After a challenging year of unexpected and compounding crises, we invite our colleagues fromthe international community and women’s organizations around the world to celebrate the firstbirthday of She Builds Peace with us. Are you wondering: What is She Builds Peace? Who arewomen peacebuilders? Why does their work matter? What can I do to support womenpeacebuilders? Or are you a woman peacebuilder wondering how to get involved? This eventwill address these questions and explain how you can join the campaign. The event will highlight the achievements to date and opportunities for progress in 2021 using adynamic and interactive format that will include participant activities, audiovisual presentations,and micro-workshops. Women peacebuilders will share what the campaign means to them andthe impact it has had. Supporters will share how they are using the campaign to take action tostand with women peacebuilders. Organizers will introduce the She Builds Peace Frameworks forAction and lead participants in identifying actions each can take.

#SheBuildsPeace

ABOUT THE EVENT:

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CSW65 VIRTUAL FORUM PARALLEL EVENT, HOW TO ATTEND:

VISIT OUR WEBSITE: WWW.ICANPEACEWORK.ORG; FOLLOW US: @WHATTHEWOMENSAY

C S W 6 5 P A R A L L E L E V E N T

SOAR WITH WOMENPEACEBUILDERS:

ensuring their safety and protection; fulfilling obligations to make peace and security inclusive and gender-responsive; recognizing and appreciating their unique approaches; and, resourcing their work in a sustainable and equitable manner.

These four interrelated pillars are grounded in three Frameworks for Action, comprised ofanalysis and operational guidance on Recognition and Participation, Protection, and Funding ofwomen peacebuilders. The action items defined in the operational guidance are the product ofdeep and wide consultations with civil society, governmental and multilateral stakeholders, andwere co-developed with local women peacebuilders. Each action item is substantive and, ifacted upon, will move the needle significantly.

9:00 Welcome and Introduction to the She Builds Peace Campaign 9:15 Women Peacebuilders Around the World Celebrate the First Year of the Campaign9:30 Presentation of the Frameworks for Action 9:45 Micro-Workshops on Participation, Protection, and Funding Operational Guidance 10:30 Questions and Comments 10:40 Sharing Commitments to Stand with Women Peacebuilders 10:50 How to Join She Builds Peace

AGENDA

Join the #SheBuildsPeace Campaign

In 2020, the International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN) and members of the Women’sAlliance for Security Leadership (WASL) launched She Builds Peace to ensure that womenpeacebuilders are firmly at the center of local and global peace and security processes. SheBuilds Peace is a global collaborative campaign to support women peacebuilders to “soar” by:

BACKGROUND:

C S W 6 5 P A R A L L E L E V E N T

SOAR WITH WOMENPEACEBUILDERS:

#SheBuildsPeace

Join the #SheBuildsPeace Campaign

VISIT OUR WEBSITE: WWW.ICANPEACEWORK.ORG; FOLLOW US: @WHATTHEWOMENSAY

CONTRIBUTORS :

Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, MBE, Founder and CEO of ICAN and Director of the LSE Center for Women, Peace and Security

Kawther Al Kholy, Director, Women for Justice Foundation, Egypt and Canada Clotilda Andiensa Waah, Coordinator, Center for Advocacy in Gender Equality and Action for Development (CAGEAD), Cameroon Rudina Çollaku, Executive Director, Women Center for Development and Culture (WCDC), Albania Visaka Dharmadasa, Founder of Association of War Affected Women (AWAW), Sri Lanka Halima Mohamed Salim, Executive Director, Coast Education Center (COEC), Kenya Enass Muzamel, Co-Founder, Women, Peace and Security Initiative, Sudan Ahlem Nasraoui, Founder, Young Leaders Entrepreneurs, Tunisia Fatima Outaleb, Founding and Executive Board Member, Union de l’Action Feminine (UAF), Morocco Mossarat Qadeem, Co-founder, PAIMAN Alumni Trust, Pakistan Dr. Amina Rasul Bernardo, President, Philippine Center for Islam and Democracy (PCID), Philippines Robinah Rubimbwa, National Coordinator of Coalition for Action on 1325 (CoACT), Uganda May Sabe Phyu, Steering Committee Member of Alliance for Gender Inclusion in the Peace Process (AGIPP), MyanmarDr. Mariyam Shakeela, Chairperson, Addu Women’s Association (AWA), Maldives

Jacqueline O’Neill, Ambassador for Women, Peace, and Security, Canada

France Bognon, Program Director, Innovative Peace Fund, ICAN Helena Grönberg, Program Director, Better Peace Initiative, ICAN Melinda Holmes, Program Director, WASL, ICAN Stacey Schamber, Senior Program Officer, ICAN

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Members of WASL

Supporters

Facilitators