5/23: Women, Entrepreneurship and Rebuilding War-torn Communities
I’m planning on attending this Monday. Note that it will also be webcast. FYI. --Randal
U.S. Agency for International Development
Women, Entrepreneurship and Rebuilding War-torn Communities
When: Monday, May 23, 2011, 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Where: U.S. Institute of Peace, Room 241, 2301 Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, D.C.
Violent political wars pose severe risks for women during and after conflict, disrupting the social fabric of the community. As the society in conflict changes, gender barriers shift and men and women assume new roles in their societies.
This public event, presented in conjunction with the U.S. Institute for Peace, will focus on women and their entrepreneurship in conflict and post-conflict societies. Gayle Tzemach Lemmon will present her widely acclaimed New York Times best-selling book, The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Women Who Risked Everything to Keep them Safe. Researcher Patti Petesch will discuss her new USAID report, "Women's Empowerment arising from Violent Conflict," which draws upon 125 women's life stories to examine factors shaping women's agency and local recovery processes in four conflict-affected countries.
Speakers:
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Deputy Director, Women and Foreign Policy Program, Council on Foreign RelationsPatti Petesch, Independent Consultant; Co-author, "Voices of the Poor and Moving Out of Poverty," a World Bank publication
Caren Grown (Discussant), Senior Advisor on Gender, Policy, Program and Learning Bureau, U.S. Agency for International Development
Borany Penh (Discussant), Senior Economic Advisor, Office of Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs, U.S. Agency for International Development and U.S. Department of Agriculture
Moderator:
Kathleen Kuehnast, Director, Gender and Peacebuilding Center, U.S. Institute for Peace
For more information about this event, please click here.
You may participate in this event in two ways. Please click here to register to attend the event, or you may watch the live webcast beginning at 2:30pm EST on May 23, 2011 at www.usip.org/webcast.