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Sharon Bhagwan-Rolls, Executive Director of FemLINKPACIFIC

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. This lecture 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 event is hosted by the ANU Gender Institute.

5.30- 6pm refreshments, followed by 6-7pm lecture.

Contact: Martina.Fechner@anu.edu.au or call 6125 6281

Access: Free and open to the Public

Registration: for catering purposes by Thursday 11 April.