NGO ADVOCACY TOOLBOX
NGO Committee on the Status of Women Taskforce on Women’s Equal Participation to Achieve Peace and Security
Commission on the Status of Women, 48th Session, 1-12 March 2004

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The NGO Committee on the Status of Women Taskforce on Women’s Equal Participation to Achieve Peace and Security prepared this NGO Advocacy Toolbox to serve as a helpful resource for NGOs participating in the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on Theme #2: Women’s equal participation in conflict prevention, management and conflict resolution and in post-conflict peace-building.

This Toolbox was produced to serve as a foundation that could be built upon to create a more effective toolbox for our work on women, peace and security issues continuing beyond CSW. To complement the material in this Toolbox, the Taskforce made other resources available in UN Conference Room B as well as in the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), UN Office during the two weeks of CSW.

THIS NGO ADVOCACY TOOLBOX CONTAINS:
Toolbox Content List (PDF)

CSW-Specific Documents

• CSW Orientation PowerPoint
Prepared by Vina Nadjibulla, Methodist-UN Office, for the 48th Session of the CSW

• Important Roles and Responsibilities of the Members of the CSW, 48th Session
The NGO Committee on the Status of Women Taskforce on Women’s Equal Participation to Achieve Peace and Security

• Members of the Commission on the Status of Women: Contact Information

Theme #2-Specific Documents

• Existing Language Compendium on Women’s Equal Participation to Achieve Peace and Security
PDF Version: Cover letter/Contents - Language Advocacy Tool (20 pages) - Full Compendium (40 pages)
The NGO Committee on the Status of Women Taskforce on Women’s Equal Participation to Achieve Peace and Security

• Resources on CSW Theme #2: Available on PeaceWomen.org
Compiled by the PeaceWomen Project

• 1325 Translation Initiative Flier (word document)
PDF version
PeaceWomen Project, updated February 2004

• Questions and Answers About Resolution 1325
Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation

• Women, Peace and Security: At a Glance
An overview of the Secretary-General's Study on Women, Peace and Security
Office of the Special Advisor on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (OSAGI)

For copies of "At a Glance," contact OSAGI at: osagi@un.org

• Moving UNSC 1325 Forward: Some Advocacy Ideas
Compiled by the PeaceWomen Project

For additional 1325 advocacy tools, click here.

• Building Women’s Leadership in Governance, Peace and Security: At-A-Glance
An overview of UNIFEM’s priority issue areas and concrete work around the world on women, peace and security issues

• The UN Department for Disarmament Affairs Gender Mainstreaming Action Plan and the Issue of Women’s Equitable Participation
Department for Disarmament Affairs (DDA)

• Armed Conflict: Women of Faith Transform the challenges
Fall 2003 issue of Mosaic, quarterly newsletter of the World Conference on Religion and Peace Women’s Program

• UNIFEM Women, War and Peace Web Portal Postcard
If you would like to receive copies of this postcard and other portal outreach material, click here.

• Resources on Women, Armed Conflict and the Peace Process
Available through and compiled by Women, Ink., a project of the International Women’s Tribune Center