Environmental Change and Security Program - ECSP

Please join the Environmental Change and Security Program and Partners for Democratic Change for a discussion of

How to Manage Environmental Conflict in the Face of Climate Change

featuring

Sylvia Aguilera, Acting-Director, Socios México - Centro de Colaboración Cívica (Partners-Mexico)

Tom Peterson, President and Chief... Executive Officer, Center for Climate Strategies

Geoff Dabelko, Director, Environmental Change and Security Program, Woodrow Wilson Center

Moderator: Anne Devero, Director for International Programs, Center for Climate Strategies


Thursday, November 12, 2009
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
5th Floor Conference Room
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 20004, USA

Please RSVP to ecsp@wilsoncenter.org with your name and affiliation.

Latin American and North American experts will come together to discuss policy changes and inter-sectoral cooperative efforts to better manage local environmental disputes and mitigate contentious issues. Sylvia Aguilera will explore adaptation strategies in Mexico. Tom Peterson will focus on his fieldwork implementing mitigation strategies on a sub-national level. Geoff Dabelko will discuss how mitigation and adaptation may induce conflict in already unstable communities.

Location: Woodrow Wilson Center at the Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW ("Federal Triangle" stop on Blue/Orange Line), 5th Floor Conference Room. A map to the Center is available at www.wilsoncenter.org/directions. Note: Due to heightened security, entrance to the building will be restricted and photo identification is required. Please allow additional time to pass through security.Read More

Please join the Environmental Change and Security Program for a book launch of

A Pivotal Moment: Population, Justice and the Environmental Challenge

featuring

Laurie Mazur, Director, Population Justice Project

John Bongaarts, Vice President, Population Council

Jacqueline Nolley Echegaray, Associate for International Progra...ms, Moriah Fund

Roger-Mark De Souza, Director of Foundation and Corporate Relations, Sierra Club


Tuesday, October 27, 2009
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
5th Floor Conference Room
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004 USA

Please RSVP to ecsp@wilsoncenter.org with your name and affiliation.

Through a series of essays by leading demographers, environmentalists, and reproductive health experts, A Pivotal Moment offers a new perspective on the complex connection between population dynamics and environmental quality. It presents the latest research on the relationship between population growth and climate change, ecosystem health and other environmental issues. It surveys the new demographic landscape-in which population growth rates have fallen, but human numbers continue to increase. It looks back at the lessons learned from half a century of population policy-and forward to propose twenty-first century population policies that are sustainable and just.

Laurie Mazur, the editor of A Pivotal Moment: Population, Justice & The Environmental Challenge, is the director of the Population Justice Project, and has worked for years as an independent writer and consultant specializing in population, environment, and sexual and reproductive health and rights issues. She is also the editor of Beyond the Numbers: A Reader on Population, Consumption and the Environment (Island Press, 1994), a contributed volume that explored and articulated the Cairo consensus. Mazur founded and, for several years, directed the Funders Network on Population, Reproductive Health and Rights.

John Bongaarts is a Population Council vice president and distinguished scholar. He has worked at the Population Council since 1973. His research focuses on a variety of population issues, including the determinants of fertility, population-environment relationships, the demographic impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, population aging, and population policy options in the developing world. Bongaarts is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences, and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars.

Jacqueline Nolley Echegaray is an associate for International Programs at the Moriah Fund, a family foundation based in Washington, DC. Promoting human rights, social justice, and grassroots empowerment are priorities across Moriah’s five program areas; in 2008, grants made by the foundation totaled $9.8 million. Ms. Nolley’s work at the foundation includes three program areas: Women’s Rights and Health, Guatemala, and International Development and Trade. Prior to joining Moriah in 2005, she at the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), a regional NGO dedicated to promoting human rights in the Americas through international litigation.

Roger-Mark De Souza is the director of Foundation and Corporate Relations at the Sierra Club, where he plans, directs and implements the Club's foundation and corporate fundraising program, supporting work at the local, regional, national, and international levels. Prior to working at the Sierra Club, De Souza served as technical director for population, health, and environment at the Population Reference Bureau. Previous work includes the World Resources Institute and the Pan American Development Foundation and teaching high school in France, the Caribbean, and the United States.

Location: Woodrow Wilson Center at the Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC ("Federal Triangle" stop on Blue/Orange Line),5th Floor Conference Room. A map to the Center is available at www.wilsoncenter.org/directions. Note: Due to heightened security, entrance to the building will be restricted and photo identification is required. Please allow additional time to pass through security.Read More

Please join the Environmental Change and Security Program for a book discussion of

Murder in the Name of Honor: The True Story of One Woman’s Heroic Fight Against an Unbelievable Crime

featuring

Rana Husseini, Journalist and Author

Monday, October 26, 2009
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
6th Floor Flom Auditorium
Woodrow Wilson Intern...ational Center for Scholars
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004 USA
Webcast live at www.wilsoncenter.org

Please RSVP to ecsp@wilsoncenter.org with your name and affiliation.

“Honor killings” claim the lives of 5,000 women every year in many traditional societies around the world, as well as in migrant communities in Europe and the United States. Such killings are often carried out by the victims’ relatives to “cleanse” the family’s honor following a perceived violation

Murder in the Name of Honor breaks the silence surrounding this crime with personal stories from both high-profile and still-untold cases. It describes the author’s battle to change outdated laws and expose governments that turn a blind eye to the murder of thousands of women.

Rana Husseini is one of the world’s most influential investigative journalists. Her reporting with The Jordan Times has put violence against women on the global agenda. She has received several awards for her work, including a medal from Jordan’s King Abdullah II in 2007 for reporting on honor crimes.

In addition to her extensive journalism experience, Husseini has consulted on and advocated for women’s rights in the Middle East and Jordan with local NGOs and international organizations. She has served as special advisor to Freedom House on women’s issues and press freedom in Jordan. She also worked as a regional coordinator for the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) campaign to eliminate violence against women in five Arab countries.

If you are interested, but unable to attend the event, please tune into the live or archived webcast at www.wilsoncenter.org. The live webcast will begin approximately 10 minutes after the posted meeting time. You will need Windows Media Player to watch the webcast. To download the free player, visit: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download.

Location: Woodrow Wilson Center at the Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC ("Federal Triangle" stop on Blue/Orange Line), 6th Floor Flom Auditorium. A map to the Center is available at www.wilsoncenter.org/directions. Note: Due to heightened security, entrance to the building will be restricted and photo identification is required. Please allow additional time to pass through security.Read More

Please join the Environmental Change and Security Program and the Interagency Gender Working Group for a discussion of

Sexual Violence Against Minors: Scope, Consequences, and Implications

featuring

Kiersten Stewart, Director of Public Policy, Family Violence Prevention Fund

Jim Mercy, Special Advisor for Strategic Direct...ions, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Jama Gulaid, Country Representative, UNICEF Swaziland

with an introduction by

Michal Avni, Gender Advisor, U.S. Agency for International Development

Tuesday, October 20, 2009
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
5th Floor Conference Room
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004 USA
Webcast live at www.wilsoncenter.org

Please RSVP to ecsp@wilsoncenter.org with your name and affiliation.

Strengthening our understanding of sexual violence against minors is critical to implementing meaningful, effective policies and interventions. However, there are significant gaps in data on the scope and consequences of sexual violence against minors. The research to fill those gaps faces a range of methodological challenges and ethical considerations. Such research is most valuable if it can be used to galvanize action to prevent sexual violence and care for the victims.

Kiersten Stewart of the Family Violence Prevention Fund will present the connections between childhood exposure to violence and reproductive health risks. Jim Mercy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will discuss the consequences of sexual violence for female children in Swaziland, drawing on a recent survey study published in The Lancet. Finally, Jama Gulaid of UNICEF-Swaziland will focus on translating this research into practice, and the implications for policies and programs.

If you are interested, but unable to attend the event, please tune into the live or archived webcast at www.wilsoncenter.org. The live webcast will begin approximately 10 minutes after the posted meeting time. You will need Windows Media Player to watch the webcast. To download the free player, visit: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download.

Location: Woodrow Wilson Center at the Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC ("Federal Triangle" stop on Blue/Orange Line), 5th Floor Conference Room. A map to the Center is available at www.wilsoncenter.org/directions. Note: Due to heightened security, entrance to the building will be restricted and photo identification is required. Please allow additional time to pass through security.Read More