What a Feminist Foreign Policy Really Looks Like Wednesday, October 18, 2017 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM First Baptist Church 140 Laurier Avenue West

Wednesday, 18 October 7 to 9:30 pm at the First Baptist Church, 140 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa [image: New RI Logo 2010 - Web.png] [image: what-a-real-feminist-foreign-policy-looks-like.jpg] [image: Calendar] - Your Invitation - What a Feminist Foreign Policy Really Looks Like Wednesday, October 18, 2017 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM First Baptist Church 140 Laurier Avenue West Ottawa, ON K1P 5J4 Map Tickets: $20 for Regular tickets; $10 for Student/Income challenged *Tickets are available on Eventbrite and at the door *Like and share the Facebook event page ------------------------------ Dear Penney, The Rideau Institute is hosting a provocative and forward looking presentation by Peggy Mason entitled: *What a Feminist Foreign Policy Really Looks Like* on Wednesday, 18 October 7 to 9:30 pm at the First Baptist Church, 140 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa . Click here for the link to Eventbrite for tickets, which are also available at the door from 6:30 pm. Peggy Mason will argue that the core of a truly feminist foreign policy, unlike Canada’s, must be the UN Charter vision of sustainable peace and common security, key principles of which are the right to security of all states and their peoples, and the primacy of conflict prevention and the peaceful resolution of disputes. Rejection of war as a means to resolve political conflict is at the very core of a truly feminist foreign policy. This means, for example, not only championing the participation of women in peace processes but championing the peace process itself, as the essential foundation for helping the parties to the conflict negotiate a comprehensive framework for sustainable peace. Peggy Mason was Legal Advisor to the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women when its then President, Doris Anderson, was leading Canadian women in the historic campaign for what ultimately became the equality guarantee in Section 15 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. She is also a former Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament to the UN and member of the University of Ottawa Common Law Honour Society. Since June of 2014 she has been the President of the Rideau Institute, an independent research and advocacy think tank on foreign, defence and national security policy, with a mission to help restore Canada to its former peacekeeping, diplomatic peacemaking and peacebuilding role in the world, through creative and innovative multilateralism, strengthening the UN and building international law. If you have any questions regarding the event please contact the Rideau Institute at operations@rideauinstitute.ca or 613-565-9449 ext. 22 <(613)%20565-9449>. Click here to RSVP right now [image: Facebook] Rideau Institute and Ceasefire.ca 63 Sparks St, Suite 608 Ottawa Ontario K1P 5A6 Canada This email is intended for Penney.Kome@Gmail.com. Update your preferences or Unsubscribe ------------------------------