I am concerned by reports that criminal proceedings for serious police misconduct against a female student during the July 2025 Belgrade protests may be stopped through deferred prosecution. #Serbia 1/2
To reclaim women’s roles in peace & security, we need to engage:
🔹 overcoming patriarchy & misogyny
🔹eradicating gender-based violence
🔹embedding women, peace & security in peacetime & conflict prevention
🔹building better partnerships across states & civil society, & across multilateral orgs. 2/2
Visit to #France, day 3: insightful discussions on the challenges of care for older persons in care homes with representatives from civil society, advisory bodies and the Assembly of French Departments.
At the Gender Equality Commission's annual conference, I set out four areas in which we need to engage to reclaim women’s roles in peace and security. 1/2
Read my speech ⬇️