Gender-based violence in war and peacekeeping
Breakfast seminar at Fafo 28th April 2009 08.30-09.45,
Borggata 2B Oslo
Gender-based and sexual violence is prevalent in most of today’s conflicts –
and the abuse does not end when
the conflict is over. UN peacekeepers have
also been involved in acts of sexual exploitation and abuse against
the
population they are supposed to protect. This Fafo-breakfast will examine the
issues of gender-based and
sexual violence in war and peacekeeping, with
contributions by State Secretary Håkon Gulbrandsen of the
Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Senior Advisor Hanna Syse of the Ministry of Defence, and
Fafo researcher Kathleen
Jennings. It is also the Oslo launch of a new Fafo
report, Protecting Whom?: Approaches to sexual exploitation
and abuse in UN
peacekeeping operations, which takes a critical and constructive look at the
challenges faced
by the UN’s attempts to stop sexual exploitation and abuse
by blue helmets (read more here)
Programme
Welcome Anne Lene Sandsten, Managing Director, Fafo Institute for Applied International Studies
Introduction and presentation of the report Kathleen Jennings, Researcher, Fafo
Comments
- Håkon Arald Gulbrandsen, State Secretary (SV), The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Hanna Helene Syse, Senior Advisor, The Ministry of Defence
The floor is open for discussion after the comments.
Chairman: Anne Lene Sandsten, Fafo
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Breakfast (sandwiches, fruit, coffee and tea) served from 08:15.
Registration by April 27 on web  http://www.fafo.no/paameld_090428.html
The seminar will be in English.
Fafo is situated in Borggata 2B by the Police House and behind Grønland church. 10 minutes from Oslo Central Station, 5 minutes from Grønland or Tøyen subway stations, Bus no. 37 stops outside. Map
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