UNIDIR-WIIS CoLab Launch

UNIDIR and WIIS Switzerland welcome you to the launch of the UNIDIR-WIIS CoLab (by invitation only)

This event will mark the launch of a new initiative aimed at building connections, promoting scholarship, dialogue and support for women who are working in international security and disarmament in Geneva and across Switzerland. It will feature a panel discussion on the nexus of gender equality, human rights and international security. The event will include a networking lunch.

Speakers:

• Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

• Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, Director of the Quaker UN Office, former Deputy Minister of Defence of South Africa

• Cecile Aptel, Deputy Director, UNIDIR

• Julia-Silvana Hofstetter, President, WIIS Switzerland