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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ARAB LEAGUE: Arab League Chief to Appoint Special Envoy for Regional 'Conflict Areas'

Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa announced his intention on Wednesday to appoint a special league envoy to help promote peace in conflict-ridden areas of the region.

In a press statement, Moussa explained that the envoy would be mandated with protecting civilian populations in areas of conflict and providing care for displaced persons.

SOUTHERN SUDAN: Importance of Women's Inclusion in Referendum

THE African Union has declared 2010 the Year of Peace and Security in Africa and will soon launch the African Decade of Women. What better opportunity to act on these pledges than at the 15th African Union Summit, being held later this month in Kampala, Uganda?

SOUTH AMERICA: Women Peacekeepers Have a Vital Role to Play

In June 2009, Chilean army captain Andrea Fuentes travelled to the city of Cap-Haïtien, in north Haiti, to serve for six months in her country's contingent in the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti

NEPAL: To Create Government Posts for Women

Nepal's Ministry of General Administration (MoGA) is gearing up to create government posts for women only.
Xinhua quoted a Himalayan Times report as saying on Wednesday that the cabinet had directed MoGA to create government posts for women.

VIETNAM: Vietnam Holds 14th ASEAN Confederation of Women's Organizations General Assembly Meeting

The 14th ASEAN Confederation of Women's Organizations (ACWO) General Assembly Meeting opened in Vietnam's capital city of Hanoi on Tuesday.

The meeting, with the theme of "Enhancing Women's Effective Participation toward a Peaceful, Prosperous and Sustainable ASEAN", drew over 200 representatives from Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries.

UNDP Pledges To Support Women Participation In Referendum

15 October 2010 - (Juba) – The United Nations development project, UNDP has pledged to support women to enhance their participation in the 2011 referendum.

Speaking at the Southern Sudan Women's conference on the 2011 referendum in Juba on Thursday, UNDP country director, Mister Claudia Caldarone said they have set aside funds to ensure that women fully participate in the referendum process.

SUDAN: Southern Sudan Women Draw Referendum Strategies

Southern Sudanese women drew referendum plans to ensure their effective participation in 2011 vote on self-determination.

Women from the ten states of southern Sudan and the Diaspora closed today in Juba a three-day conference about their role in the upcoming referendum.

INDONESIA: Gender Equality Bill on Target For Next Year, Indonesian Minister Says

The Ministry of Women and Child Protection is consulting the National Commission of Violence Against Women as it presses ahead with its bill on gender equality.

SOUTH AFRICA: Closing the Gender Gap

SA RANKS highly on the World Economic Forum's latest global gender gap index, coming in at number 12 out of 134 countries. Alas, this does not mean the battle of the sexes is over.

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