{"id":285799,"date":"2023-03-03T10:27:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T15:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=285799"},"modified":"2023-03-08T10:29:06","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T15:29:06","slug":"former-president-of-finland-tarja-halonen-exchanges-views-on-intergenerational-and-feminist-peacebuilding-perspectives-in-palestine-un-women-article","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/former-president-of-finland-tarja-halonen-exchanges-views-on-intergenerational-and-feminist-peacebuilding-perspectives-in-palestine-un-women-article\/","title":{"rendered":"Former President of Finland Tarja Halonen Exchanges Views on Intergenerational and Feminist Peacebuilding Perspectives in Palestine &#8211; UN Women Article"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"node-date-element\"><b>Date:\u00a0<\/b><time class=\"datetime\" datetime=\"2023-03-03T12:00:00Z\">Friday, 3 March 2023<\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">On 2 March 2023, on the occasion of the visit of Her Excellency the former President of Finland Tarja Halonen,\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">the Representative Office of Finland to Palestine and UN Women Palestine Country Office held a roundtable on\u00a0<em>\u201cNew paradigms for new realities: promoting an intergenerational and feminist peacebuilding perspective in Palestine\u201d<\/em>. The event took place in close-door format under Chatham House rules.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">The objective of the event was to exchange frank and open views on the political and humanitarian situation in Palestine and reinforce the representation of women and feminist perspectives in political, decision-making and peace building processes. The roundtable gathered different inputs from a diverse and intersectional group of speakers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">President Halonen emphasised that gender equality is a human right and it is essential in building stable and resilient societies.<em>\u00a0\u201cCooperation among women and women\u2019s networks \u2013 such as this meeting \u2013 is important to promote empowerment of women and their meaningful participation to political and decision-making processes\u201d,<\/em>\u00a0said President Halonen,\u00a0<em>\u201cyour work is critical\u201d.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">During the roundtable, participants reflected on how the political situation affects the society and gender equality in Palestine, on the new challenges faced by youth and feminist movements, what are the drivers of these challenges, and on how to ensure that all the different components of the Palestinian society are involved in political, decision-making and peacebuilding processes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Maryse Guimond, UN Women Special Representative to Palestine, noted that: \u201c<\/span><em>At this critical juncture, we must ensure women\u2019s, including young women\u2019s, and young men\u2019s participation in political, decision-making and peacebuilding processes<\/em><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">During the discussions, taking place during a period of heightened tensions and settlers\u2019 actions across Palestine, participants reflected on the overall precarious, fragmented, and uncertain situation of women-led and youth-led organizations in Palestine, whose work remains as important as it is challenging. Recommendations for the government, for Member States, and for the Palestinian civil society were identified. Participants also identified the need to continue supporting a credible Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda in Palestine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">\u201c<em>The recommendation expressed here are very important<\/em>\u201d, concluded HE P\u00e4ivi Peltokoski, Representative of Finland to Palestine, \u201c<em>I want to express my appreciation to Palestinian women and their continued resilience. Finland is committed to continue to work together with Palestinians for gender equality.<\/em>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">UN Women Palestine and Finland Representative Office will take stock of the event to inform their programmatic and policy interventions on WPS, and will ensure the recommendations will be shared and amplified with all relevant stakeholders (government, International community and civil society). Recommendations included: the organization and holding of free, fair and representative elections as soon as possible; the ratification of the Family Protection Bill; ensure accountability of the Israeli actions by the international community and end the occupation; better engage with men to change the narrative related to women\u2019s rights; push back against the hate speech from extremist religious and anti-rights groups.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Date:\u00a0Friday, 3 March 2023 On 2 March 2023, on the occasion of the visit of Her Excellency the former President of Finland Tarja Halonen,\u00a0the Representative Office of Finland to Palestine and UN Women Palestine Country Office held a roundtable on\u00a0\u201cNew paradigms for new realities: promoting an intergenerational and feminist peacebuilding perspective in Palestine\u201d. 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