The Director of UN-INSTRAW, Ms Carmen Moreno, attended the First Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations that gathered over 300 representatives of international regional organizations, donor agencies, diplomats, media leaders, academia, grassroots and civil society.

From November 19th to 21st 2007, UN-INSTRAW participated in the High-Level Dialogue on the National-Level Implementation of Resolution 1325 (2000) in Latin America and the Caribbean. This event was organized by the Office of the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women (OSAGI) and the Women and Development Unit of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) at the UN regional commission headquarters in Santiago de Chile.