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SUMMARY:YP Network Roundtable: Paving the Way for Women Peacemakers
DESCRIPTION:
The
WFPG Young Professionals Network and Mexican Council on Foreign Relations
Young Professionals Program are thrilled to be joined by Ambassador
Geraldine Byrne Nason, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the
UN, and Ambassador Alicia Buenrostro Massieu, Deputy Perm
anent Representative of Mexico to the UN, for a conversation on the Securit
y Council's Informal Expert Group on Women, Peace, and Security, co-chaired
by Ireland and Mexico. The discussion will cover the role that women play
in peace negotiations and how to engage with the Group. This event is organized by
the WFPG's YP Network and PJ COMEXI, but all members are invited to partic
ipate.
Thursday, January
20th | 6:00 - 7:00pm ET
REGISTER
Registered participants wil
l be sent a Zoom link.
This program is open to WFPG and CO
MEXI members. Not a member or still need to renew your membership? Join now
Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason is the Permanent
Representative of Ireland to the United Nations in New York. She took up t
his position in August 2017 on completion of her term as Ambassador to Fran
ce. Previously, she was Second Secretary General in the Department of the T
aoiseach (Prime Minister), where she was the highest ranking female public
servant in Ireland. She has also served as Ambassador and Ireland’s Deputy
Permanent Representative to the EU, and Director of the National Forum on E
urope. Since her arrival in New York, Ambassador Byrne Nason led Ireland’s
successful campaign for a seat on the United Nations Security Council, and
now leads the Security Council team at the Mission for the 2021-2022 term.
She was Chair of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
for 2018 and 2019. She has also co-chaired high-level political negotiatio
ns on the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Nelson Mandela and on the ‘
Samoa pathway’ for Small Island Developing States. A native of County Louth
, in 2020 Ambassador Byrne Nason was awarded the Freedom of Drogheda, the t
own’s highest honour. In 2014, she was elected a Member of the Royal Irish
Academy, Ireland’s highest academic honour. She holds an Honorary Doctorate
of Law from Maynooth University as well as Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees
in Literature from Saint Patrick’s College in Maynooth (NUIM).
Ambassador Alici
a Buenrostro Massieu has over 30 years’ of experience in the Mexic
an Foreign Service, and has served as Deputy Permanent Representative to th
e UN since January 2021. Prior to this position, she served as Ambassador o
f Mexico to Austria, Slovakia and Slovenia, and Permanent Representative to
the International Organizations based in Vienna. Throughout her career, Am
bassador Buenrostro has also served as Consul General of Mexico in Hong Kon
g and Macau; Head of Chancery at the Embassy of Mexico to Spain; Press Coun
selor at the Embassy of Mexico to the United States; and First Secretary re
sponsible for political and academic issues at the Embassy of Mexico to the
United Kingdom. In the offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she has
worked as Adviser to the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs for multilatera
l issues (1991-1992); Deputy Director General for Africa and the Middle Eas
t; and Head of Department in the Directorate General for Europe. Ambassador
Buenrostro is co-author of several publications and articles on foreign po
licy published in various Mexican and foreign print media, including the 20
13 Oxford Handbook on Modern Diplomacy. She is a member of the Mexican Coun
cil on International Affairs (COMEXI), the Board of the International Women
's Forum, and co-founder of the Bright Hong Kong platform.
Born and raised in Mexico, Aline Guzik (moderator) recently received her MPA from Columbia University
SIPA, specializing in Social Policy and Gender. Her studies focused on the
interdependency between the urban and social disciplines by analyzing globa
l policies primarily focused on boosting collective well-being. Her passion
for international affairs led her to the Permanent Mission of Mexico to th
e United Nations, where she supports the Children in Armed Conflict, Colomb
ia, and Haiti files within the Security Council. She also assists with matt
ers of cybercrime, and humanitarian situations. Before moving to New York,
Aline worked as a public servant at two chief social protection and public
housing agencies in Mexico (IMSS and INFONAVIT). She's also a Youth Associa
te of the Mexican Council of Foreign Relations. She holds a BA in Internati
onal Relations from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City.
<
strong>Raquel López-Portillo Maltos (moderator) has a multidisci
plinary academic and professional background, having developed across the p
rivate sector, NGOs, and public entities. On 2020, she was elected as membe
r of Mexico City’s Congress Women’s Parliament, a citizen-led project where
she presented two law initiatives to address gender violence. Additionally
, she collaborated on UN Women's HeForShe campaign as part of the Youth for
Gender Equality Network, where she implemented a scholarship program for i
ndigenous women. She is a member of the Mexican Council on Foreign Relation
s’ Youth Program (COMEXI), where she co-authored “Beijing +25: Generations
for Gender Equality” policy paper. Raquel earned a BA degree in Human Right
s and Peace Management from Claustro de Sor Juana University and holds stud
ies in political analysis, democracy and elections from the Center for Rese
arch and Teaching in Economics (CIDE). She is currently pursuing a Master’s
degree in Government and Public Policy at Universidad Panamericana. Her wr
itten work has been published in media sites like Foreign Affairs Latin Ame
rica, El Heraldo de Mexico, and El Universal newspapers.
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em data-stringify-type="italic">Questions? Email us at programs@wfpg.org
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