Name of your focal point
Kiara Borisova (external relations/ vice-chair)
Email of your focal point
externe.relaties@stichtingjason.nl
Phone of your focal point
+359 88 850 0842
Website URL
JASON Institute - Engaged in informing on matters of peace and security
Organisation details
Knowledge institution
Description of your organisation/institution
The JASON Institute for Peace and Security Studies was founded in 1975 by Rio Praaning and Willem van Eekelen. JASON is committed to informing and engaging students and young professionals on issues of international peace and security. The institute organizes events with leading experts from the security field and publishes a yearly magazine featuring in-depth contributions from both emerging voices and established academics.
Accessibility and inclusivity are central to JASON’s mission. All events and publications are free of charge and open to everyone, regardless of sex, gender, cultural and religious beliefs. By fostering open and inclusive dialogue, JASON provides a dynamic platform where the next generation can connect with and learn from today’s experts.
Description of your main WPS related activities
JASON’s activities within the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda focus on advocacy, awareness-raising, and fostering dialogue on gender-sensitive approaches to peace and security. By consistently integrating WPS perspectives across its events and publications, the institute aims to actively promote the importance of gender in security debates and encourages students and young professionals to engage with these issues. JASON strives to ensure that every event incorporates a gender-sensitive approach to the topic at hand. In addition, at least one of its annual events is dedicated specifically to WPS or gender-related themes.
Through lectures, panel discussions, and thematic events, JASON creates accessible spaces to explore the gendered dimensions of conflict, peacebuilding, and security. In doing so, it not only raises awareness but also builds a bridge between established practitioners and a younger audience. By facilitating exchanges with members of the NAP 1325 network, JASON
connects the next generation to existing knowledge, expertise, and initiatives within the WPS community, thereby strengthening both understanding and engagement.
Which strategic outcome(s) will you contribute to?
Participation - More women hold leadership positions, and women participate equally and meaningfully in decision-making processes at every level in the interests of peace and security, including conflict prevention and resolution, peacebuilding, protection, relief, reconstruction and recovery.
WPS Mainstreaming – A gender lens is applied to every (re)organization, improvement, development and evaluation of analysis, policy and policy implementation with regard to peace and security.
Which sub-outcome(s) will you contribute to?
Sub-outcome 5:
Organisations have positive gender norms; specific focus on role men and boys
Improved coordination of actors in peace and security
What type of investments will you make to contribute to the selected outcome(s)?
Advocacy
Please use this space for any description of or comments on the selected investment and/or outcomes:
JASON contributes to advocacy by actively promoting gender perspectives in peace and security debates. By consistently integrating the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda across its activities and outputs, the institute encourages students and young professionals to adopt gender-sensitive approaches to security. In doing so, JASON helps to strengthen awareness of and support for the principles of NAP 1325 among a new generation of practitioners.
Country/Region
The Netherlands
What is the time frame for your pledged outcome(s) and investment(s)
5 years