A conference about gendered violence and strategies to address and avoid recurrence of these challenges 18 - 19 November 2009.

Venue: University of Tromsø.
 

Seminar Objectives

• Enhance knowledge on gendered violence in Post-Conflict situations
• Reflect upon North and South perspectives/experiences on aspects of gendered violence
• Discuss strategies to address and avoid recurrence of these challenges
• Enhance policy understanding and research interest in post-war issues

Wednesday 18.11.2009
19:00 Reception & Film Screening:”Pray the devil back to hell”. Auditorium, Centre for Peace Studies, UiT

Thursday 19.11.2009
08:45-09:15 Registration, University Campus, Auditorium MH U6.A5 AUD5

09:15-09:30 Opening of conference, North/South Coalition & CPS

Subtheme 1: Between Love, Rape & Peacekeeping/Soldiering
09:30-10:15 Gendered based violence between war and peace - Toiko Kleppe, Advisor in Analysis & assessment - Fokus

10:15- 10:45 Rape as a Weapon of War: Cause, Effect and Re-integration? Justin Kabanga, Professor - DR Congo

10:45-11:00 Coffee

11:00-11:30 Western experts and local women:
Reflections on international relief work in Sri Lanka. Kristin S. Scharffscher- Assistant professor - UiT

Subtheme 2: The aftermath? ........
11:30-12:00 Victims and perpetrators: Cases from DR Congo -
Kåre Lode, Senior researcher - SIK

12:00-13:00 Lunch

13:00-13:30 The fate of German-Norwegian war children in Norway after 1945, Baard Borge, Associate professor - HiH

Subtheme 3: Women in peace and reconciliation process

13:30-14:00 Raising awareness and building capacity -
Adwoa Bame, Executive Director, WISE- Ghana

14:00-14:15 Coffee

14:15-14:45 Reconciling war-torn communities: Case/Film from Sierra Leone - Rodmire Taylor-Smith, Researcher- UiT

14:45- 15:15 To be confirmed, Ragnhild Dybdal, NORAD- (Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation)

15:15-16:00 Summing up.