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SUMMARY:2025 Annual International Peace Lecture: The Continuous Struggle:
  Women’s Rights in the Last Four Decades and the Backlash Against Progre
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for the 40th Anniversary International Peace Lecture\
 , hosted by the University of Manchester's Department of Politics.\n\nFo
 r forty years\, this renowned series has brought together leading voices
  to reflect on the challenges and possibilities for global peace. It was
  first established in 1985\, inspired by University staff protesting aga
 inst the siting of nuclear weapons at Greenham Common.\n\nSince then\, t
 he lecture has stayed true to its founding purpose:: "to reaffirm our ho
 pe\, belief and determination that there shall be a future\, while provi
 ding an opportunity to explore how we and our children might bring it ab
 out."\n\nThis year\, we are honoured to welcome Madeleine Rees OBE\, Sec
 retary General of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
 \, as our keynote speaker.\n\nThe lecture will examine the efforts made 
 over the past forty years to enhance women’s rights\, especially in conf
 lict-affected regions\, and highlights notable successes. It will also a
 ssess how recent conflicts illustrate the continued marginalisation of w
 omen’s voices and the threats to hard-won achievements. Furthermore\, th
 e session will explore how gender-related struggles connect with larger 
 social justice issues\, offering thoughts on future research and advocac
 y directions.\n\nThe lecture will run for approximately 45 minutes\, fol
 lowed by a Q&A session and a networking reception.\n\n
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre B\, Roscoe Building\, Manchester
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