1.
The Stockholm
International Conference
21-22 October 2010
10 years with 1325
- What now?
Venue: Subtopia
Address: Rotemannavägen 10
145 57 Norsborg, Stockholm
Metro stop: Alby (Red line to Norsborg)

2. Program
Thursday 21 October
Day 1
8.00 Departure by bus from Stockholm City to Subtopia (Conference Venue)
Registration and hand out of conference materials during the bus ride.
8.45 Arrival and coffee at Subtopia
Registration and hand out of conference materials for those who are not arriving
with buses.
9.30 Opening Ceremony
Maj Britt Theorin, President of Operation 1325
Joakim Stymne, State Secretary for International Development Cooperation, Swedish
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Soledad Piñero Misa, Moderator
Conference Room: Loftet
10.00 Stories from the Ground
As a spring board for the conference, women from several corners of the world will
share their personal struggles, set backs and successes in their work for gender, peace
and security.
Kamilia Kuku Kura, NuWEDA and member of the recently formed Sudan
Forum for 1325
Aliyah Strauss, President of the Israeli section of WILPF
Beena Sebastian, Founder of the Cultural Academy for Peace, Kerala, India
Reflections and engaging the audience
Moderated by: Soledad Piñero Misa
Conference Room: Loftet
12.00 Lunch and mingle
13.15 Reflecting on 1325, 10 years – What now?
Shedding light on policy processes and political leadership. What works and why, 10
years on?
Mavic Cabrera-Balleza, International Coordinator of the Global Network of Women
Peace builders
Carolyn Hannan, Former Director of the Division for the Advancement of Women
Madeleine Rees, Secretary General of the Women’s International League for Peace
and Freedom.
Luljeta Vuniqi, Executive Director of the Kosova Gender Studies Center.

3. Reflections and engaging the audience
Moderated by: Soledad Piñero Misa
Conference Room: Loftet
15.00 Coffee and opportunity for informal conversation
15.45 Parallel seminars
You can choose to take part in one of the following seminars. Please note that the
number of participants in seminars 2 and 3 are limited due to the size of the conference
rooms.
1. Participation is Protection – Time to Reclaim 1325
Organised by WILPF, the Swedish section
Madeleine Rees, Sectary General WILPF
Jan Fritz, Professor of Sociology, University of Cincinnati
Moderated by: Petra Tötterman Andorff, Secretary General WILPF, Swedish section
Conference Room: Loftet
2. Promoting Women as Leaders and Agents of Change in the Peace
Processes in Sudan
Presented by Members of the recently formed Sudan Forum for 1325:
Kamilia Kuku Kura, NuWEDA
Amel Taha, Mutawinat
Rita Martin, EVE organisation
Sara Elgieli Alrahim, NIDAA
Wifaq Ibrahim, HOPD
Moderated by: Linda Forsberg, Advisory Resident Representative for the Sudan, Life
and Peace Institute, Sweden
Conference Room: Himmelriket
3. Engaging Men – Prerequisite for Success in Implementing 1325?
Co-organised with the Swedish National Committee for UNIFEM
Bakhtyar Salih, Project Coordinator, Civil Development Organization, Iraq
Krister Eduards, Board Member, Men for Gender Equality (Män för jämställdhet),
Sweden
Lars Jalmert, Professor at Stockholm University, Sweden
Moderated by: Mikael Olsson, Host of the Radio Show “Conflict”, National Swedish
Radio.
Conference Room: the lobby upstairs
17.00 Closing Session
Most significant lessons learned.
Lena Ag, Secretary General of Kvinna till Kvinna
Conference Room: Loftet

4. 17.20 Mingle (Subtopia)
18.30 Dinner at Subtopia
21.00 Departure by bus from Subtopia to Stockholm City.
Friday 22 October
Day 2
8.00 Departure by bus from Stockholm City to Subtopia
8.45 Arrival and coffee at Subtopia
9.00 Open Space
Through the method of Open Space the participants are invited to actively
create and manage their own agenda of parallel working sessions around the
theme of Key Challenges and Essential Solutions of the future of resolution
1325.
Facilitated by: Soledad Piñero Misa
Conference Room: Loftet
12.00 Lunch
13.00 Report from Open Space (plenary session)
Facilitated by: Soledad Piñero Misa
Conference Room: Loftet
14.00 Coffee
14.30 Closing Remarks
Maj Britt Theorin, President of Operation1325
Conference Room: Loftet
15.30 Departure by bus from Subtopia to Stockholm City.
Please note:
The conference will be held entirely in English (no interpretation). Meals are included free of charge for
all participants: lunch and dinner on Thursday and lunch on Friday. Transport to and from the
conference venue and Stockholm City is provided by Operation 1325.
The conference is funded by the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.