Participation

The Participation theme focuses on women’s representation and participation in peace processes, electoral process – as both the candidate and voter – UN decision-making positions, and in the broader social-political sphere.

The Security Council acknowledges the need for strategies to increase women’s participation in all UN missions and appointments to high-level positions in SCR 1325(OP3) and 1889(OP4) and further emphasises the need for women’s participation in peacebuilding processes (1889). 

Specifically, it calls for the mobilisation of resources for advancing gender equality and empowering women (OP14), reporting on the progress of women’s participation in UN missions (OP18), equal access to education for women and girls in post-conflict societies (OP11), and the increase of women’s participation in political and economic decision-making (OP15). Until this language translates into action, the potential for women’s full and equal contribution to international peace and security will remain unrealized.

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WPS Brief: Group of Friends of UNSCR 1325 Meeting Sustainable Development and the Women Peace and Security Agenda: Synergies for Action WILPF Brief for the 15 July 2019

Concept Note: Friends of UNSCR 1325 Meeting Sustainable Development and the Women Peace and Security Agenda: Synergies for Action

Monthly Action Points (MAP) for the Security Council: July 2019

Monthly Action Points (MAP) for the Security Council: June 2019

For June, in which Kuwait has the presidency of the UN Security Council, the MAP provides recommendations on Afghanistan, Colombia, DRC, Mali, and Sudan (Darfur).

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Monthly Action Points (MAP) for the Security Council: June 2019

Statement of Inas Miloud at UN Security Council Open Debate on Sexual Violence in Conflict - 23 April 2019

Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia (S/2018/1159)

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