More Inclusive Ways to Peace
Fatima Outaleb, Founder of Union de l’Action Féminine, speaking at a panel discussion on the role of women in constitution-making processes.
Sustainable peace can only be built if the process is inclusive and all voices are heard equally.
Ensuring that women’s voices are heard and that many more women can participate in re-shaping their own, and their countries future was the focus of a panel discussion November 12 organised by Interpeace and the U.S. Mission.
Research shows that peace accords that include civil society actors such as women’s groups can be at least 50 percent more likely to endure than those that are less inclusive,” said Ambassador Pamela Hamamoto, speaking at the opening of the event.
The panelists at the event held at the Museum of the Red Cross included:
Fatima Outaleb – Founder of Union de l’Action Féminine
Farooq Wardaq – Former Minister of Education, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Louise Kasser Genecand – Attaché for Intercantonal affairs. Presidential department of the canton of Geneva
Michele Brandt – Director of Interpeace’s Constitution-Making for Peace Programme
Sapana Pradhan Malla – Gender advisor to the Prime Minister of Nepal
H.E Ms. Pamela Hamamoto – Ambassador and permanent representative to the UN in Geneva
U.S. Mission Photo/Eric Bridiers;