Education for Inclusive Peace : The role of education and research in promoting the Women, Peace and Security agenda in the Nordics. Seminar report
Lyytikäinen, Minna (2022-03-22)
Ministry of Education and Culture
22.03.2022
Julkaisusarja:
Publications of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland 2022:9Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-263-814-4Tiivistelmä
This virtual seminar was organised as part of the Finnish Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers to explore the role of education and research in the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security agenda. Its aim was to collect best practices and to develop recommendations on how to harness the education sector more effectively for building inclusive and sustainable peace, both in the Nordic countries and globally.
The Women, Peace and Security agenda calls for the full participation of women in all aspects of peacebuilding and conflict prevention and requires their needs to be conside-red at all stages. The agenda was set in motion in 2020 when the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security.
The seminar brought together academics, policy makers and educators for dialogue. The seminar aimed to achieve three things. First, it aimed to re-position education – at all levels – at the heart of efforts to build peace and resolve conflicts. Second, it aimed to blur the boundaries between domestic and foreign policy. Finally, in our assertion that education is a missing element in implementing the Women, Peace and Security agenda, we assumed that not just any type of education will do. For equal, inclusive and sustainable peace, we must be able to access a feminist education. The seminar explored how such an education can be achieved.
The Women, Peace and Security agenda calls for the full participation of women in all aspects of peacebuilding and conflict prevention and requires their needs to be conside-red at all stages. The agenda was set in motion in 2020 when the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security.
The seminar brought together academics, policy makers and educators for dialogue. The seminar aimed to achieve three things. First, it aimed to re-position education – at all levels – at the heart of efforts to build peace and resolve conflicts. Second, it aimed to blur the boundaries between domestic and foreign policy. Finally, in our assertion that education is a missing element in implementing the Women, Peace and Security agenda, we assumed that not just any type of education will do. For equal, inclusive and sustainable peace, we must be able to access a feminist education. The seminar explored how such an education can be achieved.