Dr. Vanessa Farr var i  Oslo 2. oktober 2013 og Fokus inviterte til samtale.

Dr. Vanessa Farr har arbeidet med WILPF’s 1325 program i hele Midtøsten- og Nord-Afrika regionen de siste par årene. I den forbindelse har hun besøkt de relevante landene og holdt strategimøter med kvinnegrupper der. Hun har skrevet en spesiell rapport om Libya og har hatt møter med Syriske kvinneaktivister i Libanon.

Short bio:

Vanessa Farr holds a PhD from the School of Women’s Studies at York University.  She was the first global Gender and Conflict Advisor at UNDP’s Bureau for Crisis Prevention and served as Social Development and Gender Advisor at UNDP’s Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People. She works with the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom’s MENA 1325 Agenda in nine countries in the Middle East and North Africa. She has published widely on issues related to gender and armed conflict, including Back to the Roots: Security Sector Reform and Development (Münster: LIT, 2012) and Sexed Pistols: The Gendered Impacts of Small Arms and Light Weapons (UNU Press, 200

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