Feminist Leadership in Disarmament
On 17 February, the SCRAP Weapons team at SOAS University of London proudly started off the webinar series on Feminist Leadership in disarmament. The webinar series focuses on women and feminist perspectives in disarmament. We are excited to be hosting leading experts from the international disarmament, non-proliferation and peace-building community. The webinars intend to provide critical and in depth insight into the experiences and achievements of female figures working in the field.
The opening webinar, “Feminist Leadership in Disarmament”, offered a thorough introduction to women and feminist perspectives in disarmament and peace-building, highlighting critical contributions that leading women figures have made. This webinar touched on thematic topics that will be further elaborated on in our coming webinars.
Panelists for the first webinar included:
Charlene Roopnarine – International Relations Officer at the Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs, Trinidad and Tobago; Permanent Mission of Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations
Christine Ahn – Founder and Executive Director of Women’s Cross DMZ; Co-founder of the Korea Peace Network
Folade Mutota – Executive Director of the Women’s Institute for Alternative Development (WINAD), based in Trinidad and Tobago; Coordinator of the Caribbean Coalition for Development and the Reduction of Armed Violence (CDRAV)
Ray Acheson – Director of Reaching Critical Will (RCW): Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
Rebecca E. Johnson – Founder and Director of Acronym Institute for Disarmament and Diplomacy; The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)