VIENNA, 16 November 2015 – Peace and security in societies cannot be achieved unless women are fully involved and meaningfully engaged in peace-building processes, said participants of the Security Days event in Vienna on 13 November 2015.
The OSCE Security Days event, “In Pursuit of Peace and Security: How Gender Makes a Difference”, served as a forum for exploring opportunities on how to apply a gender perspective to crisis prevention, conflict management, reconciliation and mediation, and post-conflict rehabilitation. Discussions covered a range of issues such as women in mediation and reconciliation processes, countering violent extremism and gender mainstreaming in security sector …read more
Source: OSCE