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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WOMEN, BUSINESS AND THE LAW 2016

Women-Business-and-the-Law-2016.pdf

WAYS SYRIAN WOMEN MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE UPCOMING PEACE TALKS

The WILPF intiative focuses on the Syrian peace talks and the need for women to be included in them.  WILPF points to numerous reasons why the inclusion of Syrian women in the talk could lead to a fuller, richer peace.  As numerous studies have shown, the substantive inclusion of women in peace talks makes them more likely to be implemented and last.

Ways Syrian Women Must Be Included in the Upcoming Peace Talks

Ways Syrian Women Must Be Included in the Upcoming Peace Talks _ WILPF.pdf

International Affairs Special Report: Reintroducing Women, Peace and Security

Reintroducing Women, Peace and Security.pdf

Webinar: Advancing the Status of Women in the South

Webinar Advancing the Status of Women in the South _ WAND Education Fund.pdf

Security Council Resolution 2277: para. 38.

Security Council Agenda Geographical Topic: 
Democratic Republic of the Congo
PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
Participation
Peace Processes
Extract: 

38. Requests MONUSCO to take fully into account gender considerations as a crosscutting issue throughout its mandate and to assist the Government of the DRC in ensuring the participation, involvement and representation of women at all levels, including in stabilisation activities, SSR and DDR processes, as well as in the national political dialogue and electoral processes, through, inter alia, the provision of gender advisers, and further requests enhanced reporting by MONUSCO to the Council on this issue; 

Security Council Resolution 2277.

s_res_2277.pdf

Security Council Resolution 2275: para. 17.

Security Council Agenda Geographical Topic: 
Somalia
PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
Participation
Justice, Rule of Law and Security Sector Reform
Extract: 

17. Underlines the importance of respect for international humanitarian law and the protection of civilians, especially women and children, by all parties to the conflict in Somalia; 

Security Council Resolution 2275.

s_res_2275.pdf

Security Council Resolution 2274: para. 52.

Security Council Agenda Geographical Topic: 
Afghanistan
PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
Participation
Implementation
Extract: 

52. Welcomes the Afghan Government’s commitment to strengthen the participation of women in the Afghan political life and in all Afghan governance institutions including elected and appointed bodies and the civil service and notes the progress in this regard, welcomes its continued efforts to protect and promote the full participation of women in the electoral processes and requests the SecretaryGeneral to continue to include in his reports to the Security Council relevant information on the process of integration of women into the political, economic and social life of Afghanistan, notes the UNAMA report on the Implementation of the Law on Elimination of Violence against Women in Afghanistan, and calls on the Government of Afghanistan to urgently develop a strategy to fully implement it, including services to victims and access to justice, welcomes in this regard the launch in November 2014 by the Ministry of Public Health of the Gender-based Violence Treatment Protocol for Healthcare Providers, recalls that the promotion and protection of women’s rights are an integral part of development, peace, reintegration and reconciliation and that women play a vital role in the peace process, welcomes the Afghan Government’s commitment to developing, implementing and monitoring the National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security and identifying further opportunities to support participation of women in the Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process, and welcomes the commitment of the Government of Afghanistan to develop a Women’s Economic Empowerment Action Plan;  

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