WOMEN’S SECURITY COUNCIL IN GERMANY
www.un1325.de/forum/php
Founded in March 2003

The Women’s Security Council is a network of approximately 50 women peace activists, peace researchers, and representatives of political institutions and NGOs, that was founded after Germany began its two-year term on the UN Security Council. Organizations represented in the Women’s Security Council include the Bonn International Center for Conversion, WILPF, Women’s Network for Peace, and the German Committee of UNIFEM. The group’s objective is to lobby for national implementation of 1325 and the incorporation of a gender perspective into the national foreign policy and security agenda, and it works to monitor the activities of the German government, as a member of the UN Security Council.

Website: www.un1325.de

The Women’s Security Council recently developed a website - www.un1325.de - which outlines the mission and activities of the group, introduces the 1325 postcard campaign, and provides an online discussion forum to debate 1325 and its implementation.

If you are interested in joining the Women’s Security Council online debate on the implementation of resolution 1325 you can access their online discussion forum at www.un1325.de/forum/php.

1325 Postcard Campaign

The 1325 postcard campaign constitutes one of the core activities of the Women’s Security Council. It’s objective is to send “1325 reasons” to the German government to push for the implementation of the resolution, and to increase the knowledge of and about 1325. During the campaign, well-known intellectuals and artists came forward and presented their reasons for the need to implement 1325. The Women’s Security Council will collect the postcards until 1325 reasons have been received, at which point they will be sent to the German government.

The postcard reads:

“There are 1325 reasons to implement UN-resolution 1325”

“UN-resolution 1325: Women must be represented increasingly ‘at all decision-making levels of national, regional and international institutions and mechanisms for the prevention, management, and resolution of conflict.’”

The sender is then given the opportunity to write why they think 1325 should be implemented.

The postcard can be found at: http://un1325.de/postkarte.htm

Plan of Action for Accelerating Implementation of Resolution 1325
September 2003

The Women’s Security Council created an expert panel on gender-sensitive foreign policy and security agendas, and launched an action plan for accelerating implementation of 1325. In the action plan the group suggests that the German government focus on a few specific issues in the short and medium-term to speed up the implementation of 1325. This action plan was sent to the German government and Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN in New York in preparation for the Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security in October 2003.

For the full Action Plan in English, CLICK HERE.

For the full Action Plan in French, CLICK HERE.

The English and French versions of the Action Plan should be available soon on the website of the Women’s Security Council at: http://www.un1325.de.

For more information, please contact: 0049/30/ 285 34-122 (c/o Feministist Institut Heinrich-Böll-foundation), or feministisches-institut@boell.de.
They welcome correspondance in German, English, French and Italian. In addition, they have translated many of their documents into English, which they can circulate by email.