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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What the Women Say: Participation and UNSCR 1325 An Independent Assessment

The Missions of the United States and Norway to the UN Invite you to the launch of MIT and ICAN's

What the Women Say: Participation and UNSCR 1325 An Independent Assessment

When: October 28, 2010; 10.00-11.30AM
Where: US Mission to the UN
779 UN Plaza, New York, NY (corner of 45th street and 1st Avenue)

EVENT: 2010 Stanton/Anthony Conversations Explore How Women Use Power

In an election season where candidates are increasingly dismissive of their opponents, even threatening to "take out" those they disagree with, are there ways to exercise leadership that rely less on ego, threats, and dominance? And if women are more often seen as supporting the emergence of power in others rather than seeing others' power as a threat, does that put them at a disadvantage in today's society?

EVENT: Holmstedt to Speak on Women in Combat Friday Night

Kirsten Holmstedt, acclaimed author of two non-fiction books on women in combat and the challenges they face after returning home, will speak at William & Mary's Ewell Recital Hall on Friday, Oct.1, at 7 p.m.

The event is free and open to the public.

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