CONNEKT Cross-Regional Women’s Forum
5 July 2023- 6 July 2023 | Conference | English | Tarragona - Premises of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili
This forum of the Horizon2020 CONNEKT project, led by the IEMed, will highlight the state of feminist studies in global security and how even well-intentioned academic approaches have a gendered bias where women are indefectibly linked mostly to peace and prevention. However, the active involvement of women in violent actions, women’s engagement in activism and protest as well as the widespread evidence of sex as a tool of war, require a fresh look upon how the role of women is considered in International Security.
The event, titled “Women’s Agency in Prevention”, will strive to take women’s roles out of the private sphere and place them in the center of public activity: as actors deserving and providing security in multiple fields of public life. The complementarity of experiences, diversity of contexts, and profiles present in this forum will enrich the understanding of gendered strategies, differences in motivations, grievances, roles, experiences and, ultimately, outcomes in prevention and countering violent extremism.
The opening of the forum is to be live-streamed on Wednesday 5th July 2023 (9 am) on this Teams Meeting.
This opening is featuring:
Speakers
Senén Florensa
Executive President IEMed
Víctor Merino Sancho
Commissioner for Equality, Diversities and Welfare Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV)
Maya Yamout
Founder and Vice-President Rescue Me-For the best than you can be
Mersiha Turudija
Education builds BiH – Jovan Divjak
Nancy Yammout
Founder and Vice-President Rescue Me-For the best than you can be
Maria-Alba Gilabert
Journalist, International Desk Catalunya RàdioOrganised by
With the collaboration of
In the framework of the Horizon2020 research project
