The Women, Peace and Security Focal Points Network

5th Capital-Level Meeting

Advancing the adaptability and evolution of WPS as a framework for implementing policy change

6-8 June 2023, Washington, D.C.

The United States and Romania are pleased to invite you to the fifth Capital-Level Meeting of the Women, Peace and Security Focal Points Network, which will take place in Washington, D.C., United States from June 6-8, with an optional Parliamentary engagement and luncheon for Focal Points on June 9.

The Network will be gathered under the Co-Chairship theme: “Advancing the adaptability and evolution of WPS as a framework for implementing policy change.”  This theme embodies and supports a continuation of the work the Network has done for years, as well as a response to gaps in WPS implementation and the recent global backlash against gender equality.

Opening Session Speakers

Geeta Rao Gupta - Ambassador-at-Large, U.S. Department of State, Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues (SGWI)

Andrei Muraru - Ambassador of Romania to the United States of America

Sima Sami Bahous - Executive Director, UN Women

Sarah Hendriks - Deputy Executive Director a.i. for Policy, Programme, Civil Society and Intergovernmental Support, UN Women

Bonnie Jenkins - United States Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security

Jennifer Klein - Director of the White House Gender Policy Council

Bineta Diop - Special Envoy on Women Peace and Security, African Union

Rina Amiri - U.S. Special Envoy for Afghan Women, Girls, and Human Rights

Feride Rushiti - Executive Director, Kosovo Rehabilitation Center for Torture Victims (KRCT)

Ambassador Swanee Hunt

Kat Fotovat - U.S. Department of State, Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues (SGWI)

 

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