A high-level dialogue during the NPT Review Conference, organised by UNIDIR and Sweden, on the relevance of gender equality and gender perspectives across the three pillars of the NPT.

Moderated by the Director of UNIDIR, Robin Geiss, this conversation will involve foreign ministers, diplomats and experts who will share insights from their work to advance gender equality in international security.

Panellists will discuss practical measures that can foster gender equality in the NPT process and of arms control and disarmament more broadly. They will review current progress and provide ideas to strengthen the integration of gender considerations across the three pillars of the NPT.

Speakers:

• Dr. Emma Belcher, President, Ploughshares Fund.
• Leena Al-Hadid, Permanent Representative of Jordan to the UN, OSCE, and Vienna-based International Organisations
• Ann Linde, Foreign Minister, Sweden
• Izumi Nakamitsu, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs

Moderator:

• Dr. Robin Geiss, Director, UNIDIR

*More speakers to be announced soon.