International Workshop "Transforming the Future: Women and Youth Building Peace", 25 October 2023, Rome
On 25 October 2023, the Human Rights Centre “Antonio Papisca” and the Civilian Defence Research Centre (CSDC) organize the International Workshop on Women Peace Security "Transforming the Future: Women and Youth Building Peace". The initiative is promoted as part of the Project "Transforming the future: young people, women and students in dialogue for peace and the protection of girls in Italy and Georgia", in implementation of Italy's 4th National Action Plan on "Women Peace Security" (2020-2024), with the support of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
The event will be an opportunity to compare with experts and activitsts the different national and international experiences, share challenges and best-practices, and discuss future perspectives on the development and implementation of the Women Peace Securty and Youth Peace Security agendas. The workshop will also be a moment to reflect and make an assessment of the partnership between the Human Rights Centre and CSDC on the theme of WPS, the projects of the past 5 years, with a view to contribute to the valorisation and visibility of Italy's commitment in this field through the financial support to projects implementing the III and IV NAPs.
Programme
9.00-9.30: Registration
9.30-10.00: Introduction
Marco Mascia, Centro di Ateneo per i Diritti Umani "Antonio Papisca" and Luisa Del Turco, Centro Studi Difesa Civile
10.00-10.15: Greetings and institutional remarks
Marta Collu - AICS
10.15-11.15: National experiences
Martina Pignatti Morano, Tavolo Interventi Civili di Pace
Primo Di Blasio, Conferenza Nazionale Enti Servizio Civile
Daniele Taurino, Italian Network "Youth, Peace and Security", European Youth Forum
Gloria Volpe, CoAzione CCP/Coordinamento d’Azione dei Corpi Civili di Pace
11:15-11:30 coffee break
11:30-13:30: International Experiences
Tamar Lobjanidze, UNWOMEN Georgia
Julia Kharashvili, IDP Women Association "Consent"
Laura Pistarini Teixeira Nunes, United Network of Young Peacebuilders
Katrina Leclerc, Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (online)
13:30-15:00 Break
15:00-16:00: Testimonies from implemented projects
Project participants (Oumaima Amezgar, Gunsel Deniz, Gianluca Maestra)
16:00-17:00: Screening of the video "Lebanon: Paths of Peace"
17:00-17:30: Concluding remarks
17:30: Refreshment