kandawasvika-Nhundu
Senior Advisor for Democracy and Inclusion, International IDEA
 

This is the fourth panel of our five-part virtual event series on how to advance gender equality, in partnership with the Georgetown Ambassadors for Women, Peace and Security and The Rockefeller Foundation. Read a summary of promising practices and programs based on the Beijing+25 report.