Gender Equality in the Arctic | Phase III Report Launch

Friday, May 14, 12:00pm EST  -   Registration Link, http://dartgo.org/wilson14

Please join us for the virtual launch event on the Pan-Arctic Report on Gender Equality in the Arctic, hosted by the Wilson Center’s Polar Institute with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Iceland, the Icelandic Arctic Council Chairmanship, the Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network, the Stefansson Arctic Institute, the Directorate of Equality in Iceland, and the Institute of Arctic Studies at Dartmouth. The report provides an overview of gender-related issues in the Arctic, including Law & Governance; Security; Gender and Environment; Migration and Mobility; Indigeneity, Gender, Violence, and Reconciliation; and Empowerment and Fate Control.

Introductory Remarks & Moderator

Michael Sfraga, Director, Polar Institute // Director, Global Risk and Resilience Program

Embla Eir Oddsdóttir, Director, Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network (IACN)

Speakers

Marya Rozanova-Smith, Associate Professor, Admiral Makarov State Maritime Academy and Head of the Center for Civil, Social, Scientific, and Cultural Initiatives

Andrey Petrov, ARCTICenter Director and Associate Professor of Geography, University of Northern Iowa

Malgorzata (Gosia) Smieszek, Project coordinator, UiT Arctic University of Norway; Researcher, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland in Finland

Tahnee Lisa Prior, Killam Postdoctoral Fellow, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University

Jennifer Spence, Executive Secretary, Sustainable Development Working Group, Arctic Council