CONFERENCE REPORT ON WOMEN'S ROLE IN GLOBAL SECURITY

The report examines women’s roles in peacebuilding, postconflict reconstruction, and economic development. It draws on discussions from the conference on The Role of Women in Global Security, held in Copenhagen on October 29–30, 2010, and co-hosted by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the U.S. Embassy in Denmark in partnership with the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP).

The conference brought together participants from Denmark, the United States, Nordic-Baltic countries, Afghanistan, Liberia, and Uganda to focus on the roles that women can play as leaders in areas of active conflict and postconflict. Participants from the public and private sector, including the military, civilian, NGO, academic, and corporate worlds, joined to share experiences and best-practice recommendations on how to increase women’s participation in their communities to effect positive change: resolving active conflicts, assisting in postconflict reintegration, and furthering economic development.
 
Hence, men and women with first-person practical experience were able to share their recommendations with those “who represent political leadership from host countries and international organizations who can encourage implementation of those recommendations.”


See Conference Report including conclusions, best practices and barriers here