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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WPS National Focal Points Network: Women’s Participation in Peace and Security: Conflict Prevention and the Security Sector

In the margins of the high-level week of the General Assembly, Spain, in collaboration with Germany, Namibia and UN Women, is organizing a meeting of the Focal Points Network on WPS as a follow-up of the first meeting which took place in Alicante (Spain) on April 26-27th 2017. It will focus on:

WPS National Focal Points Network: Women’s Participation in Peace and Security: Conflict Prevention and the Security Sector

Concept Note_FPN WPS NY meeting 21 Sep NY.pdf

Statement of Costa Rica at the UNGA72

Extract: 

SDG 5: “Only a multidimensional vision of development, especially a multidimensional vision of poverty, will allow us to understand the needs of populations, families and their members in terms of access to healthcare, social equality, gender equality, and address social, economic, and environmental vulnerabilities, among other challenges of developing countries.”

Statement of Costa Rica at the UNGA72

COSTA RICA-UNGA72 (1).pdf

Statement of the UNGA72 President

Extract: 

Sustainable Peace: “And the Sustaining Peace resolutions should be at the top of our toolbox. They challenge us to strengthen our response to crises before they result in the outbreak or recurrence of conflict. They call for a renewed focus on prevention.”

Statement of the UNGA72 President at the UNGA72

PresidentUNGA_UNGA72.pdf

8 Rwandan Women Rising

8 Rwandan Women Rising.pdf

68 Exquisite Photos Of Women Resisting Around The World

68 Exquisite Photos Of Women Resisting Around The World (Autosaved).pdf

United Nations Security Council Resolution 2376: Para.4

Security Council Agenda Geographical Topic: 
Libya
PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
General Women, Peace and Security
Participation
Implementation
Extract: 

4. Requests UNSMIL to take fully into account a gender perspective throughout its mandate and to assist the GNA in ensuring the full and effective participation of women in the democratic transition, reconciliation efforts, the security sector and in national institutions in line with resolution 1325 (2000).

United Nations Security Council Resolution 2376: Preamble

Security Council Agenda Geographical Topic: 
Libya
PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
Participation
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
Implementation
Extract: 

Urging the full, equal and effective participation of women in all activities relating to the democratic transition, conflict resolution and peacebuildi ng, supporting the efforts of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to facilitate wider engagement and participation of women from across the spectrum of Libyan society in the political process and public institutions, and calling on the Libyan authorities to prevent and respond to sexual violence in conflict, including addressing impunity for sexual violence crimes in line with relevant Security Council resolutions, including resolutions 1325 (2000), 2106 (2013), 2122 (2013), 2242 (2015) and 2331 (2016),

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