INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR. CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN PEACE OPERATIONS: THE INCORPORATION OF WOMEN

March 11th–12th, 2008
Antigua, Guatemala


Organized by: Red de Seguridad y Defensa de América Latina (RESDAL)
Instituto de Enseñanza para el Desarrollo Sostenible (IEPADES)


Agenda:

Tuesday 11
09:00 - 09:15	Opening and Welcome
09:15 - 10:15	Peace Operations and the Incorporation of Women to the Armed Forces: A Regional Overview. Keynotes: Marcela Donadio, RESDAL Debate
10:30 - 13:00	The Subregional Perspectives, I: Central America, the Andes and the Southern Cone. Keynotes: Carmen Rosa de León, IEPADES Loreta Tellería, ODyS Suzeley Khalil Mathias, UNESP Dialogue with representatives from the regional training centers
15:00 - 17:30	The Subregional Perspectives, II: The Caribbean Region and the Case of Haiti Keynotes: Lilian Bobea, FLACSO Johanna Mendelson Forman, RESDAL Natalie Ben Zakour Man, MINUSTAH Dialogue with representatives from the regional training centers.
Wednesday 12
09:00 - 11:00	Challenges and Opportunities for the Participation of Women in Peace Operations Keynotes: Juan Rial, RESDAL Dialogue with representatives from the Ministries of Defense.
11:15 - 13:00	Conclusions. The Incorporation of Women in Peace Operations: Towards the Next Defense Ministerial. Dialogue and recommendations.

List of Participants:

Argentina
- Ileana Arduino, Director of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law, Ministry of Defense
- Ricardo Artigas (Navy Capt), Sub director, Joint Centre for Peacekeeping Training (CAECOPAZ), Armed Forces of Argentina


Bolivia
- Rosario Vargas Maldonado (Cnl.), Ministry of Defense


Brasil
- Arnon Wellington Barros Diniz (Lt. Cnl.), Assistant, Logistics and Peace Operations Section of the Under Secretariat of Logistics, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Ministry of Defense
- Carlos José Ignácio (Crnl.), Military Attaché, Brazilian Embassy in Guatemala


Canadá
- Iyan Conoir, E-learning for Peacekeepers Coordinator, United Nations Institute for Training and Research, Programme of Correspondence Instruction in Peacekeeping (UNITAR-POCI)
- Kristine St. Pierre, Research-Analyst, Pearson Peacekeeping Centre (PPC)
- Tara Denham, Policy Analyst, Peacekeeping and Peace Support Group, Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT), Government of Canada


Chile
- Pamela Villalobos, Gender Advisor, Ministry of Defense


Ecuador
- Guadalupe Flores (Capt.), Peacekeeping School Unit, Army of Ecuador (UEMPE)


El Salvador
- José Miranda Diaz (Cnl.), Policy Director, Ministry of Defense


Guatemala
- Alejandra Cruz, Security Advisory Council (CAS)
- Alfredo Vladimir Mena (Cnl.), Defense Politicy Director, Ministry of Defense
- Homero Hernández Villatoro, Sub director, Regional Command for Peacekeeping Training (CREOMPAZ), Conference of the Central American Armed Forces (CFAC)
- José Luis Barrientos (Crnl.), Director, Educational High Command of the Army of Guatemala
- Juan Luis Hurtado López (Myr.), Director, Peacekeeping Secretariat of Joint Chiefs of Staff of the National Defense
- Paula Rodríguez De Castellanos, Member of the Defense Comision, Political Party Forum
- Pedro Trujillo, Science Director, Universidad Francisco Marroquín


Honduras
- José Arseno González Maradiaga (Major.), Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces of Honduras


United Nations
- Natalie Ben Zakour Man, Gender Affairs Officer, MINUSTAH
- Nicola Popovic, Expert Associate, United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW)


Paraguay
- Rubén Darío Peña (Cnl.), Director, Joint Centre for Peacekeeping Operations, Armed Forces of Paraguay (CECOPAZ)


Perú
- Alfredo Castro, Ambassador of the Republic of Perú in Guatemala
- Juan Merk Lujan (Navy Capt.), Director, Joint Centre for Peacekeeping Operations (CECOPAZ), Armed Forces of Peru
- Nuria Esparch, Vice-minister, Ministry of Defense


Uruguay
- Julián González Guyer, Coordinator, UNDP Program for the Ministry of Defense
- Roberto Gil (Lt. Cnl.), Director, School of Peacekeeping Operations Juan Sosa Machado (EOPE), Army of Uruguay


Project Team:
- Johanna Mendelson Forman, Board of Directors, RESDAL, USA
- Juan Rial, Board of Directors, RESDAL, Uruguay
- Lilian Bobea, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), Dominican Republic
- Loreta Tellería, Director, Observatorio de Democracia y Seguridad (ODyS), Bolivia
- Suzeley Kalil Mathias, Universidad Estadual de San Pablo (UNESP), Brazil


Organizers:
- Marcela Donadio, Executive Secretary – RESDAL
- Carmen Rosa de León, Executive Director – IEPADES
- Paz Tibiletti, Senior Researcher – RESDAL