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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Security Council Resolution 2398 (Preamble)

Security Council Agenda Geographical Topic: 
Cyprus
PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
Participation
Peace Processes
Extract: 

"Agreeing that the active participation and leadership of women is essential to the political process and can contribute to making any future settlement sustainable, recalling that women play a critically important role in peace processes as recognised in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, and related resolutions"

Security Council Resolution 2398

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Financial Inclusion For Freedom And Security

This report, formed by a panel discussion, discusses the implications of countering terrorism financing regulations (CTF) in the aftermath of the events of 9/11 on shrinking civil society space, and  formulating a set of policy recommendations. The conference brought together 60 members of civil society, government, inter-governmental organizations, academics and the financial sectors.

WILPF Statement at the CSW62 Multi-Stakeholder Forum on “Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls”

[Check Against Delivery]

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,

Today, I am speaking on behalf of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom.

For over a century, WILPF has worked to advance feminist peace: a peace based on equality, gender justice and demilitarised security, a peace rooted in local women’s experiences.

WILPF Statement at the CSW62 Multi-Stakeholder Forum on “Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls”

CSW62 MultiStakeholder Forum_WILPF_Statement.pdf

Women Cross DMZ Statement To Ministerial Meeting On Korean Conflict (Vancouver, Canada)

Letter_to_Ministers.pdf

Women’s Peace Groups In Vancouver Press For Korea Negotiations

Women’s Peace Groups in Vancouver Press for Korea Negotiations.pdf

Report Of The Secretary-General Pursuant To Resolution 2367 (2017) (S/2018/42)

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Statement by the President of the Security Council on Conflict Prevention (S/PRST/2018/1)

"The Security Council underlines the importance of [...] putting emphasis on conflict prevention, preventive diplomacy, peacebuilding and sustaining peace, [and] formulating forward-looking recommendations and strategies in light of [...] contributing factors of conflict, including terrorism, armed group activities, proliferation of WMD, organized crime, illicit trafficking of conventional weapons, in particular small arms and light weapons."

Statement by the President of the Security Council on Conflict Prevention (S/PRST/2018/1)

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