#WomenPeaceKorea: A New Era
South Korea, May 23 – 26
(Washington D.C.) –– An international delegation of 30 peace activists, security experts and civil society leaders will travel to South Korea from May 23-26, 2018, to support the inclusion of civil society women and peace experts in the Korean peace process. Led by Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire and Korea expert Christine Ahn, the all-women delegation is in response to the April 27 diplomatic breakthrough, in which North and South Korea signed a historic agreement to denuclearize the peninsula. The delegation will meet with over 30 women’s organizations in South Korea to discuss their security priorities for the region. The delegation is comprised of activists and experts from the United States, Russia, China, Japan, Canada, Colombia, Kenya, Sweden, Guam, Iraq and Mongolia, and will close with a peace walk at the DMZ site in Paju.
Schedule
Wednesday, May 23
11 am – Delegation Press conference (St. Francis Cathedral)
7 pm – Women Peace Candle Walk (Kwangwhamoon Square)
Saturday May 26
11am – DMZ Peace walk – Paju
To arrange interviews please contact:
Ottawa
Ketty Nivyabandi, Media Associate: [email protected], +1 (613) 569-8400 ext. 117
Seoul (as of May 21, 2018)
Katia Gianneschi, Media Outreach: [email protected], + 1 (613) 614-9740
Washington DC
Allegra Harpootlian, Media Associate: all[email protected], + (303) 748-4051
Deepika Choudry, Senior Associate: [email protected], + (703) 434-0951