Announcing The Role of WPS and Intersectionality in Disarmament! This virtual event is hosted by the U.S. State Department Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues in partnership with WCAPS CBRN working group. This event will feature a panel of experts on disarmament, nuclear security, Women in Peace and Security in Action, diversity & equality, and examines paths forward in the field. Register to attend March 31 at 10 am ET.
Event registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RzmeJkvySLGFjQehWi6LHA
Panelists:
Renata Hessmann Dalaqua
Dr. Renata H. Dalaqua is a Political Scientist and Head of the Gender and Disarmament Programme at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR). Since 2018, her research has mostly focused on the interlinkages between gender norms and weapons and violence in society. She is the lead author of a UNIDIR study on gender balance in arms control and disarmament, Still Behind the Curve, as well as Missing Links, a study on sex-specific and gendered impacts of chemical and biological weapons. Renata holds a PhD in History and Politics from the Vargas Foundation (Brazil) and a master's degree in International Politics and Security from the University College London (UK).
Sylvia Mishra
Sylvia Mishra is a Janne Nolan Nuclear Security Fellow at the Truman Center and Co-Chairs the CBRN Working Group at WCAPS. Her research focuses on nuclear strategy, nonproliferation, arms control, and emerging and disruptive technologies. She serves on the Advisory Board of the Stimson Center's UNSCR 1540 Assistance Support Initiative and is a Steering Committee Member of Organizations In Solidarity. She was featured in the CSIS-Diversity in National Security 2021 US National Security & Foreign Affairs Top 50 Leadership List.
Dr. Vincent Intondi
Dr. Vincent Intondi is a Professor of History and Director of the Institute for Race, Justice, and Civic Engagement at Montgomery College in Takoma Park, Maryland. From 2009-2017, Intondi was Director of Research for American University’s Nuclear Studies Institute in Washington, DC. Prior to teaching at Montgomery College, Intondi was an Associate Professor of History at Seminole State College in Sanford, Florida. Intondi regularly works with organizations exploring ways to include more diverse voices in the nuclear disarmament movement. His research focuses on the intersection of race and nuclear weapons. He is the author of the book, African Americans Against the Bomb: Nuclear Weapons, Colonialism, and the Black Freedom Movement with Stanford University Press.