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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ICAN’s Sanam Naraghi Anderlini Addresses UN at 6th Review of the UN Counter Terrorism Strategy

Check Against Delivery

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Good Morning, Excellencies.

This morning’s theme is youth, technology and the use of the internet for terrorism – I’m your first speaker, so true to UN form and norms, I will embark on a somewhat different topic.

That of women and violent extremism.

Statement to be delivered by Savio Carvalho, Global Campaigns Director, WaterAid on behalf of the NGO Major Group at the ECOSOC General Debate, 19 July 2018

NGO MG statement - ECOSOC General Debate_Official submission.pdf

Make Space! Defending Civic Space and Freedom of Association and Assembly

This is a summary of a report originally published in Swedish with the title “Tag plats! Civilsamhällets demokratiska utrymme och rätten till organisering”.

Make Space! Defending Civic Space and Freedom of Association and Assembly

Make space_Concord Sweden 2018.pdf

A Gendered Approach to the High Level Political Forum 2018

The importance of incorporating women and girls into each SDG covered at HLPF 2018 is illustrated through gendered analysis, best practices, statistics and case studies. Gender equality by 2030 requires urgent action to eliminate the many root causes of discrimination that still curtail women’s rights in the private and public spheres.

Security Council Resolution 2421 (Operative Clause 2)

PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
Participation
Reconstruction and Peacebuilding
Extract: 

Decides further that the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and UNAMI, at the request of the Government of Iraq, and taking into account the letter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq to the Secretary-General (S/2018/430), shall [...] approach gender mainstreaming as a crosscutting issue throughout its mandate and to advise and assist the Government of Iraq in ensuring the participation, involvement and representation of women at all levels

Security Council Resolution 2421 (Preamble)

PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
Participation
Reconstruction and Peacebuilding
Extract: 

Supporting Iraq in addressing the challenges it faces as it turns to the task of post-conflict reconstruction and reconciliation, including the requirement to meet the needs of all Iraqis, including women, youth, children, displaced persons, and persons belonging to ethnic and religious minorities

Security Council Resolution 2421

2421.pdf

2018 Review of the UN High-Level Conference on Counterterrorism

HLC Concept Note.pdf

Women's Solidarity Network's Five-Point Initiative to Protect Civilians in Hodeidah

Yemen_Women_Network.pdf

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