{"id":12346,"date":"2024-12-09T05:00:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T23:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/?p=12346"},"modified":"2025-01-07T10:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T04:43:07","slug":"panel-discussion-on-leadership-for-peace-feminist-foreign-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/2024\/12\/09\/panel-discussion-on-leadership-for-peace-feminist-foreign-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Panel discussion on \u201cLeadership for Peace &#038; Feminist Foreign Policy\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12346\" class=\"elementor elementor-12346\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b388264 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4b388264\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cdc68aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5cdc68aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 28-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>The Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS) hosted a dynamic panel discussion on \u201cLeadership for Peace &amp; Feminist Foreign Policy\u201d on December 9, 2024, at the Kolomba Kamatha, BMICH.<\/p><p>The discussion was enriched by the insightful contributions of Prof. Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Associate Dean of International Affairs, University of Pennsylvania Law School, USA &amp; Expert Member on the CEDAW, and Ms. Eva Abdulla, Former Deputy Speaker of the People\u2019s Majlis of the Maldives &amp; Chair, Maldives Policy Think Tank. 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