Chairperson of AWAW Ms. Visaka Dharmadasa was invited to speak at the reception hosted by HRH The Countess of Wessex to celebrate International Women’s Day in Buckingham Palace on 8th March 2019.19th Anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 and the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda – 23rd October – 2nd November 2019Conference in preparation for HLPF 2019: “Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies: SDG 16 implementation and the path towards leaving no one behind – 27th – 29th May 2019 in Rome, ItalyChairperson of AWAW Ms. Visaka Dharmadasa was invited to speak at the reception hosted by HRH The Countess of Wessex to celebrate International Women’s Day in Buckingham Palace on 8th March 2019.Chair of AWAW was interviewed by UK Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, Lord (Tariq) AhmadPeer to peer Exchange Forum – Women Mediators Across the Common wealth- Northern Ireland- 13th – 19th August 2019.International Civil Society Action Network – 8th Annual Forum- Norway, Oslo- 4th – 8th November 2019 World Federation of United Nations Associations – 2019 16+ Forum Annual Showcase 11-14 November. Chairperson of AWAW Ms. Visaka Dharmadasa was invited as a panelist to the conference- Dili, Timor LesteWith HRH Countess of Wessex attending all network meeting of Women Mediators Across the Commonwealth- 25th November 2019Ms. Visaka Dharmadasa, Chair of AWAW was a speaker at “Warfare & Peacemaking in the 21st Century: who’s taking responsibility to protect and promote peace?”Hosted by the Centre for Women, Peace and Security of London School of EconomicsMs. Visaka Dharmadasa, Chair of AWAW was a speaker at the launch of ICAN’s New brief: Protecting Women Peacebuilders: The Frontlines of Sustainable Peace held on Friday 23rd of October 2020International Webinar on Public Health, Women’s Agency and Peacebuilding: Women’s Rights, Recognition and Protection during COVID19 Pandemic Ms. Visaka Dharmadasa, chair of AWAW was a speaker in the Regional Session that the Institute of Peace and Diplomatic Studies hosted during the E-Conference on “Local Women Voices for Peace and Security in South Asia” on Wednesday, September 23, at 11 am Colombo time. This was hosted in honor of the 20th anniversary of UNSC Resolution 1325