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General Women, Peace and Security
Security Council Resolution 1325
This sub-theme focuses on information related to Resolution 1325 itself.
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, 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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April 9, 2013 (Daily News Egypt)
MALI: Resolution 1325 and the Need to Empower Malian Women Since the beginning of January 2012, an insurgent group has been fighting with the Mali government for the independence of northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. This group, formally known as National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) and also referred to as Tuareg nationalists, joined forces with Islamist rebels. By using their combined forces, they gained control of northern Mali in the spring 2012. -
February 5, 2013 (Shanghai Daily)
IRAQ: Interview: UN Women Helping "Raise Voice of Iraqi Women" Among chaos in neighboring Syria and increasing refugees fleeing to Iraq, many Iraqi women are fighting to stop brutality against them and "raise the voice of Iraqi women" in the predominately male government, a senior UN official tasked with advancing gender equality in Iraq told Xinhua. -
February 1, 2013 (allAfrica)
DRC: Women Demand Inclusion in DRC Talks A group of women from North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have demanded to be involved in the on-going peace talks and negotiations in Uganda between the M23 rebels and the DRC government -
January 22, 2013 (Yle)
FINLAND: More Women to Train as Peacekeepers? Finland wants to make it easier for women to enter peacekeeping forces, but this could mean loosening physical fitness requirements. -
January 16, 2013 (NATO)
INTERNATIONAL: NATO Secretary General Releases Annual Report on Women, Peace and Security The Secretary General detailed the Alliance's efforts over the past year to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 in its operations and activities in his second annual report on this issue, which was released on Tuesday 15 January. Adopted in 2000, the Resolution recognizes the disproportionate effect of armed conflict on women and children. All NATO Allies and partners are committed to ensuring that gender considerations are integrated into security work.
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Resources
- POLICY BRIEF: Women, Peace and Security: New Conceptual Challenges and Opportunities , Nicola Pratt and Sophie Richter-Devroe, February 2013 | Download PDF
- INTERNATIONAL: Resolution 1325 and Peace Agreements: An Insight into the Gender of Peacemaking, Sahla Aroussi, July 2009 | Download PDF
- NATO: Secretary General Releases Annual Report on Women, Peace and Security, NATO, January 15, 2013 | Download PDF
- NATO: A Hundred Days of Promoting the Role of Women in Peace and Security, 18 December 2012
- EU: Comprehensive EU Approach to the Implementation of UNSCR 1325 and 1820, Council of the European Union , November 26, 2012 | Download PDF
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Initiatives
- BLOG: WILPF Swedish Trip to Nigeria , Online Dialogues & Blogs, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom- Sweden (WILPF) (IKFF), May 2013
- BLOG: Elimination of the Exclusion of Women in Iraq , Online Dialogues & Blogs, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), April 8, 2013
- BLOG: Women's Battle Against Tyranny and Violence in Egypt Spans Centuries , Online Dialogues & Blogs, , March 26, 2013
- PRESS RELEASE: We Have to Move Forward, Statements, , March 8, 2013
- UNSCR 1325 in Palestine: Strengthening or Disciplining Women's Peace Activism?, Research, , December 28th, 2012
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PeaceWomen Publications
- WILPF at CSW56, WILPF , March 9, 2012
- Statement on the Nigeria, WILPF Section , October 2011
- Women, Peace and Security Handbook, Handbook , 2010
- Monthly Action Points on Women, Peace, and Security in the UN Security Council: Report 2009-2010, MAP , 2010
- Women, Peace and Security Handbook: Compilation and Analysis of United Nations Security Council Resolution Language 2000-2010, Handbook , October 15, 2010
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Advocacy & Education Tools
- Security Council Resolution 1820: What it Says, Why it Matters, How it Works, January 1, 2010 [NGO Working Group on Women Peace and Security (NGOWG)]
- UN Security Council Resolution 1325 for girls and young women, January 1, 2010
- Civil Society Recommendations on the Implementation of UN SCR 1325 in Europe, 7th - 8th September 2009 [International Alert]
- Understanding UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security , March 2004 [NGO Working Group on Women Peace and Security (NGOWG)]
- Moving UNSC 1325 Forward: Some Advocacy Ideas , 2004 [PeaceWomen Project (PW)]
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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.