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Alice, Lynne

Lynne Alice teaches human rights and feminist political analysis at Deakin University in Australia. She previously taught Politics and Sociology at Prishtina University, Kosovo and has been a consultant with CARE International and trained researchers for the Institute of Social Policy under the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). Most recently Lynne Alice has contributed to the research methods training offered by the Kosovo Gender Studies Centre, with whom she has an ongoing partnership. She is an international consultant for the Kosovo Women's Network in Kosovo and Zene Zenama in Bosnia Herzegovina, on the implementation of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325. Contact: lynne.alice@gmail.com Contacts: Kosovo Women's Network; Žene Ženama; Centre for Citizenship and Human Rights. Download her conference talk, "Short Explanation of State of Affairs in Bosnia and Herzegovina" as >> PDF Download

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Allroggen, Ulrike

Representative for Gender Democracy and Feminism / International Women's and Gender Politics, Heinrich Boell Foundation Ulrike Allroggen was born in 1969 in Berlin, where she studied Political Science at the Free University. Since the mid of the 1990s, she has been active in the field of women's political participation and transnational citizen networks working for a more democratic and federal Europe. For several years, she has also been a free-lance lecturer in the field of youth and adult political education. Until the end of 2005, Ulrike Allroggen was the assistant to the director of the Feminist Institute. Since 2006, she is the representative for gender democracy and is working on the interaction between the theoretical and political approaches to feminism and gender democracy. Ulrike Allroggen is a member of the German Green Party, the Humanist Union and the executive board of the Heinrich Boell Foundation’s Education Center. Her main interests include: European integration / social movements in Europe / constitutionality of the EU (questions concerning democracy, enlargement, the “borders of Europe”); feminist theory / international women’s movements / women’s and equal opportunity policies / gender mainstreaming; Eastern Europe and South Asia. Contact: allroggen@boell.de Internet: www.glow-boell.de

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Augstein, Renate

Deputy Head of Department for Equal Opportunities, German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth Born in Cologne, Germany in 1950. Received Abitur in 1969. Qualified as registrar in 1972. Completed law school in 1979. Worked as consultant in the Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation in Bonn from 1979 until 1981. Worked in the German Ministry for Family, Seniors, Women, and Youth from 1981 until 2003. Download her welcome address as a >>  PDF File (German only)

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Awwad, Hanan

PhD – Professor, Writer and Poet, Palestine Hanan Awwad was born in Jerusalem, Palestine, the thirteen of August of 1951. After completing a university degree in pedagogy in 1970, she studied modern literature in Cairo, Beirut, Oxford (Michigan) and Canada. Her doctoral dissertation examined the representation of women in the work of the Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani. She is professor at the Abu Dijs University in Jerusalem and lecturer at Bethlehem and Bir-Zeit. In 1988 she founded the Palestinian section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), whose chair she is. Together with her Israeli and Palestinian colleagues she has worked for a just and durable peace in the Middle East. She co-founded the Association of Palestinian Writers. In her role as chair of the PEN Centre she has fought for freedom of speech and the protection of persecuted writers. Her literary work deals with the role of women, in particular during the Intifada. Her poems connect themes of persecution, oppression and suffering to love and the quest for solidarity.

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Bargen, Henning von

Senior officer for the joint task gender democracy at the Heinrich Boell Foundation (hbs) Born 1959; married; father of four children; studied sociology, educational science and enthnology (M.A.) und education (diploma); additional qualifiction in energy and environmental management (TU Berlin), qualification in Theme-Centered Interaction, Human Resource Development and Systemic Counselling. Gender trainer und gender adviser since 1998. Many years of professional experience in development cooperation, adult political education, educational work in trade unions, and IT organization. Since 1997 senior officer for the joint task gender democracy at the Heinrich Boell Foundation. This work focuses on steering the implementation of the joint task gender democracy through consulting, process design, organisational development, and trainings, especially gender trainings. As of June 2007, Henning von Bargen and Gitti Hentschel will be joint directors of the Gunda-Werner-Institute for Feminism and Gender Democracy in the hbs. Contact: vonbargen@boell.de Internet: www.gendertraining.de

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Barnes, Karen

PhD – Programme Officer for Gender Issues International Alert Karen Barnes is Programme Officer for gender issues in the Peacebuilding Issues Program at International Alert. Currently, she is working with Alert’s regional programmes on implementing SCR 1325 in West Africa and Burundi, as well as engaging in policy advocacy at the regional and international levels. Ms Barnes is currently completing her PhD in International Relations at the London School of Economics. Her research focuses on gender issues and UN peacebuilding in Sierra Leone, particularly the shortfalls in implementing SCR 1325. Prior to joining International Alert, Ms Barnes was Coordinator for GAPS (Gender Action for Peace and Security), a UK-based network of NGOs and consultants working on women, peace and security issues. She has also worked for organizations such as UNHCR’s Gender Unit in Geneva and for UNICEF in Sierra Leone. She has taught international relations at LSE and has held a number of academic research jobs related to conflict and peacebuilding issues. Contact: kbarnes@international-alert.org Links: www.international-alert.org Download conference talk, "State of affairs in implementing Resolution 1325 in EU security and peace policy" as a >> PDF File Download slideshow as a >> PDF File

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Barrow, Amy

Associate Lecturer, School of Law, University of Manchester, UK; Women, Peace and Security Working Group, WILPF UK Amy Barrow is an Associate Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Manchester. Her doctoral research examines gender mainstreaming policies in a peace and security context focusing on UN Security Council Resolution 1325: women, peace and security (UNSCR 1325). In January 2007 she undertook a short fact-finding mission to Kathmandu, Nepal to engage with women activists lobbying for the implementation of UNSCR 1325. Amy is an active member of the Women, Peace and Security working group, WILPF UK (Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom UK section) and a WILPF speaker on issues including gender, law and policy; UNSCR 1325 and human trafficking. Amy recently represented WILPF UK at the 4th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Contact: barrowamy@yahoo.com Links: WILPF UK www.ukwilpf.org.uk/ and University of Manchester www.law.manchester.ac.uk/ Download her conference talk, "Action Plas in EU Countries: the United Kingdom" as a >> PDF File Download her powerpoint presentation as a >> PDF File

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Bläss, Petra

Senior Political Advisor, Germany Born 1964, studied German, history and education at Humboldt University in Berlin, after diploma research in literary studies. 1989 Co-founder of the East German Womens Movement. 1990 Chairperson of the Central Election Commission in the GDR and work as TV-editor. 1990 - 2002 Member and 1998 -2002 Vice President of the German Bundestag, Speaker for women affairs and social policy. From 2003 freelance political advisory service with a special focus on South Eastern Europe and gender issues, Since 2004 Senior Consultant on Parliamentary Cooperation to the Stability Pact on South Eastern Europe and Chair of the Parliamentary Cooperation Task Force. 2006 OSCE Interim Senior Advisor to the President of Kosovo Assembly. Member of various women networks, co-founder of the German Womens Security Council Contact: petra.blaess@bundestag.de; petra.blaess@web.de

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Caliskan, Selmin

Certified translator Long-time contributor to feminist and intercultural women's and girl's projects, with focus on guidance, education, health, and public relations. Worked most recently by the deaconry as project manager for "Migration and Age" in Wuppertal. Works as consultant for women's rights and politics at medica mondiale since October 2003.

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Clasen, Sarah

Research Fellow at the Otto-Suhr-Institute for Political Science, Free University Berlin, Germany Sarah Clasen, born 1980, studied International Relations (with a focus on peace and security studies) in Bonn, Birmingham and Tuebingen. Her M.A. thesis is called “Engendering Peace. Eine gendersensitive Weiterentwicklung des Czempielschen Friedensmodells". She devoted herself to the theoretical and empirical study of the role of women in peace processes. Sarah Clasen is junior spokesperson of the working group for peace and conflict studies. Since 2006 she is a member of the steering group of the Women’s Security Council.

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Däuble, Friedrich

Commissioner for Civilian Crisis Prevention, Conflict Resolution and Post-Conflict Peace-Building, Federal Foreign Office, Germany Born on 17 January 1953, married, two daughters and three sons. Received his classical languages-based Abitur (higher education entrance qualification) in 1971 in Karlsruhe. Student of history in Heidelberg, Vienna and Cambridge from 1971 until 1977. Research assistant, University of Heidelberg from 1978 until 1980. Attaché, Federal Foreign Office, Bonn in 1983. Political Directorate-General, Federal Foreign Office, Bonn from 1986 - 1987. Second Secretary, German Embassy in Caracas from 1987 until 1990. Political Directorate-General, Balkans Division, Federal Foreign Office from 1990 until 1993. Council Secretariat, Brussels from 1993 until 1994. Permanent Representation, Brussels, Head of Press from 1995 until 1996. Chairman of the Staff Council from 1996 until 2000. Head of the Political Section, German Embassy in Warsaw from 2000 until 2003. Head of Division, Foreign Policy, Office of the Federal President from 2003 until 2006. Ambassador, Commissioner for Civilian Crisis Prevention, Conflict Resolutionand Post-Conflict Peace-Building, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin since 2006.

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Gomes, Ana

Member of the European Parliament, Portugal Ana Gomes, was born on 9 February 1954, in Lisboa, Portugal. A graduate in Law, she worked as a diplomat since 1982. In 2004, she was elected Member of the European Parliament. After starting her career as a diplomatic adviser to the Portuguese President, she was posted to the Permanent Missions to the UN in Geneva and New York as well as to the Portuguese Embassies in Tokyo and London. She supported the Middle East peace process during Portugal's EU Presidency in 1992. Later, she was appointed Ambassador of Portugal to Jakarta (1999-2003), playing an important role in Portugal's involvement in the process that lead to the independence of East Timor. Ana Gomes is a Member of the National Executive and Political Executive of the Socialist Party, since 2002. She was also a Member of the PS National Secretariat and held the post of Secretary for International Relations (2003-2004). At the European Parliament, Ana Gomes is Vice-Chairwomen of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence and Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. As a Substitute Member, Ana Gomes is also active in the Committee on Development and the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality, among others. Recently, she has been committed to the Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners.

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Grebaeck, Kerstin

Feminist peace activist Kerstin Grebäck, 1942, has a long history within the Swedish peace and women's movement, and worked for the Swedish section of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) from 1995 until 1999. From 1995 until 2005 Kerstin was acting president and Secretary General (2005-2006) for the Swedish "Kivinna till Kvinna Foundation" of which she is one of the founders. KtK supports women's organisations in areas affected by war and armed conflict, informs about the effects of war on women and advocates for women's equal participation in peace processes. Contact: kerstin.greback@rixmail.se

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Gürtner, Sabine

Executive Director of WOMNET Sabine Gürtner has been the executive director of the network organisation WOMNET since 2003. She studied international relations and political economy in Munich and completed her research in the United States and Kenya. In 1992 she was sent by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as an expert to oversee their development projects in Brazil, and later worked for the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) in New York. Link: www.womnet.de

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Hentschel, Gitti

Executive Director of the Feminist Institute in the Heinrich Boell Foundation (hbs), German Women’s Security Council Studied Communications and Social Education (M.A.). Since April, 2004, director of the Feminist Institute in the Heinrich Boell Foundation; free-lance journalist, lecturer at the Technical and Humboldt Universities in Berlin, co-editor of the weekly newspaper, Freitag; executive board member of a women’s refugee organization in Berlin. Co-initiator and member of the steering committee of the German Women’s Security Council. In 1979, co-founder of the daily independ-ent newspaper “taz”; editor and board member of the taz for many years; afterwards free-lance journalist, women’s representative at the Alice-Salomon University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, and speaker for women’s university representatives in Germany. As of June 2007, Gitti Hentschel and Henning von Bargen will be joint directors of the Gunda-Werner-Institute for Feminism and Gender Democracy in the hbs. Gitti Hentschel’s main interests include peace and security policy from a gender perspective, strategies against (sexual) violence, empowerment strategies for women, women and media, (intercultural) communication, women’s politics. Responsibility for Conference, Opening of the Exhibition, Moderation, Host World Café, Relay Transfer Contact: Hentschel@boell.de Internet: www.glow-boell.de

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Isaksson, Charlotte

Senior Gender Advisor Swedish Armed Forces, EUFOR Congo Charlotte Isaksson is the Gender Expert and Senior Gender Advisor within the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters. Charlotte has a background from the Artillery Corps where she left active military duty as an officer to pursue academic studies within social sciences. Her studies have been focused towards gender issues and social interactions. Charlotte is also a certified leadership and team development trainer with extensive experience from both private and government organisations.Charlotte’s main work within the Swedish Defence has been Gender Issues and lately strategies for implementation of the UN resolution 1325. During 2006 Charlotte was appointed to the EU Forces mission in Congo (EUFOR RD CONGO) as Gender Advisor in the Operational Headquartes. She is also one of the founders and partner of a European Gender program called GenderForce, which brings several organisations together in order to highlight Gender Issues and implementation of UNSCR 1325/2000 in operations. In 2006 she received the peer-awarded national “Doris Olsen Award” for achievements within Gender work.

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Khoury, Samira N.

International vice-president of WILPF(women's international league for peace & freedom) Samira N. Khoury(Lebanon) teaches cultural studies in the civilization sequence program at the American University of Beirut. She has been active for long years in societies & associations for human rights, with particular emphasis on gender & education, & Palestinian human rights. She is also a writer of children's literature: poetry & stories for the pre-school age-group.

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Leicht, Lotte

Director of Human Rights Watch's Brussels Office Cand. jur., Danish lawyer graduated from Copenhagen University. February 1994 - present: Director of Human Rights Watch's international office in Brussels. May 1995 - present: member of the International humanitarian Law Committee of the Danish Red Cross. January 1991 - January 1994: Program Director of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights based in Vienna/Austria. 1987 - 1989: Staff member of the Danish Center of Human Rights; Copenhagen/Denmark Has written several human rights reports and has conducted numerous human rights and humanitarian law investigations in various conflict zones. Has written extensively on human rights issues and published articles in various newspapers and magazines. Has testified frequently before international intergovernmental organizations and their specialized agencies. Is co-editor of the book "Monitoring Human Rights in Europe: Comparing International Standards and Mechanisms", Martinus Nijhoff, 1993. Contributor to the book "Handbuch de Menschenrechtsarbeit", Dietz, 1996, "Droit de l'Homme & Democratie: relativité ou universalité" F.C.D. 1998 Internet: Human Rights Watch www.hrw.org

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Lochbihler, Barbara

Secretary General amnesty international Germany Barbara Lochbihler, born 1959, studied educational science, political science, public and international law. From1987 to 1991 she was personal parlamentary consultant of Prof. Eleonore Romberg, member of the Bavarian parliament. After that she was secretary general of WILPF for seven years in Geneva. She has been secretary general of the Germen section of amnesty international since August 1999. Ms. Lochbihler is chair of the Board of trustees of Stiftung Menschenrechte, a member of the coordination circle of the Forum Menschenrechte, and a member of the board of trustees of the German Institute for Human Rights. Internet: Amnesty International www.amnesty.org

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Lubrani, Osnat

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), Regional Office for Central & Eastern Europe, Bratislava, Slovak Republic Since 2001, Osnat Lubrani serves as UNIFEM Regional Programme Director UNIFEM for Central and Eastern Europe, managing programmes focused on the advancement of gender equality and women’s rights in context of processes of transition, EU accession, and post-conflict recovery and peacebuilding. Ms. Lubrani joined UNIFEM in 1997. She helped set up the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women and became its first manager. She later served as Executive Officer to UNIFEM Executive Director, supporting development of corporate plans and policies, global programmes and partnerships. Ms. Lubrani continues today to support the Executive Director of UNIFEM on special projects, particularly in the area of women, peace and security, such as the recent initiative to establish an International Women’s Commission for peace between Israel and Palestine. Prior to her current appointment she was seconded to serve as Acting UNDP Deputy Resident Representative in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, to support UNDP in adapting its programmes in response to the ethnic crisis that erupted in 2001. Ms. Lubrani was born in Jerusalem and is a citizen of the USA. She holds a Masters degree in International Affairs from Columbia University in New York with dual specialization in Economic and Political Development and Human Rights. She worked as a consultant in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, on human rights, peace building, and development initiatives focused on local capacity building. She holds a second Masters degree in Film and Television Production from New York University’s Graduate Film School. Prior to joining the United Nations she was a film producer for international television, specializing in current affairs reports and documentary films addressing human rights and development issues. Download her conference talk "Impact of EU peace policy on regions in crisis and conflict" as a >> PDF file

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Lucas, Daphné

Host World Café Daphné Lucas works since 2001 as Personal Assistant in the office of Winfried Nachtwei, spokesman for Security Policy for the Parliamentary Group Alliance 90/ the Greens in the Bundestag. She was previously project assistant to Dr. Claudia Neusüß, former Executive Board Member of the Heinrich-Boell-Foundation. In this function she prepared and accompanied Mrs. Neusüß to the World Women Conference 2000 in New York City. Daphné Lucas studied International Relations in Tübingen and Minnesota and wrote her thesis on the role of NGOs in the formation of the 1998 Ottawa Landmine Treaty. She has been trained at the Center for International Peacekeeping Operations (ZIF) and has experience as OSCE election observer. Daphne Lucas is also active in the executive board of Women In International Security Germany. Contact: winfried.nachtwei.ma02@bundestag.de

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Meinzolt, Heidi

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom; Women's Security Council Born in 1952 in Munich/Germany Is a secondary school teacher and involved in international politics for many years – on the board of the European Green party and on the NGFO-level as European and Middle East coordinator of the Women's International league for peace and freedom/WILPF. Her interests lie in alternatives to traditional security politics, civilian conflict solution, the role of women in peace processes and their involvement in political developments. In her professional life, she is engaged in techniques  of global learning and conflict moderation and is involved in many activities and international exchange programs. She has 2 sons.

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Mosadiq, Horia

Director of Human Rights Research and Advocacy Consortium (HRRAC) in Afghanistan Horia Mosadiq recently participated in 51st Commission Session on the Status of Women at the United Nations headquarter in New York USA from Afghanistan and she was one of the key speakers to the session. Ms. Mosadiq has been traveling to most of the European countries also to Canada and USA several times to participate in International conferences and events. Human Rights Research and Advocacy Consortium (HRRAC) is a Consortium of 14 national and international organizations that are working in promoting human rights, women’s rights, child rights, peace building and humanitarian assistances in Afghanistan.  HRRAC is a research and advocacy oriented organization which is working in Afghanistan since 2003 and works to influence policy changes at national and international level by raising Afghan voices. Contact: afghan.advocacy@cpau.org.af Internet: HRRAC www.afghanadvocacy.org.af/index.html Downlaod her conference talk, "Women’s Situation in Afghanistan After the War on Terror" as a >> PDF File

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Müller, Kerstin

MP, Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs of the Green Fraction, Member and Obfrau in the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the German Bundestag Born 13.11.1963 in Siegen, 1983 – 1990 study of Law at the Universität Köln. Member of the Greens since 1986. 1990 - 1994 spokesperson of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen NRW, 1994 first election into the Deutsche Bundestag. 2002 – 2005 Minister of State of Foreign Affairs. Contact: kerstin.mueller@wk.bundestag.de Internet: www.kerstin-mueller-mdb.de

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Myrtenbaum, Dana

Lawyer; human rights feminist activist; Staff Attorney, Haifa Branch, Itach Itach-Ma’aki – Women Lawyers for Social Justice, Israel Currently working with Itach-Maaki (together with you)- Women Lawyers for Social Justice, at the Haifa branch. She has initiated the “Legal Leaders” Program; a joint venture with the Haifa University Faculty of Law, mutual process for women leaders from weak communities, with law Students which aims to promote justice for women, and to bring various voices of women from marginalized communities to the legal and public arena. With Isha L’Isha (Woman to Woman)- Haifa Feminist Center, she has served as the Legal Advisor to The Program to Educate and Train for the Implementation of Security Council Resolution 1325. Was active to promote a law, passed in July 2005, to include Israeli women (from diverse backgrounds) in official conflict resolution process. Submitted and presented to the UN committee on the Status of Women the first Israeli civil society shadow report about the gender-aspects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; “Women, Armed Conflict and Occupation- Israeli Perspective” Graduated with LLM degree from American University, Washington College of Law, Washington DC, with specialization in Human Rights and Gender & the Law Studies. Interned with the Human Rights Watch- The division for Middle East and North Africa, and with the Protection Project (The combat against global trafficking in persons, especially women and children), at the John Hopkins University. Contact: dana@itach.org Internet: www.itach.org.il/english/english.html

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Perry, Miki

Feminist and peace activist,  Isha L'Isha Haifa, Israel A Haifa native, Ms. Perry has been involved with Isha L'Isha since participating in a young women's empowerment group in 1994. Isha L'Isha, established in 1983, is the oldest grassroots feminist organization in Israel and one of the leading voices of women’s rights in the country. Some of Isha L'Isha's programmatic foci of past years have included preventing violence against women, women's health, the elderly, and lesbian empowerment, along with a continuing emphasis on promoting peaceful coexistence between Jewish and Arab women. Ms. Perry is a member of our Implementation of UN Resolution 1325 steering committee, and has been since the project's inception in 2004 . During the Second Lebanon War in the summer of 2006, Ms. Perry was one of the initiators of the ad-hoc Women Against the War committee, and she took a very active role in its anti-war activities. Internet: www.isha.org.il/

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Reckinger, Nicole

General Secretariat of the Council of the EU, Human Rights Unit Born in Luxembourg in 1951. She has been an official at the General Secretariat of the EU Council since 1999. She studied biology at the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium), then worked as an assistant at the Medical Faculty of the University of Namur doing research and teaching tasks. She has also worked as a translator for the Belgian Ministry of Finance, then interpretor at the Benelux- Secretariat, and at the Schengen negotiations. She has been dealing with human rights since 2000 and with human rights in the context of EU foreign and security policy since 2004. With a colleague of the military crisis management directorate she has contributed to the operational paper on implementing UNSCR 1325 in the context of ESDP in November 2005, which was the starting point of EU activities on gender and security. She is a member of the Human Rights Unit of the General Secretariat of the Council (GSC) and works for Mrs Riina Kionka, the Personal Representative of Mr Solana for Human Rights. She works on gender and security in close cooperation with the crisis management directorate of the GSC.

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Reimann, Cordula

Project coordinator and senior researcher Centre for Peace-Building/swisspeace, Switzerland Dr. Cordula Reimann is project coordinator and senior researcher at the Centre for Peace-Building /swisspeace in Bern/Switzerland. Before joining swisspeace 5 years ago, she was with the Department of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford/UK, where she did postgraduate research and her doctorate on gender, conflict and peace-building. Her research has been expanded by various publications, field work in South Asia, university lecturer posts, and consultancy for different Swiss and international NGOs, governmental and development agencies on gender, conflict and conflict transformation and. Right now, she is also visiting lecturer at the University if Basel for “conflict and gender”. At swisspeace, she is responsible for gender & peace-building, Sri Lanka, “state-of-the-art” of conflict transformation, and trainings. Internet: www.swisspeace.ch   Download her conference talk, "Action Plans in EU Countries: Switzerland" as a >> PDF File

Rogova, Igballe

Director of the Kosova Women's Network Igballe (Igo) Rogova is one of the architects and facilitators of the multi-layered struggle that women in Kosova have been engaged in during the past seven years to ensure that women are politically empowered beyond the discretion and control of political parties – a struggle to be part of the decision making process from day one, a struggle to get better organized and become more effective, and a struggle to take the place they deserve in shaping their lives and the future of their society. In 1999, she founded and is currently serving as the Executive Director of the Kosova Women’s Network (KWN), a coalition of 85 women’s organizations working on joint advocacy campaigns on behalf of women’s rights. She has assisted and mentored thousands of women from diverse ethnic minorities in Kosova, and was awarded the Women of the Year Award by the International Network of Women’s Organizations. Contact: igorogova@yahoo.com Download her conference talk about the Kosova Women's Network (KWN) and efforts to implement Resolution 1325 as a >> PDF File

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Ruge, Mari Holmboe

Political Scientist; Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Mari Holmboe Ruge, born 1934. Graduate in political science, worked at the International Peace Research Institute Oslo, in social science research administration and as a public servant in the Norwegian Government. Member of Norwegian section of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom since 1955, have served as national president and international vice president. Initiated Forum Norway 1325, an NGO network for monitoring the implementation of SCR 1325 in Norway. Download her conference talks: "Action Plans in EU Countries: Norway" as a >> PDF File "Intervention at the Conference Roadmap to 1325" as a >> PDF File

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Scherneck, Jill

Project Coordinator “Roadmap to 1325“; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH Jill Scherneck was born in Berlin. Throughout the years 2000 to 2007, she lived/studied/worked abroad almost continuously, including in New Zealand, Canada, Serbia and England. She studied Development Studies and International Relations at the University of Sussex in Great Britain, School of Social and Cultural Sciences. In her thesis she analyzed human rights movements against the femicide in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Her main academic interests are gender in peace and security studies, structural analysis of organisations, human rights and civil society movements. Last year she was actively involved with OWEN - mobile Friedensakademie e.V.  Next to being the project coordinator of “Roadmap to 1325- Gender in the EU's peace and security policy”, she is also working as a Junior Professional at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH. Contact: Jill.Scherneck@gtz.de

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Scheub, Ute

Journalist, Women’s Security Council, Germany Born in 1955. Born and raised in Tuebingen, Germany. C-Qualification as Organist. Graduated with a Diplom from the Free University in Berlin in 1980, with a major in political science and several minors, including German language studies and journalism. Co-founder of the taz newspaper in 1978/ 79 and worked there as editor in the so-called Ökologieresort, then in the newsroom, followed by the local news section in Hamburg and Berlin, and finally in the new section for women and gender issues. Works since 1997 as a freelance journalist, writing for daily newspapers and publications. Has published six books (two novels, four non-fiction) as well as many articles, short stories, and essays. Co-founder of the "Women's Action Scheherazade" during the Gulf War in 1991 and, since then, has been engaged in various volunteer activities within the international women's movement. Co-founded the "Association for International Understanding Scheherazade", which organizes projects for women and children in the Afghan province of Nimroz. Co-founder of the Women's Security Council in Germany during the Iraq War in 2003, member of the steering group of the Women’s Security Council. Member of the Intercultural and Interreligious House of Learning for Women in Berlin since Spring 2006. Western European coordinator for the project "1000 Peace Women Worldwide" since fall of 2006. Won the Ingeborg-Drewitz-Prize of the Humanistic Union Berlin in 1992 for her journalistic work. Won the Revolution Prize of IG Media in 1998 for the taz special edition about the revolutionary year of 1848. Internet: www.lernhaus-berlin.de www.un1325.de www.glow-boell.de www.afghanistan-nimroz.de www.1000peacewomen.org Download her opening of the exhibition as a >> PDF File Downlaod her conference talk, "We need a national action plan!" as a >> PDF File (German only)

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Seidensticker, Frauke Lisa

Born 1958 in Göttingen, Germany, Frauke Lisa Seidensticker studied law in Germany. Educated both in Human Rights (University of Geneva, 2001-02) and in Management of Non-Profit-Organisations (University of Fribourg, 1991-92), Seidensticker is specialized on management, planning and evaluation in the field of human rights. 1985 she moved to Switzerland, where she worked from 1988 to 1992 for the Christian Peace Movement, a smaller Swiss NGO active in the field of asylum, refugee support and development aid. From 1992 to 2001 she was the Secretary General of the Swiss Section of Amnesty International. In this function she assisted to a number of missions in the Middle East and served on several international bodies of Amnesty International. Since 1998 she has held governing functions in the World Organisation against Torture. In October 2001 she took up her present position as Deputy Director of the German Institute for Human Rights in Berlin. Download her conference talk, "Defining Gender Mainstreaming in Military and Civil Peace Missions from a Human Rights Perspective" as a >> PDF File (German only)

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Slapšak, Svetlana

Trained in Classical Studies/Linguistics at the University in Beograd(MA and PhD). She moved towards Balkanology and Women's Studies in the 80's. As a dissident student and later author and activist, often harrassed by the secret police, her passport denied for several times; for more than 7 years 1968-1988. Opposed nationalisms and the decomposition of Yugoslavia. Moved to Ljubljana in 1991. Coordinator of Anthropology of Ancient Worlds and Anthropology of Gender at ISH (Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis), Ljubljana Graduate School of Humanities. Dean of ISH since 2005. Editor-in-Chief of ProFemina, a quarterly for Women's studies and culture in Beograd , since 1994. Laurie Chair in Women's Studies at Rutgers, USA, 1994-1995; Fellow at NIAS, Wassenaar, 1999-2000; Fellow at Max Planck Institute, Berlin, 2000; Fellow at Collegium Budapest, 2005. Recipient of Miloš Crnjanski Award for essays, 1990; American PEN Freedom of Expression Award, 1993; Helsinki Watch Award, 2000; Helen Award, Montreal, 2001. Among 1000 Women for Peace, candidates for the Nobel Peace prize in 2005 [Selected Bibliography] Contact: svetlana@ish.si Website: www.ish.si

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Städing, Vera

Vera Städing, born 1979, studied International Relations/Peace- and Conflict-Studies, American Literature and Rhetoric in Tuebingen and Ottawa. She received her Master’s degree in February 2007 from the University of Tuebingen. Her research interests encompass international conflict management, democratization processes, gender politics, development and security policy as well as Indigenous politics in North America.

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Striek, Judith

Women’s Security Council, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Born in Berlin, Bachelor of Law and Politics at the University of Cardiff, Masters in Human Rights Law at the University of Nottingham (2000). Collaboration in the Working Group Human Rights and Humanitarian Help of the SPD Bundestag-faction (2001-1002). Representative of amnesty international in the German Women's Security Council. Working and main areas of interest: Human Rights, public international law, women rights in Africa, especially Burundi, public development of womens rights, peace processes- and agreemnets, security politics, experience of violence of migrants and gender. Presentations to various of these themes in Germany and abroad.

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Unmüßig, Barbara

Board of the Heinrich-Boell-Foundation Barbara Unmüßig was born in 1956 in Freiburg/Breisgau. She has one son. From 1976-1981 she studied Political Science at the Free University of Berlin. She holds a Master’s Degree in Political Science. From 1982-1985 Barbara Unmüßig worked as a journalist and editor for a Third-World Journal in Freiburg  From 1985-1990 she was a research assistant for the Green Parliamentarian group in the German Bundestag. In 1990 she co-founded the organisation "World Economy, Ecology & Development" (WEED) and has since then been president of the organisation. From 1993 till March 2002 she has been executive member of the board of WEED. From 1991-1992 she was co-ordinator of the German environment and development organisations in the UNCED-process. In 1993 she co-founded the German NGO-Forum Environment and Development and became its spokeswoman till March 2002. In 2000 she was founding member of the "German Institute for Human Rights" (DIMR). For more than twenty years she has been an expert in international environment and North-South-policies. Her special focus has been on the activities of the Bretton Woods Institutions, on international debt issues, as well as on the German foreign trade, development aid and environmental governance and policies. She has been active in numerous national and international NGO networks and has published extensively on different issues. Barbara Unmüßig has been a member of the Executive Board of the Heinrich Böll Foundation since May 2002. Internet: Heinrich Boell Foundation www.boell.de Download her opening speech to the conference as a >> PDF File (German only)

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Wisotzki, Simone

Hessische Stiftung für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (HSFK) / Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) Born 1968, Simone Wisotzki studied Political Science (International Relations), English Literature and Modern History at the University of Frankfurt and Southampton/UK. She is a research fellow at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF). PRIF´s work is directed towards identifying the causes of violent international and internal conflicts, carrying out research into the conditions necessary for peace, understood as a process of decreasing violence and increasing justice, and spreading the concepts of peace. Simone Wisotzki has published on Micro-Disarmament (Small Arms and Light Weapons/Landmines), Security Sector Reform, Gender Aspects in Post-Conflict Societies, Arms Control Aspects in Humanitarian Law, Nuclear Weapons Policy in UK and France. Download her keynote speech, "Gender in the EU's Peace and Security Policy" as a >> PDF File (Germany only-English coming soon!)

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Zumach, Andreas

Freelance journalist Since 1988, Andreas Zumach has been the UN and international affairs / diplomatic correspondent for Die Tageszeitung (national daily newspaper from Berlin) as well as free-lancing for several other newspapers in Germany, Switzerland and Austria and also for (public) radio stations and occasionally for television news programmes. He was a correspondent for the German section of the BBC world service until it ceased existence.  His work covers all UN system-related issues as well as the WTO and other international organisations, but it is concentrated on issues of security, arms control and disarmament, human rights, globalisation and the wars and conflicts in the Gulf region since 1988 as well as in the former Yugoslavia in the 90s. He studied economics and journalism at the University of Cologne (1975 - 1978) before spending two years as a newspaper editor in West Berlin. During the 1980s, he was a campaigner, organiser and national spokesperson for the peace movement in Germany (in those years the main issue was the deployment of new nuclear missiles of the US and the SU in Europe).  In the early 1970s he was also a campaigner, strike and boycott organizer for the United Farm Workers Union in the United States (as an alternative to doing military service in the German Army). Contact: andreas.zumach@itu.int Internet: http://www.bits.de/zumach/ Download his keynote speech, "EU Peace and Security Policy" as a >> PDF File (German only)

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