press-release

photo by Gala Petri: Georgia, 2008

Telavi, Georgia 

On 5-9 August 2013, the South Caucasus Young Women Experts’ Network is going to be established and a new project launched at the Regional Conference on Promoting Women’s Participation in Peace and Security. 12 young girls/graduate and postgraduate students with the educational background in political and social sciences from Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan will gather in Georgia to participate in the new project kick-off conference and planning meeting and create the South Caucasus network of young professionals in order to actively participate in the Regional peace-building process.

The Regional Project - ‘‘Support strengthening the role of young women in building peace and stability in the South Caucasus’’ is ‘Taso Foundation’-IGPN joint initiative and is financed by OSI. The project aims to improve peace, security and democratic development in the Region of the South Caucasus via young women’s increased participation in peace and security policy analysis and planning.  This will be done through the application of the international instruments such as UNSCRs on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and many other international tools and mechanisms which will represent an important opening for the post-conflict Region of the South Caucasus to include women’s issues in the political and security agenda - this will be an effective mechanism to advance more open and participatory process as well as effective and stable security and peace building activities in the post-conflict environment of these countries.
Contacts for the Media:

Galina Petriashvili  gala2news@gmail.com

Nina Ananiashvili   ananiashvili.nina@gmail.com