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SUMMARY:Perspectives on Women’s Political Participation and Role in Peac
 emaking and Peacebuilding - Melanne Verveer (first US Ambassador for Globa
 l Women's Issues)
DTSTART:20130307T170000Z
DTEND:20130307T183000Z
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CONTACT:Ruth Rushworth
DESCRIPTION:Humanitas Visiting Professor in Women's Rights 2013\n\nThe Hum
 anitas Chair in Women's Rights has been made possible by the generous supp
 ort of Mrs Carol Saper.\n\nAmbassador Melanne Verveer\, the first US Ambas
 sador for Global Women's Issues\, will give a series of three public lectu
 res and a concluding symposium on Gender Equality: A Moral and Foreign Pol
 icy Imperative.\n\nThis lecture will focus on the benefits of women’s po
 litical participation as well as the hurdles women confront in running for
  public office and effective ways to grow the numbers women in elective po
 sitions. The discussion will have a major focus on Security Council Res 13
 25 and the role of women in peace negotiations\, the protection of women f
 rom violence and post conflict reconstruction. The lecture will include 
 “lessons learned” from Northern Ireland to Liberia as well as the Arab
  Spring revolutions. It will answer questions like\, “what difference do
  women make in elective office\; why does women’s political empowerment 
 lag most everywhere\; are quotas the remedy?”\n\nFull details: http://ww
 w.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/2287/\n
LOCATION:Mill Lane Lecture Room 9
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