Gen-Forum 2024: Young Leaders for Women, Peace and Security

Date: 21st – 23rd May 2024
Location: Bangkok, Thailand, with selected live-streaming

Gen-Forum 2024: Young Leaders for Women, Peace and Security will bring together a rising generation of Women, Peace and Security (WPS) advocates from across Asia and the Pacific to examine regional peace and security challenges, including new and emerging security issues.

The forum will build the expertise and leadership of young champions in advancing the WPS Agenda and place youth perspectives at the forefront of accelerating WPS commitments. Drawing on their diverse experience and perspectives, as well as exchanges with UN Women experts and other WPS practitioners, around 30 participants will generate concrete and actionable commitments to advance the WPS Agenda in Asia and the Pacific.  The forum will also provide a platform for the participants to foster alliances and networking opportunities with fellow WPS champions and partners in the region. 

Format: In-person with livestreaming of selected sessions

UN Women is organizing the forum under the Regional Framework Towards Peaceful, Inclusive Societies in partnership with the Government of Australia. A regional youth consultation for the Summit of the Future will form part of the programme. The selection of participants has been finalized. Further details about the forum will be provided here. 

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Social media reporters

Young influencers are being selected to be part of a social media reporting team at Gen-Forum 2024. These observers will gather photos and footage and report on the deliberations in the language/s of their choice throughout the three-day event, posting the content on their own social media accounts. This will be a compact reporting team who will work closely with UN Women. Please see our call for women, peace and security social media reporters.

More than 100 expressions of interest were received by the closing date on 26 April 2024. Further details about the social media reporting will be provided here.