<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Canadian Committee on Women, Peace and Security<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> And <o:p></o:p> South Asia Partnership Canada<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> Cordially invite you to a presentation<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> <H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left>Gender and Conflict Transformation: Focus South Asia</H1>  <o:p></o:p> By <o:p></o:p> <H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left>Dr. Anjoo S. Upadhyaya</H1> Professor of Political Science <o:p></o:p> Banaras Hindu University,India<o:p></o:p> Former Director of Research for the United Nations University Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity <o:p></o:p> University of Ulster, Northern Ireland<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> Date: Monday October 20 2003 <o:p></o:p>  Time: 12.00 to 2.00 PM <o:p></o:p>  Place: Victoria Room 505<o:p></o:p> 140 Wellington Street (at Wellington and O’Connor Street)<o:p></o:p> Ottawa<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> Today South Asia remains one of the most volatile regions of the world. Various internal security problems in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh vitiate the regional security environment. Most of the internal security crises that plague South Asian states are both cross-border and inter-related.  At the same time various bilateral and multilateral attempts at peacemaking in South Asia have coexisted with the conflict process itself, but their success is limited in most cases.             <o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> Dr. Anjoo S. Upadhyaya will share her experience and observations from her works on conflict management from gender perspective in South Asia.  <o:p></o:p> Dr. Anjoo Sharan Upadhyaya has written extensively on issues of Self-Determination, Ethnicity, Women and Development and Conflict Transformation. <o:p></o:p> Dr. Upadhyaya holds a ph.D. in Political Science from Banaras Hindu University where she has taught for nearly 25 years. She is a Professor of Political Science. She has been a visiting Fellow/Scholar at various institutions of higher learning: Woodrow Wilson Center of International Scholars, Washington D.C, Henry L. Stimson Center, Washington D.C., London School of Economics and Political Science and Upssala University, Sweden. She has also worked with grassroots organizations in the former Soviet Union, Northern Ireland and in India.  <o:p></o:p> Her research topics include Election Reforms in India, Self – Determination in World Politics, Issues in Third World Conflict Resolution, Political Dimensions of Development: The Role of State, Quest for Self-determination in the Indian Subcontinent: The Recent Phase, Ethno-regional Assertion in India: Case Study of Jharkhand, Conflict Reduction in Ethnically Divided Societies: An Examination of Techniques in Lindgren, Recent Trends in Communal Violence: A Case Study of Varanasi.<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> Pre Registration Required<o:p></o:p> Please R.S.V.P<o:p></o:p> Faruq Faisel Canadian Program Manager South Asia Partnership Canada 1 Nicholas Street, Suite 200 Ottawa Ontario K1N 7B7 Canada   E-mail: <A href="mailto:ffaisel@sapcanada.org">ffaisel@sapcanada.org</A> Phone: (613) 241 1333, Extension 226 Fax: (613) 241 1129 URL: <A href="http://www.sapcanada.org">www.sapcanada.org</A><o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>