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Winning
the Peace:� Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace, Wilson Center announce
concrete steps to include women in Iraq reconstruction
Washington,
DC�The first blueprint for Iraqi women�s involvement
in every phase of their country�s transition will
be released July 8 by Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace and the
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.� Their
new report, �Winning the Peace: Women�s Role in
Post-Conflict Iraq,� offers concrete steps
for women�s participation in government, economic
growth, constitutional law, and civil society.� The
report�s findings were hammered out during discussions
between Iraqi women and US and international policymakers
at a recent forum in Washington, DC.
�Winning
the Peace� is the result of a two-day meeting held
at the Wilson Center in April to identify priorities
and outline concrete steps for promoting women�s
leadership in Iraq�s reconstruction.
| What: |
Empowering
Women in Iraq: Defining a Blueprint for Moving
Forward
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| Who:� |
Rend
Francke, Executive Director, Iraq Foundation
and
Swanee Hunt, President, Hunt Alternatives Fund
and Chair, Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace
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| When: |
Tuesday,
July 8, 2003, 11:00am-12:30pm
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| Where: |
Woodrow
Wilson International Center for Scholars, 6th floor
auditorium
The
Woodrow Wilson Center is located in the Ronald
Reagan Building and International Trade Center
at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. |
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The
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars is
the living, national memorial to President Wilson established
by Congress in 1968 and headquartered in Washington,
DC.� It is a nonpartisan institution, supported by public
and private funds, engaged in the study of national and
world affairs.� The Center establishes and maintains
a neutral forum for free, open, and informed dialogue.
Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace advocates for the full participation
of women in formal and informal peace processes
around the world. The Waging network includes
women peacemakers from conflict areas ranging from
Sudan to Sri Lanka, Colombia to Bosnia, the Middle
East to Sierra Leone.� Waging was launched in 1999
to connect these women with each other and with
policy shapers.�
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