Spain's Second UNSCR1325 NAP: Civil society organizations demand a real commitment from the Spanish Government for the effective fulfilment of Women, Peace and Security Agenda

The statement below is drafted by a number of civil society organisations, including WILPF Spain, in response to Spain's Second UNSCR1325 National Action Plan. It addresses the space for civil society in the implementation of this NAP, as well as other challenges of implementation.

"As feminist and civil society organizations, starting from the approval of the II Plan of Spain, we positively appreciate that there has been a certain openness to our participation in the process of elaboration of the New Action Plan. However, we want to make it clear that this participation has been hampered by multiple constraints that have made it a timely consultation rather than an effective and substantive participation with little planning and that has resulted in the New Action Plan. There is little incorporation of the concrete proposals transferred by civil society."