NATO Implementation

That is what NATO has learned from more than a decade and a half of implementing resolution 1325 (2000).

At its Summit in July, NATO endorsed a new action plan on the implementation of the women and peace and security agenda, and 55 allies and partner nations associated themselves with the plan. We now host what could well be the largest global coalition on implementing resolution 1325 (2000). We continue to build our coalition inside and out. Last week, NATO broke new ground when we hosted our first ever civil society advisory panel. This is about cementing our dialogue — the dialogue between NATO and those representatives of civil society who work on conflict prevention and resolution and women’s empowerment. If peace is to be sustainable, we must be inclusive.

We still have a long way to go, but NATO is doing a great deal, and we keep things as practical as possible. We continue to learn from our operations, missions, training and exercises. Gender perspectives are now at the centre of NATO defence planning and reporting processes. NATO supports the implementation of resolution 2242 (2015) by financing research on the role of gender in countering violent extremism. NATO strategic commands are now implementing the military guidelines on preventing and responding to conflict- related sexual and gender-based violence.