The Role and Relevance of Gender in Peace Mediation

​​​​​The first 2014 issue of the GPS Update features a report from a seminar at PRIO with Betty Bigombe, former chief mediator in the conflict between the Lord's resistance Army (LRA) and the government of Uganda. This issue also features reports from other recent events at PRIO and internationally, including; PRIO Researchers visit to project partner in DR Congo, a PhD course on Gender, Peace and Security organized by PRIO Researchers Inger Skjelsbæk and Torunn L. Tryggestad, a book launch of a new book on gender in the armed forces, a seminar at PRIO on transitional justice in Colombia, and a seminar that took place in Brasilia on Women, Peace and Security in Brazil.

As usual, the GPS Update also gives you an update on relevant seminars, reports and policy briefs, as well as a list of publications which might be of interest to our readership.