CentreLGS Annual Lecture 2008
Are Women Peaceful?
Reflections on the role of women in peace building.
A lecture by Hilary
Charlesworth
chaired by Zoe Pearson, Keele University
15th May 2008 @ University of Westminster
Women have
played an important part in peacebuilding in many parts
of the
world. This lecture will consider the roles women have taken in
peacebuilding in Bougainville, Timor-Leste and the Solomons in particular
and the problems they face in these 'post-conflict' societies. It will use
these examples to reflect on the way women, peace and security are
constructed more generally in the international sphere.
Hilary Charlesworth is a Federation
Fellow and Director of the Centre for International
Governance and Justice, ANU. She also holds an appointment
as Professor of International Law and Human Rights
in the Faculty of Law, ANU.
She has held visiting appointments at Washington & Lee
School of Law, Harvard Law School, NYU Global Law School
and as Wayne Morse Professor at the University of Oregon.
Her research is in international law, including feminist
thinking in the discipline, and human rights law at
the national and international levels. She is joint
winner (with Christine Chinkin) of the American Society
of International Law's 2006 Goler T Butcher Medal
in recognition of outstanding contributions to the
development or effective realization of international
human rights law.
This is a free event, but we require all attendees
to register in advance. To register for the 2008 CentreLGS
Annual Lecture, please fill in the registration
form.
For other enquiries contact the CentreLGS Co-ordinator
by email: centre-lgs@kent.ac.uk