With the launch of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the links between the status of women worldwide and the long-term propensity of societies were importantly strengthened. Women’s empowerment and sustainable development was also selected as the priority theme for the 60th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW60) that will take place in New York from 14 to 24 March 2016.
In 2000, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security. Over the past fifteen years, it has become the focal point for the galvanizing worldwide efforts to address the many challenges women face in conflict. However the expectations and advancements of 1325 applied has varied greatly through out the world.