Speaker Information

Panel Discussion 2

Panelist

Mavic Cabrera Balleza

  • Founder and CEO of Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP)

    Mavic is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP). Her leadership and collaboration with civil society, governments, UN Women and other UN entities resulted in the establishment of two important global mechanisms: the UN Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) and the Generation Equality Compact on Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action. She was a founding Board member of the WPHF and co-chair of the Board of the Women Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action Compact representing GNWP and the Beijing +25 Civil Society Coalition on Women, Peace and Security and Youth, Peace, and Security.

    She initiated the development of the first Philippine National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security (NAP WPS) and has provided technical support to NAP WPS development, costing and budgeting implementation in Armenia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Guatemala, Japan, Nepal, Sierra Leone, and Ukraine among more than 30 countries. She pioneered the Localization of the UN Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace, and Security in 2010, which is now implemented in over 30 countries. The UN Secretary-General has cited the Localization of the WPS strategy as a key tool for translating policy into practice.

    She is active in a broad range of work on Women, Peace and Security and Youth, Peace and Security agenda, and gender-responsive humanitarian action. This includes examining the compounded impact of violent conflicts and crises, climate change and gender inequalities in local communities, and women’s economic empowerment as a conflict prevention strategy.

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