‘Gender in Civil-Military Relations: Moving Towards Inclusion’

A 5-page Summary of the 2 ½-day residential Gender/CIMIC seminar held April 2006 can be found on  

www.cimicgroupnorth.org/Downloads/Gender%20Seminar%20exec%20summary.pdf

 One significant conclusion was that, after Iraq and Afghanistan particularly, far from being a ‘bolt-on’ extra, a high degree of Gender/Cimic understanding, especially at staff officer level, plus an awareness of United Nations (1325) and the European Parliament resolutions are not peripheral but central to post-conflict Mission success 

The Seminar took place at “Landgoed Huize Bergen” in the Netherlands.  Language: English.  Workshops and seminars included: 

·        Disarmament, Demobilisation and Rehabilitation (DDR)

·        Quick Impact Projects

·        Support for displaced persons and refugee returnees

·        Stabilisation and public security

·        Support for development of democratisation and Rule of Law      processes 

The The seminar was organised and hosted by The Civil-Mil  Military Co-operation Centre of Excellence (CCOE)

in co-operation with  

Shevolution International (lesley.abdela@shevolution.com)

Cordaid (NL) and Genderforce (NL MoD) 

Further Information 

COE Officer for Gender Major Marian Feddema at feddema.m@cimicgroupnorth.org. 

Lesley Abdela is an independent expert consultant on gender in post-conflict reconstruction, with experience boots on the ground in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Sierra Leone and (until June 18) Aceh: lesley.abdela@shevolution.com  

CORDAID: www.cordaid.nl/index.asp?mID=10182

GENDERFORCE: www.genderforce.com/