On 2 and 3 December 2022, some members of the Mediterranean Women Mediators Network joined the MED Dialogues as speakers and experts peace and mediation. MED – Mediterranean Dialogues is an annual high-level initiative promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and ISPI (Italian Institute for International Political Studies) in Rome with the aim to rethink traditional approaches to the area complementing analyses of current challenges with new ideas and suggestions and to draft a new “positive agenda”, addressing shared challenges at both the regional and the international level.

Ouided Bouchamaoui and Ayse Betul Celik joined the panel “The art of peace in age of war”, moderated by the Head of the Secretariat Loredana Teodorescu. Irene Fellin spoke at the panel “A new agenda for cooperative security”. Lea Baroudi took part in the panel “Peoples, rights and development: the recipe for peace” and Dalal Iriqat participated in the panel “The quest for peace and development in Israel-Palestine”. In addition, our mediators Anna Cervi, Maria Solanas and Magda Zenon joined the event, which was an important moment to discuss with international leaders, stakeholders and CSOs representative ideas and best practices about peace, security and development strategies in the Mediterranean region.

Browse the gallery of the MED Dialogues 2022 here.