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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Statement of Senegal, March 21, 2016 (Extract 3).

Extract: 

In conclusion, I should like to stress the importance of the development aspect of the search for solutions to the challenges facing the Great Lakes region, and call for the full inclusion not only of women, but also of young people, who need to be included in the private sector of the Great Lakes region.

Statement of Senegal, March 21, 2016 (Extract 2).

Extract: 

We also take this opportunity to commend the outstanding contribution of women in the region to peace and reconciliation, in particular through the Great Lakes Women’s Platform, which allows women to make their voices heard and to participate more actively in the decisions and social and economic development of the region.

Statement of Senegal at the Open Debate on the Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Prevention and Resolution of Conflicts in the Great Lakes Region, March, 2016

Senegal, March 21.pdf

Statement of New Zealand at the Open Debate on the Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Prevention and Resolution of Conflicts in the Great Lakes Region, March, 2016

New Zealand March 21, 2016.pdf

Statement of Spain: March 21, 2016 (Extract 2).

Extract: 

This challenge is also a non-negotiable obligation, for we cannot go on justifying the tens of millions of people living in poverty, the millions of suffering young people whose outlook on the future is marked by hopelessness and the lack of opportunity, and the millions of women suffering from attacks on their lives and integrity and living excluded from economic and social participation in a region that is extraordinarily rich. 

Statement of Spain: March 21, 2016 (Extract 1).

Extract: 

Today it is essential to ensure that this includes women, who have been traditionally excluded in many societies and who are possibly the greatest force for change in the world. Inclusion and respect for legal procedures are conditions to ensure that electoral processes contribute to peace, stability and prosperity.

Statement of Spain at the Open Debate on the Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Prevention and Resolution of Conflicts in the Great Lakes Region, March, 2016

Statement Spain March 21, 2016.pdf

Security Council Resolution 2282: Para. 30h.

PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
Participation
Justice, Rule of Law and Security Sector Reform
Reconstruction and Peacebuilding
Extract: 

30. Takes note of the General Assembly decision to invite the SecretaryGeneral to report to the seventy-second session of the General Assembly, at least sixty days prior to the high-level meeting on ‘Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace’, on efforts to implement its present resolution, including in the following areas:

(h) To support the participation of women and youth in peacebuilding processes, including through advocacy with national stakeholders, and support to women’s and youth organizations;

Security Council Resolution 2282: Para. 27.

PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
Participation
Human Rights
Reconstruction and Peacebuilding
Extract: 

27. Stresses the importance of enhancing the mobilization of resources for initiatives that address the particular needs of women in peacebuilding contexts, advance gender equality, and empower women; 

Security Council Resolution 2282: Para. 22.

PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
Participation
Reconstruction and Peacebuilding
Extract: 

22. Encourages the Secretary-General to promote the gender dimensions of peacebuilding, including through the delivery of gender-sensitive and targeted programming, through the strengthening of women’s meaningful participation in peacebuilding, supporting women’s organizations and through monitoring, tracking and reporting achievement;

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