Mainstreaming Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security - Are We There Yet?

In October 2000, the Security Council adopted Resolution 1325 calling for women's participation in peace processes, the promotion of women's rights, and the protection of women from violence. Since then, however, advocates argue integration of these principles has been weakly implemented and that only a third of resolutions contain a reference to a gender perspective. This brief re-examines the need for this resolution, analyzes how and in what ways this resolution has diffused into the discourse at the Security Council, and identifies policy implications at the international level, and for Canada looking forward. N.B. The research article on which this policy brief is based was published in the Journal of Military and Strategic Studies (Vol 11, No 4: Summer 2009) at the University of Calgary. It was the recipient of the JMSS Award of Excellence.