Women, Peace and Security: Global Initiative

The Dutch Women in Conflict Situations and Peacekeeping Taskforce presents: the 1325 Award

This award aims to honour and encourage an individual or a civil society organization in a conflict country or region that has developed groundbreaking and effective initiatives to promote the rights of women and to increase their participation at decision-making levels in peace processes. The Women in Conflict Situations and Peacekeeping Taskforce monitors and enhances the implementation of resolution 1325 in the Netherlands. With the 1325 Award the Taskforce wants to honour the important work of civil society women in conflict resolution and peace movements. Women in conflict areas are the first to raise the issue of conflict-related gender problems and bear the greatest risks in forwarding an agenda of peace.

The 1325 Award is a one-off prize granted to an individual or a civil society organization that has effectively and innovatively contributed to the promotion of women’s rights and the increase of their participation at decision-making levels in peace processes.

In short, the 1325 Award aims to reward those who have contributed to the implementation of Resolution 1325.

The award comprises:

• a sum of € 15,000 of prize money,
• a work of art made exclusively for the occasion,
• a tour through the Netherlands to present the prize-winner’s work to a diversity of audiences in the Netherlands.

Any individual or civil society organization who has contributed to the implementation of Resolution 1325 can be nominated as candidate for the the 1325 Award.

Criteria:

• Is the nominee’s work an expression of the aims of UN Resolution 1325?
• Has the nominee’s work influenced other actors on the national or international stage of conflict / peace issues? Or: does it have the potential to do so?
• Has the nominee’s work influenced the public at large and contributed to the public’s knowledge of the concerns addressed by 1325? Or: does it have the potential to do so?
For more detailed criteria please visit: http://www.1325award.nl/?id=24&ln=en

How to nominate an individual or organization:

Please note: individuals or organizations cannot nominate themselves as candidates for the award, they have to be nominated by a different organization.

Governmental, non-governmental organizations, UN affiliated organizations, civil society organizations or embassies can nominate candidates for the 1325 Award. Individuals cannot nominate a candidate.

Digital nominations will be accepted up to and including 15 July 2006.

In September 2006 names of the nominees on the shortlist will be announced on this website. Those nominees will be informed about their short-list status in advance.

On 19 October 2006 the jury will announce the winner and present the prize at a conference held by the Women in Conflict Situations and Peacekeeping Taskforce.

Individual Nomination Form CLICK HERE

Organization Nomination Form CLICK HERE

Send completed nomination forms to: nomination@1325award.nl

For more information on procedures and rules please visit: http://www.1325award.nl/?id=23&ln=en

For assistance, information and questions please contact question@1325award.nl

For more on the Women in Conflict Situations and Peacekeeping Taskforce please visit: http://www.1325award.nl/index.php?id=15&ln=en