Security Council Open Debate on Sexual Violence in Conflict, April 2018: Mexico (Extract 2)

Sustaining peace cannot be conceived without the participation of women and girls and the integral consideration of their needs. The systematic exclusion of girls from education leads to discrimination and at the end results in the marginalization of women from political, economic and social life. This marginalization is one of the most evident structural causes of conflicts and produces a fertile ground for sexual violence. Girls must be empowered within the family and at school with regard to boys; women must be empowered with equity with regard to men and the whole society.