5e congrès de la Chaire internationale Mukwege

In Sub-Saharan Africa, more than one in five women is sexually assaulted or raped before the age of 18, according to UNICEF. In many conflicts, rape is used as a weapon of war. How should society defend women's rights in the face of sexual and gender-based violence? Whether it is the inclusion of gender issues in post-conflict development programs or women's activism for the defense of their rights in conflict situations, feminist initiatives are essential drivers of change in peace and security policies across the continent and on the international stage.

To discuss this, three panelists:

Maria Martin de Almagro is a professor-researcher at the Department of Conflict and Development Studies at Ghent University, specializing in the inclusion of gender in peace and security policies. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the Free University of Brussels and a PhD in Political Theory from LUISS Guido Carli.

Ketty Nivyabandi is the Secretary-General of Amnesty International Canada, a journalist and committed poet. She has distinguished herself in defending human rights and mobilizing women for the defense of democracy in Burundi as a founding member of the Women and Girls for Peace and Security Movement.

Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé is a full professor at Bishop's University, a visiting researcher at CÉRIUM, and Deputy Director of the FrancoPaix Center at the Raoul-Dandurand Chair. Specializing in intelligence in peace operations, fragile states, and intra-state conflicts, she is the author of the first UN guidelines on gender and intelligence in peacekeeping.