Contemporary challenges to women, peace and security - 21 May 2022

This event, organised by the Gender, Justice and Security Hub, Ulster University and Queen's University of Belfast, explored the current challenges of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda, including women's exclusion from high level negotiations. This event explored these challenges, including women’s exclusion from high level negotiations around war and peace, though a conversation between three senior women academics and activists with decades of experience in law, politics and the prevention of violence. Professor Christine Chinkin is the former Director of the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security, a Global Law Professor at the University of Michigan and a member of the Bar of England and Wales and Matrix Chambers. Professor Monica McWilliams is Emeritus Professor at Ulster University’s Transitional Justice Institute and was the Chief Comm ...