UN Women-Africa, under the auspices of the Imbutu Foundation and in partnership with Moremi Initiative for Women's Leadership in Africa is convening a three-day consultative conference with key stakeholders on youth development and empowerment in Africa.

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Location: Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET, Great Britain

Date: Wednesday May 18 2011 1pm-2pm

A Royal United Services Institute lunchtime discussion –

‘Post-Conflict Missions: Time for a Rethink'

A decade ago, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325), which calls for women's full participation in promoting peace and security and for greater efforts to protect women in war, particularly from sexual violence. However, today gender-based analysis of conflict often remains outside the mainstream of security dialogues.

Enter the lives of women of the Haitian earthquake through their photography. Members of vibrant and courageous grassroots women's organizations have chronicled their experiences for the world to see with funding from NYC-based Digital Democracy. Two leaders of the organization KOFAVIV (Commission of Women Victims for Victims) will be at the event.

Hannah Safran and Ola Shtiwi

April 26, 7-9 p.m.

The Community Church
40 E. 35th Street (between Madison and Park Avenues)

When a couple of Temple graduates recently traveled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the tragedy they found in the war-tattered country was unspeakable: Take Sifa, a woman who was attacked by soldiers when she was 12, saw nine family members killed, was raped, and then, after finally escaping the armed forces, ate clay and mud for weeks to survive.

AFSA is pleased to announce a special panel discussion in collaboration with the Foreign Service Journal. The discussion will focus on the role of women in security and development, which is the April cover focus of the Journal. This is the third in a new series offering companion events to FSJ cover topics.

About the event :

UN Women and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is hosting a panel Securing justice for women in post-conflict states on Monday, 2 May 2011, 10:00–13:00, at the United Nations Headquarters.

The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative is hosting a panel discussion that will look beyond the individual impact of sexual violence in conflict and examine the effects on families, communities, and societies from a multi-disciplinary perspective.

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Lwanzo Amani, Analyst, World Bank

Kate Burns, Senior Policy Officer for Gender Equality, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance

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Bisan Abu Roqti Mousa
Director, Democracy and Good Governance Departments, MIFTAH

Cairo Arafat
Government Media Center, Prime Minister's Office

Naila Ayesh
Director, Women's Affairs Training and Research Center

Moderator: Carla Koppell, Director, The Institute for Inclusive Security