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Security Days: In Pursuit of Peace and Security - How Gender Makes a Difference

When

13 November 2015 (All day)

Where

Hofburg Conference Centre, Vienna

Organized by

OSCE Secretary General

OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier delivering the opening remarks at the OSCE Security Days event on gender equality and security, Vienna, 13 November 2015.

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H.E. Lenita Toivakka, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, Finland, delivering the keynote speech at the OSCE Security Days event on gender equality and security, Vienna, 13 November 2015.

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(L-r) Ambassador Melanne Verveer, OSCE Special Representative of the Chairmanship-in-Office on Gender Issues, Professor Monica McWilliams, Transitional Justice Institute, Ulster University, and Ambassador Mara Marinaki, Principal Adviser on Gender and UNSCR 1325 (2000) of the European Union, during the OSCE Security Days event on gender equality and security, Vienna, 13 November 2015.

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Francisco Javier Sanabria Valderrama, General Director for United Nations and Human Rights of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, during the OSCE Security Days event on gender equality and security, Vienna, 13 November 2015.

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(L-r) Robert Egnell, Associate Professor of War Studies, Swedish Defence University, Senior Fellow of Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, Commander Jan Dunmurray, Nordic Centre for Gender in Military Operations, and Milena Stošić, OSCE Representative of the Chairmanship-in-Office on Youth and Security during the OSCE Security Days event on gender equality and security, Vienna, 13 November 2015.

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(L-r) Ambassador Fred Tanner, Senior Adviser to the OSCE Secretary General, Ambassador Mara Marinaki, Principal Adviser on Gender and UNSCR 1325 (2000) of the European Union, and Director Michael Georg Link, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) at the OSCE Security Days event on gender equality and security, Vienna, 13 November 2015.

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Miki Jacevic, Vice Chair, Institute for Inclusive Security, during the OSCE Security Days event on gender equality and security, Vienna, 13 November 2015.

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(L-r) Ambassador Katja Pehrman, Permanent Representative, Delegation of Finland to the OSCE, and Ambassador Melanne Verveer, OSCE Special Representative of the Chairmanship-in-Office on Gender Issues during the OSCE Security Days event on gender equality and security, Vienna, 13 November 2015.

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Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, Chief Monitor, OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine during the OSCE Security Days event on gender equality and security, Vienna, 13 November 2015.

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Mireille Widmer, Programme Manager, Inclusive Peace and Transition Initiative during the OSCE Security Days event on gender equality and security, Vienna, 13 November 2015.

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Jayne Huckerby, Director, International Human Rights Clinic, Duke University School of Law during the OSCE Security Days event on gender equality and security, Vienna, 13 November 2015.

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(L-r) Ambassador Patricia Flor, Director-General for International Order, United Nations and Arms Control, German Federal Foreign Office, and Milena Stošić, OSCE Special Representative of the Chairmanship-in-Office on Youth and Security, during the OSCE Security Days event on gender equality and security, Vienna, 13 November 2015.

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Alexa Greenwald, Program Manager, Women without Borders during the OSCE Security Days event on gender equality and security, Vienna, 13 November 2015.

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Beatriz Balbin, First Deputy Director, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) during the OSCE Security Days event on gender equality and security, Vienna, 13 November 2015.

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Daniel de Torres, Deputy Head of Operations III, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces during the OSCE Security Days event on gender equality and security, Vienna, 13 November 2015.

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Anastasia Crickley, Academic Expert on Ireland's Oversight Group on the National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security during the OSCE Security Days event on gender equality and security, Vienna, 13 November 2015.

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This Security Days event provided a forum for exploring opportunities on how to apply a gender perspective to crisis prevention, conflict management and post-conflict rehabilitation.

Even though Women, Peace and Security emerged on the global agenda fifteen years ago, women remain underrepresented in crisis prevention, conflict management formal peace negotiations and peace-building efforts and other areas related to peace and security.

This year’s fifteenth anniversary of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security provided a valuable opportunity for the OSCE to review its efforts to integrate a gender perspective into relevant activities, policies and projects and to reflect on how the Women, Peace and Security agenda contributes to the Organization’s ability to prevent and respond to conflicts as well as to its efforts in post-conflict rehabilitation.

The highly interactive conference gathered senior executives from national governments, parliamentarians, civil society leaders, prominent women’s advocates and grassroots activists, representatives of international and regional organizations, academics and leading journalists from OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation.

The event looked into ways to integrate a gender perspective in conflict analysis, conflict resolution, reconciliation and mediation and explore the prerequisites for successful gender mainstreaming of security sector institutions.

The conference took place at the Hofburg Congress Centre.

Follow the event using the hashtag #secdays on Twitter (@OSCE) and on Facebook.

Listen to the recordings from the sessions: