Karin Landgren

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 peace operations (Liberia, Nepal and Burundi). In this interview, Karin shares her insights on the critical role of women in conflict prevention, reflects on gender bias in UN leadership positions, and discusses the challenges of addressing women's issues in peacemaking initiatives. The episode was recorded in 2020. Although some developments have occurred since then, we believe the insights and experiences discussed in this episode are still relevant today. Any opinions expressed are solely the interviewee’s and do not represent the opinions of the United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs.

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Karin Landgren is an episode from Behind the Numbers by United Nations - Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs.

This episode is 00:24:02 long.

This episode was published on Mar 7, 2023.

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