Women, Peace and Security 20th anniversary roundtable
Channel: War Studies KCL
Date: 2020-09-23

This autumn marks the 20th anniversary since the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (WPS). A huge milestone, it finally promised mainstream attention to women’s perspectives on and experiences of war, peace and security which women’s rights activists had been pursuing for over a century.

We're celebrating this momentous anniversary with a roundtable of key experts and practitioners discussing the WPS agenda’s past, present and potential futures.

Speakers:
- Soumita Basu, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the South Asian University, New Delhi
- Amanda Chisholm, Senior Lecturer researching and teaching on gender and security across both War Studies and Defence Studies
- Dr Andrea Ellner, Lecturer in the Defence Studies Department, King’s College, London
- Jamie J. Hagen,Lecturer in international relations at Queen's University Belfast
- Dr Aiko Holvikivi, Research Officer at the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security
- Cynthia Petrigh, International expert in support to societies in transition
- Swarna Rajagopalan, Political scientist and founding member of the Women's Regional Network
- Saskia Stachowitsch, Professor of International Politics at the University of Vienna