Upcoming Event - The WPS Agenda in Palestine: Challenges to the Implementation of UNSCR 1325 Under Occupation
25 October 2021 | 10am New York (ET)
Join WILPF and the General Union of Palestinian Women (GUPW) for a panel discussion on the sidelines of the 21st annual UN Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security (WPS). The panel will address the gendered impacts of the Israeli occupation in Palestine, and reflect on the challenges to the implementation of the WPS Agenda in this context.
Expert panellists will discuss current efforts to advance the WPS agenda in Palestine, including the second generation of the National Action Plan (NAP). Speakers will also analyse the situation of Palestinian women under occupation, touch upon the gendered impacts of the ongoing practice of home demolitions in the occupied territorries, and reflect on the situation of Palestinian refugee women in Jordan.
This event is hosted in collaboration with UN Women Palestine and the generous contribution of the Government of Norway.