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Gender Equality in the Arctic | Phase III Report Launch

Gender Equality in the Arctic | Phase III Report Launch

May
14
Friday
 from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Virtual Event

As an area of emphasis for Iceland, gender equality was included as one of the priority issues of its Arctic Council Chairmanship program in 2019-2021. Gender Equality in the Arctic (GEA), dating back to 2013, is an international collaborative project intended to raise visibility and understanding of diverse gender topics in the region. A major component of Gender Equality in the Arctic Phase III (GEAIII), launched in 2019, has been the development of a pan-Arctic report to identify priorities and concrete strategies to increase diversity and gender balance in policy- and decision-making processes.

Please join us for the virtual launch event on the Pan-Arctic Report on Gender Equality in the Arctic, hosted by the Wilson Center’s Polar Institute with The Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Iceland, The Icelandic Arctic Council Chairmanship, the Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network, the Stefansson Arctic Institute, the Directorate of Equality in Iceland, and the Institute of Arctic Studies at Dartmouth. The report provides an overview of gender-related issues in the Arctic, including Law & Governance; Security; Gender and Environment; Migration and Mobility; Indigeneity, Gender, Violence, and Reconciliation; and Empowerment and Fate Control.

The launch event will reflect extensive collaboration between the Arctic Council’s Chairmanship, Sustainable Development Working Group, its Social, Economic and Cultural Expert Group (SECEG), project partners, editorial committee, Indigenous peoples’ associations and experts, Youth Advisory Group, lead authors, contributing authors, reviewers and youth reviewers in the production of the GEAIII report.

SPEAKERS

Marya Rozanova-Smith

Former Galina Starovoitova Fellow on Human Rights and Conflict Resolution;
Professorial Lecturer, George Washington University

Andrey Petrov

ARCTICenter Director and Associate Professor of Geography, University of Northern Iowa

Malgorzata (Gosia) Smieszek

Project Coordinator, UiT Arctic University of Norway; Co-lead “Women of the Arctic”

Tahnee Lisa Prior

Killam Postdoctoral Fellow, Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University; Co-lead “Women of the Arctic”

Jennifer Spence

Executive Secretary, Sustainable Development Working Group, Arctic Council

INTRODUCTION

Michael Sfraga

Director, Polar Institute // Director, Global Risk and Resilience Program

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Development Cooperation, Iceland; Chair of the Arctic Council

MODERATOR

Embla Eir Oddsdóttir

Director, Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network (IACN)

PANELISTS

Hjalti Ómar Ágústsson

Project Manager, Gender Equality in the Arctic Project, Phase III; Special Advisor, Directorate for Equality in Iceland

Juno Berthelsen

Board Member, Youth Advisory Board, Gender Equality in The Arctic 

Gunhild Hoogensen Gjörv

Research Professor, The Peace Research Institute of Oslo (PRIO), Oslo, Norway

Tonje Margrete Winsnes Johansen

Adviser, Arctic and Environmental Unit, Saami Council

Friðrik Jónsson

Director General for GRÓ, Centre for Capacity Development, Sustainability and Societal Change; Iceland‘s Senior Arctic Official to the Arctic Council

Bridget Larocque

Policy Advisor and Researcher, Arctic Athabaskan Council

Laurel Katchatag

Administrative Advisor, Norton Sound Health Clinic, Alaska; Arctic Youth Ambassador, Youth Advisory Group, Gender Equality in the Arctic Project

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