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Demystifying the Women, Peace and Security Agenda, and its linkage with Climate Change

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In 2022, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls described climate change as “the most consequential threat multiplier for women and girls, with far-reaching impacts on new and existing forms of gendered inequities.” As women and girls face the brunt of climate disasters, there is a need to pivot their voices and their involvement in policy-making and advocacy processes on the climate adaptation and mitigation efforts.

In this event Canada’s Ambassador for Women, Peace and Security, Jacqueline O’Neill, and distinguished panelists Dr. Siham Rayale, Senior Policy Analyst, Foreign and Security Policy at Global Affairs Canada; Dr. Lauryn Oates, Executive Director of the Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan; and Dr. Raskhshinda Perveen, Gender Expert, will help to demystify the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda and Canada’s current role in exploring its linkage with climate change. They will also bring out regionally specific examples of the gendered impacts of extreme weather events in Afghanistan and South Asia, and its intersection with human rights, poverty and existing social norms.

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The panel is intended for those interested in learning about the Women, Peace and Security agenda and its linkage with climate change. Please join us if you are:

-An individual or organization curious about or working in the field of gender equality, quality education, climate change, women, peace and security, and the overall promotion of the Sustainable Development Goals
-A youth, educator and/or community mobilizer aspiring to get involved

https://ocic.on.ca/programs/international-development-week/
This event is free of charge and registration will be open until February 7, 2023 at 11:00 am (EST)

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Feb 8, 2023 11:00 AM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Message preview	Hi there, You are invited to a Zoom webinar. When: Feb 8, 2023 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Topic: Demystifying the Women, Peace and Security Agenda, and its linkage with Climate Change Register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4LViK7JfQoOYov_Vnvpx2w After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. ---------- Webinar Speakers Jacqueline O’Neill (Canada’s Ambassador for Women, Peace and Security ) Jacqueline O’Neill has a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Alberta and a master’s in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Throughout her career, Ms. O’Neill has supported the creation of national strategies and policy frameworks for more than 30 countries, NATO, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and the United Nations. She has helped establish the field of women, peace, and security and its application in governments, security forces, and multilateral organizations. She has advised the Government of Canada on the country’s first (2011-2016) and second (2017 to present) national action plans on women, peace, and security. As President of the Institute for Inclusive Security, Ms. O’Neill directly supported coalitions of women leaders in Colombia, South Sudan, Sudan, Pakistan, and beyond. More details about Ms. O'Neill can be found here: https://ocic.on.ca/programs/international-development-week/ Dr. Siham Rayale (Senior Policy Analyst, Foreign and Security Policy @Global Affairs Canada) Dr. Siham Rayale’s (PhD) research and advocacy has focused on issues relating to women, peace and security and women’s political participation in conflict and post-conflict contexts. Siham has extensive experience working in complex humanitarian environments and leading research that promotes women’s inclusion in peace processes. She is currently a Senior Policy Analyst at Global Affairs Canada as well as a lecturer at the University of Toronto (Scarborough) in the Women and Gender Studies department. She has a Masters in Development from York University (Canada), an LLM from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, and a PhD from SOAS, University of London. More details can be found here: https://ocic.on.ca/programs/international-development-week/ Dr. Lauryn Oates (Executive Director @Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan) Lauryn Oates (PhD), is Executive Director of CW4WAfghan, where she also contributes to the planning and design of the organization’s education programming in Afghanistan in the areas of teacher education, literacy education, and technology for education. CW4WAfghan created Afghanistan’s first and only open educational resource (OER) initiative, the Darakht-e Danesh Library, winner of a presidential citation from the American Library Association (2018) and developed a successful adult literacy education program known as Afghanistan Lowalee (Afghanistan Reads), recognized as a Literacy Best Practice honouree by the United States Library of Congress (2017). Lauryn has designed national strategies to promote children’s reading for governments in the global South, and has led numerous evaluations, verifications and gender analyses for USAID funded education projects in Afghanistan. More details can be found here: https://ocic.on.ca/programs/international-development-week/ Dr. Raskhshinda Perveen (Gender Expert ) Dr. Raskhshinda Perveen is a thoughtpreneur, author, activist, medical doctor, and gender equality expert. She is an intersectional feminist who introduced Social Entrepreneurism to Pakistan, and a single parent who transitioned from a career in medicine into public health and journalism. She had the honor of creating the award-winning series “Gender Watch” on gender issues on PTV (Pakistan Television) between 1999-2001 that not only pioneered generating a public discourse on gender issues with youth perspectives, but also instituted the Urdu alternative of gender (sinf) in Pakistan. From 2002 to 2003 she was a Gender Advisor to South Asia for the Canadian Government and led five country gender equality programs. In Pakistan, she founded the first co-working space, Kafe Kaam, & founded the first ever Chamber of Women Social Entrepreneurs dedicated to the struggles of disabled, divorced, abandoned wives, and trans women. More: https://ocic.on.ca/programs/international-development-week/

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