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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Feminist Spaces of Men- And Women

FEMINIST SPACES OF MEN – AND WOMEN.pdf

Strengthening Accountability and Financing for Gender Equality and Peaceful Societies: 2016 High Level Political Forum

WILPFHLPFOpEd.pdf

#Achieve5 Campaign Launch

The Women Thrive Alliance has launched a new initiative, the #Achieve5 Campaign, in order to promote global action, advocacy, and awareness of Sustainable Development Goal 5. SDG 5 aims to "Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls." Watch the original video here, or click on the link. 

#Achieve5 Campaign Launch

Achieve5CampaignLaunch.pdf

Counterterrorism Measures and Their Effects on the Implementation of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda

Policy-brief-CTM.pdf

STATEMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA, October, 2015

Extract: 

Fourthly, it is also important to emphasize that women should be involved in every phase of the peace and security agenda, including being provided with a greater role in preventive diplomacy, formal peace processes and mediation.

STATEMENT OF SRI LANKA, October, 2015

Extract: 

It is also vital that we engage domestic actors from the grass roots to the highest echelons of Government to ensure ownership of the peacebuilding processes and to guarantee long-term sustainability. In all those endeavours, we are committed to including women as essential participants in the conversation.

STATEMENT OF SLOVENIA, October, 2015

Extract: 

The political representation of women in Slovenia is very good — 47 per cent of the Government and 34 per cent of the Parliament. Significant improvement was made in women’s equal participation in the armed forces. The percentage of female members of Slovene armed forces is now approximately 15 per cent, which ranks Slovenia among the top countries in the world.

STATEMENT OF SENEGAL, October, 2015

Extract: 

The implementation of this programmatic and operational framework, strengthened by other resolutions, led the Council to take into account the issue of women and peace and security in 7 of 13 agreements concluded in 2013 and in 14 of 20 resolutions creating or extending United Nations peacekeeping mandates. I commend the participation of women in all United Nations-led peace mediation efforts in 2013.

STATEMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, October, 2015

Extract: 

Women are actively involved in the work of civil society in Russia. To date, one third of all non-profit organizations, and we have tens of thousands of them, are women’s organizations, which do a great deal of social and charity work aimed at supporting women, children and families; prevent domestic violence, human trafficking and sexual violence; and other activities important to the community.

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