Date: 13-03-2025

Time: 8:30 am - 10 am (EDT) (New York time)

Location: 2nd Floor, UN Church Center, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York

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We kindly invite you this high level CSW69 side event, entitled "Engaging Men Towards Feminist Peace and Demilitarization: Addressing the structural drivers of militarizedmasculinities", co-sponsored by the Governments of Colombia, Costa Rica, and the Republicof Malta, in partnership with PAX, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom(WILPF), and ABAAD.

The event aims to gather high-level representatives of governments,international organizations, and civil society to inform effective international support for engaging mentowards feminist peace and demilitarization. This event will convene a panel of feminist peace activistswith expert knowledge, to share their insights and actionable recommendations on engaging mentowards feminist peace and unpacking how processes of militarization are deeply gendered and canbe addressed. The discussion will center around the structural drivers of militarized masculinities, froma community to an international viewpoint

Remarks by:

• H.E. Vanessa Frazier, Permanent Representative of Malta to the UN
• Ambassador Stephanie Copus Campbell AM, Australian Ambassador for Gender Equality
• Costa Rica Comisario Marlon Cubillo Hernández, Director General de Fuerza Pública
• Government Representative (TBC), Colombia
   

Panelists:

• Reem Ghassan, Women’s Participation Programme Coordinator, Peace and FreedomOrganisation, Iraq
• Anthony Keedi, Masculinities Technical Advisor, ABAAD, Lebanon
• Dean Peacock, Director of Mobilizing Men for Feminist Peace, WILPF; andCo-Convener of the Community of Practice on Mobilizing Men for Feminist Peace
   

Moderated by:

• Nada de Murashkin, Policy Advisor Gender, Peace and Security, PAX