In recent crises in Bougainville, the Solomon Islands, and Fiji, women have been instrumental in brokering peace. Moreover, they continue to play a vital role in building and sustaining peace in their communities. Yet throughout the Pacific region women have been marginalised from formal decision-making structures. United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (Women, Peace and Security) promises to change that.
In this lecture, Sharon Bhagwan-Rolls, Executive Director of FemLINKPACIFIC, outlines the impressive and wide-ranging strategies used by women's rights advocates in the Pacific to promote women's security and ensure women's inclusion in formal peace processes.
Sharon Bhagwan-Rolls is the founder and Executive Director of FemLINKpacific - Media Initiatives for Women, and is a member of UN Women's Global Civil Society Advisory Group (UNW GCSAG). She is a long-time advocate of women's empowerment.
This lecture was presented by the ANU Gender Institute on 15 April 2013. Please note this file is audio only.
