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This episode is with Noeleen Heyzer, the now Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General on Myanmar. Noeleen has served in several leadership positions in the UN, including as the first woman Executive Secretary of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, as ...  Show more

This episode features Karin Landgren, Executive Director of the Security Council Report and founding member of the Nordic Women Mediators' Network. She is the eighth woman in the history of the United Nations to head a peace operation and the first woman to have headed three UN p ...  Show more

In episode 14 of the #Diplowomen Podcast, Karma Ekmekji thinks out loud with Aleksandra Dier and Azadeh Moaveni about the report: “Women’s participation in local mediation: Lessons from Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen” Read the report here: https://bit.ly/3PcSBuv Aleksandra Dier is ...  Show more

In the final episode of the season, we bring you a fascinating conversation between Major General Maureen O’Brien, the Deputy Military Adviser in the United Nations Office of Military Affairs, Department of Peace Operations and Dr. Robert Egnell, a senior fellow with the Security ...  Show more

In episode 20 of The #Diplowomen Podcast, Karma Ekmekji thinks out loud Anware Mnasri, Judge in the administrative court and co-founder of Thala Solidaire and the League of Women Voters 00:00 Introduction 01:50 Women’s Impact on Tunisia’s New Constitution 04:04 No Going Back: Tun ...  Show more

In episode 11 of The #Diplowomen Podcast, Karma Ekmekji thinks out loud with Batoul Mufreh, Project coordinator at the Palestinian Center for Policy Research and Strategic Studies - Masarat 00:00 Introduction 01:02 Batoul’s battles and challenges she faced 04:25 Obstacles while b ...  Show more