Institute on Gender, Law, and Transformative Peace Initiative’s 2023 Global Forum

On November 16-17, 2023, the Institute on Law, Gender, and Transformative Peace hosted its first Global Forum event. Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee, Institute Executive Director, welcomed scholars, organizers, and grassroots peace activists from around the world to CUNY School of Law to discuss transformative peace, cross-movement-building strategies, and documentation practices. The convening was focused on closed workshops with representative movement leaders, scholars, and experts from nine countries. The focuses of their gender justice work ranged from gender-based violence, racial justice, human rights, environmental justice, LGBTQI+ rights, reproductive justice, abolition work, healing justice, immigration, women, peace, and security. The perspectives raised and feedback given during the workshop will inform the Institute’s work and priorities moving forward.