WASHINGTON, DC – On Thursday, Congressman Bill Delahunt, the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight will hold a hearing on UN Security Resolution 1325 which recognizes and supports the vital role women play in achieving peace and security across the globe.

This will be the first Congressional hearing to explore women's contributions to peace building and reconstruction in key conflict and post-conflict environments, specifically Afghanistan, Sudan, and Uganda. The hearing will examine the important yet overlooked role that women have performed in building sustainable peace.

WHO:  House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight

WHERE:  Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building

DATE:      Thursday, May 15, 2008

TIME:      2:00 p.m.

SUBJECT:  UN Security Resolution 1325:  Recognizing Women’s Vital Roles in Achieving Peace and Security

WITNESSES:                 

The Honorable Swanee Hunt
Chair
Hunt Alternatives Fund
(Former U.S. Ambassador to Austria)

The Honorable Donald K. Steinberg
Deputy President for Policy
International Crisis Group
(Former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Angola)

Ms. Rina Amiri
Senior Regional Advisor
Central Eurasia Project
The Open Society Institute

Ms. Rebecca Joshua Okwaci
Secretary General
Women Action for Development

Ms. Betty Bigombe
Distinguished Scholar
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Janice Crouse, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow
Beverly LaHaye Institute
Concerned Women for America

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