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General Women, Peace and Security
Security Council Resolution 1325
Security Council Resolution 1325 is a sub-theme of the PeaceWomen.org Theme: General Women, Peace and Security, and forms part of PeaceWomen’s framework to organize our women, peace and security resources for ease of reference and understanding. This sub-theme focuses on information related to Resolution 1325 itself. It is important to note that themes and sub-themes are interlinked and mutually reinforcing.
The first resolution on women, peace and security, Security Council Resolution 1325 (SCR1325), was unanimously adopted by United Nations Security Council on 31 October 2000. SCR1325 marked the first time the Security Council addressed the disproportionate and unique impact of armed conflict on women; recognized the under-valued and under-utilized contributions women make to conflict prevention, peacekeeping, conflict resolution and peace-building. It also stressed the importance of women’s equal and full participation as active agents in peace and security.
SCR1325 is binding upon all UN Member States and the adoption of the Resolution marked an important international political recognition that women and gender are relevant to international peace and security.
While SCR 1325 is recognized as a historic and unprecedented document, it does not exist in a vacuum; many resolutions, treaties, conventions, statements and reports preceded it, and thus, form its foundation and an integral part of the women, peace and security policy framework.
The Security Council has marked the anniversary of this resolution annually to reaffirm its commitment to the spirit of the resolution and to highlight progress made in the area of women, peace and security. However, as we approach the tenth anniversary of SCR 1325 in October 2010, there remain major gaps in implementation and accountability for that implementation. The Security Council has itself not yet instituted a mechanism of accountability to further the implementation of the founding resolution, despite more than a decade of calls from Civil Society.
Key Provisions of SCR 1325:
• Increased participation and representation of women at all levels of decision-making.
• Attention to specific protection needs of women and girls in conflict.
• Gender perspective in post-conflict processes.
• Gender perspective in UN programming, reporting and in SC missions.
• Gender perspective & training in UN peace support operations.
Key Actors responsible for implementation of SCR 1325 include: the Security Council; Member States; UN entities; the Secretary General; and parties to conflict.
Security Council Resolution 1325 - Basics
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News
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August 27, 2010 (Guardian)
DRC: We Must Protect Women in Congo (Opinion) The mass rape of women in Congo illustrates the difficulty the UN faces in trying to fulfil its mandate to prioritise the protection of civilians. Civilians now account for 70% of casualties in wars and most are women and children. Sexual violence against women and girls has been part of conflicts from Rwanda and Bosnia, to Sierra Leone, Haiti, Congo and Afghanistan. -
August 26, 2010 (Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury - GNWP)
INTERNATIONAL: Doable, Fast-Track Indicators for Turning the 1325 Promise into Reality The credibility of the United Nations rests in a major way on its ability and capacity to get the decisions of the Security Council implemented in letter and spirit. When in March 2000, the Security Council expressed for the first time in its history of 55 years its conceptual acceptance that peace is inextricably linked with equality between women and men and affirmed that the equal access and full participation of women in power structures and their full involvement in all efforts for peace and security, the international community was charged with expectation. -
August 26, 2010 (AllAfrica)
SUDAN: Gender Issues Focus of South Darfur Committee A two-day consultative workshop on gender issues organized by UNAMID, concluded yesterday in Nyala, South Darfur. The occasion was used to discuss the status of the implementation of UNSCR 1325, a landmark resolution by the UN Security Council which ensures that the promotion of women's empowerment and gender equality form a central part of efforts to implement peacekeeping mandates. -
August 25, 2010 (Republic of Serbia Ministry of Defence)
SERBIA: Meeting of Working Group for Drafting National Action Plan for Implementation of Resolution 1325 Members of the Working Group of the Serbian Government and the Working Team of the Ministry of Defence for drafting the National Action Plan of the Republic of Serbia for the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 met today in the House of Guards at Topcider at the first in a series of planned meetings on this occasion. -
August 10, 2010 (The Nation)
INTERNATIONAL: UN Women Agency Must Confront Wartime Violence Anticipating the appointment in the next few weeks of the highest-level United Nations official ever to promote the rights and status of women worldwide, peace advocates are demanding that the new office take on the issue of the unending violence against women in conflict zones—a plague that keeps spreading despite a decade of Security Council resolutions. By propitious coincidence, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's appointment of the head of UN Women will be followed in the fall by a series of events marking the tenth anniversary of the first, groundbreaking UN resolution—Security Council Resolution 1325—demanding an end to the abuse of women not only by warring parties but also by UN peacekeepers, and the inclusion of women in peacemaking.
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Resources
- The First Ever Security Council Resolution on Women/War/Peace: UNSCR1325 - What Does It Take to Implement It?, The NonProfit Press, 2 September 2010
- Review of the Sexual Violence Elements of the Judgements of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and the Special Court for Sierra Leone in the Light Of Security Council Resolution 1, UN DPKO, 2010
- Summary Report: Virtual Discussion on Gender and Disarmament, Demobilization & Reintegration, UN-INSTRAW, 10 August 2010
- New Resolution on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Cordaid, 1 September 2010
- Women, Peace and Security in Afghanistan, Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 Six Years On: Post-Bonn Gains And Gaps, medica mondiale, October 2007
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Initiatives
- MEETING: Peace, Security and Violence against Women – Is SCR 1325 delivering for women?, Conferences & Meetings, , 23 September 2010
- CALL FOR PAPERS: Call for Papers on Resolution 1325, Appeals & Demonstrations, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), August 20, 2010
- SPEECH: Doable Fast-Track Indicators For Turning the 1325 Promise into Reality , Statements, , August 2, 2010
- Statement by Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Tenth Anniversary of Security Council Resolution 1325 on 'Women, Peace and Security', Statements, United Nations (UN), August 2, 2010
- Call for Papers: International Feminist Journal of Politics Critical Examination of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 , Research, , July 30, 2010
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Advocacy & Education Tools
- Security Council Resolution 1820: What it Says, Why it Matters, How it Works, Fact sheets & Handouts, January 1, 2010 [NGO Working Group on Women Peace and Security (NGOWG)]
- UN Security Council Resolution 1325 for girls and young women, Fact sheets & Handouts, Fact sheets & Handouts, January 1, 2010
- Civil Society Recommendations on the Implementation of UN SCR 1325 in Europe, Fact sheets & Handouts, Fact sheets & Handouts, Fact sheets & Handouts, 7th - 8th September 2009 [International Alert]
- Understanding UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security , Fact sheets & Handouts, Fact sheets & Handouts, Fact sheets & Handouts, Fact sheets & Handouts, March 2004 [NGO Working Group on Women Peace and Security (NGOWG)]
- Moving UNSC 1325 Forward: Some Advocacy Ideas , Fact sheets & Handouts, Fact sheets & Handouts, Fact sheets & Handouts, Fact sheets & Handouts, Advocacy Tips, 2004 [PeaceWomen Project (PW)]
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Events
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September 8, 2010
CONFERENCE: International Conference on Women's Empowerment--Women Making Peace: Where Are We Now? Maximizing the Impact of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, 10 Years On Global Action to Prevent War, NGO Working Group on Women Peace and Security (NGOWG) -
September 9, 2010
Ensuring Women's Participation in Peace and Security -
September 15, 2010
Women, Peace and Security: From Resolution to Action. Ten years of Security Council Resolution 1325 United Nations (UN) -
October 1, 2010
Event at the City of Women in Cartagena -
October 1, 2010
International Women's Day for Peace and Security: Rural Women, Peace and Human Security
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Organizations
- Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)
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Further Information Panel
Key Provisions of SCR 1325:
Increased participation and representation of women at all levels of decision-making.
Attention to specific protection needs of women and girls in conflict.
Gender perspective in post-conflict processes.
Gender perspective in UN programming, reporting and in SC missions.
Gender perspective & training in UN peace support operations
Key Actors addressed in SCR 1325:
The Security Council; Member States; All Actors (including parties to armed conflict); and the Secretary General.