Promoting the rights of women is at the core of the human rights policy of my...

Promoting the rights of women is at the core of the human rights policy of my country, and Kazakhstan, as a member of the Executive Board of UN-Women, wholeheartedly supports the multilateral effort in that direction. At the same time, we need to assess and overcome the factors facing women's organizations, such as the lack of security, resources and access to information, to ensure their effective involvement in the peace and security agenda. Those and many other obstacles can be overcome by including women's groups in strategies for the prevention, resolution and recovery from conflict. It is therefore critical to strengthen women's interventions not just at the international but also the national and regional levels.