She Talks Peace: An NGO CSW Side Event
SHE TALKS PEACE
March 22, 2022. | 08:00 to 09:30 NY EST
She Talks Peace – a podcast and an initiative of the Philippine Center for Islam and Democracy – offers an important inclusive and enabling environment for women and girls to communicate especially in relation to sustainable development and building cultures of peace.
Climate change and more recently COVID-19 heightened the inequalities of structural violence and systemic injustices. Women, who are disproportionately affected by climate-induced disasters and conflict and who now are at the frontlines social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, need to be able to position themselves effectively in discussions and actions that promote women’s empowerment and sustainable development.
This side event introduces ‘She who talks and acts for peace’ and all that entails. This means women and girls communicating in different ways such as finding their voices, having a seat at the table, creating their own niche, breaking glass ceilings or fixing leaky faucets.
Both peacebuilding and promoting sustainable development are highly-gendered phenomena. Climate change should not be addressed in isolation from the crisis of peace as the two are intertwined.
From the perspectives of peacemakers and climate communicators, participants will discuss their efforts to communicate building a better world for all and how discussions on climate and peacebuilding can potentially form transformative spaces for gender relations and women’s empowerment.
PROGRAMME
| 7:00 to 8:00AM | Registration | |
| 8:00 -8:05 | Welcome Remarks | Ambassador Delia Albert Former Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary; Chaired the UNSC in 2004 |
| 8:05 -8:15 | Messages
| Dr. Liberato Bautista President, Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations Dr. Akiko Horiba Sasakawa Peace Foundation |
| 8:15-8:55 | She Talks Peace: Strategies to Promote Advocacies | |
| Engaging the Community in Protection and Preservation of the Environment in Southeast Asia
| Atty. Maria Paz Luna UP Women Lawyers’ Circle, Inc. Chief of Party, INSPIRE | |
| She Talks Peace: Communication Strategy to encourage peacebuilders
| Dina Zaman IMAN Research, Malaysia SEA Women Peacebuilders, WASL | |
| SEAWPB Youtube Channel: Mobilizing Women and the Religious | Ruby Kholifah Asian Muslim Action Network (AMAN) Indonesia SEA Women Peacebuilders, WASL | |
| Reaching Gen X, Y and Z | Aprille Vince Juanillo Association of Young Environmental Journalists | |
| 8:55 – 9:00 | Reaction | Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini Founder and Executive Director of International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN) Co-founder Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership (WASL) |
| 9:00-9:05 | Reaction | Amporn Marddent Thailand SEA Women Peacebuilders, WASL |
| 9:05 -9:25 | OPEN FORUM | |
| 9:25- 9:30AM | Closing Remarks | Amina Rasul Bernardo Philippine Center for Islam and Democracy SEA Women Peacebuilders, WASL |
Moderator: Dr. Jenny Lind Elmaco
UN Standing Committee, International Federation for Business and Professional Women