Tuesday, 9th November, 2010
Time: 1.15 pm – 2.30 pm
Venue: Conference Room 7, Temporary North Lawn Building (TNLB)
UN Headquarters, New York
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This event will include a simultaneous live, interactive webcast, for those who are not able to attend in person. Register here to access the webcast on the day of the event.
As part of the UNU Midday Forum Programme, the United Nations University Office at the UN, New York (UNU-ONY) is holding an event on Sexual Violence in Conflict with Margot Wallström, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict.
Margot Wallström was appointed Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict in February 2010. As part of the UNU Midday Forum Series, Margot Wallström will be presenting the mandate and priorities of the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict. She will also be speaking about her recent visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The event is part of the UNU Midday Forum Programme, which offers an intimate and informal platform of discussion to the UN Permanent Missions, the UN Secretariat, UN agencies, academia, NGOs and the private sector, to discuss and exchange ideas and experiences on important topics related to the UN.Speaker:
- Margot Wallström, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict.
Margot Wallström is Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict. Ms. Wallström has been a long-time advocate of the rights and needs of women throughout her political career — first as Swedish Minister and later as Environment Commissioner and Vice-President of the European Commission.
Since her appointment to the European Commission in 1999, she has been actively engaged in promoting the participation of women in peace- and security-related issues, most notably the injustice and violence faced by women during armed conflict. Since 2007, she has served as Chair of the Council of Women World Leaders Ministerial Initiative, where she actively promoted the appointment of women to positions of responsibility. Ms. Wallström also played a leadership role in raising awareness about the urgency to implement United Nations Security Council resolutions 1325 (2000) and 1820 (2008).
Ms. Wallström has had a long career in politics, which began when she served as a Member of the Swedish Parliament from 1979 until 1985. Her ministerial career began in 1988 when she was appointed Minister of Civil Affairs, responsible for consumer, women and youth matters. She subsequently assumed the position of Minister of Culture, and then Minister of Social Affairs. In 1998, she retired from Swedish politics to become Executive Vice-President of Worldview Global Media, a non-governmental organization based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. In 2004, when the Barroso Commission took office, she was appointed first Vice-President responsible for Inter-Institutional Relations and Communication.
She has received several honorary doctorates and awards for her work on sustainable development and climate change, and has also done extensive work to endorse a European Union-Africa partnership on renewable energy, and to champion equal opportunities. She was also co-founder of the European Union inter-institutional group of women and a key supporter of the 50-50 Campaign for Democracy by the European Women’s Lobby, where she worked to promote a more gender-balanced European Union.
Ms. Wallström’s other distinctions include being voted “Commissioner of the Year” by the European Voice newspaper in 2002. She has received numerous awards on rights, as well as environmental and European issues, including the Monismanien Award for Freedom of Speech (2009) and the Göteborg Award on Sustainable Development.
Moderator:
- Jean-Marc Coicaud, Director of United Nations University Office at the UN, New York
Some Related UNU Publications:UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict (UN Action) Website
Sexed Pistols: The Gendered Impacts of Small Arms and Light Weapons, UNU Policy Brief No. 1 2010, Edited by Vanessa Farr, Henri Myrttinen and Albrecht Schnabel, UNU-WIDER, Research Paper No. 2006/62, Marcia E. Greenberg and Elaine Zuckerman, June 2006, UNU-WIDER, Discussion Paper No. 2003/72, Raimo Väyrynen, October 2003, UNU Press, Edited by Elisabeth Porter, Gillian Robinson, Marie Smyth, Albrecht Schnabel and Eghosa Osaghae, 2005, UNU-EHS SOURCE No. 8/2008, Úrsula Oswald Spring,Policy Brief No. 4, 2006, Vesselin Popovski and Karin Arts For more UNU publications and policy briefs related to issues of conflict resolution, peace and gender, please see the UNU PressFor a compilation of internet sources related to gender and conflict, please see the UNU associated institution International Conflict Research Institute (INCORE)
For research on peace and security related issues, please see the UNU Institute for Sustainability and Peace
UN: 'SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT' – LIVE Webcast, November 9, 2010
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