Why Women Matter in Peacebuilding

Monday, November 14, 2011
Speakers
Carla Koppell

Senior Coordinator, Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment, USAID

Michelle Bachelet

Undersecretary General and Executive Director, UN Women

Rosa Brooks

Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, and Former Special Coordinator for Rule of Law and Humanitarian Policy, U.S. Department of Defense

Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini

Standby Team of Senior Mediation Advisers, United Nations (2011-2012) and Cofounder, International Civil Society Action Network

Presiders
Stewart M. Patrick

Senior Fellow and Director of the International Institutions and Global Governance Program, Council on Foreign Relations

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Fellow and Deputy Director of Women and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations

Women and Foreign Policy Program

This meeting was presented by the International Institutions and Global Governance Program and the Women and Foreign Policy Program.

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