Power to Women in Peace Processes

Women's Organisations Cooperating in Realising Resolution 1325

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Introduction to resolution 1325

 

Women have been promoting peace for thousands of years. But women have rarely gotten the chance to take part in official peace negotiations or in other spaces where they actually can prevent war. To give power to women in peace processes is one of the most important goals of resolution 1325. It is certainly not democratic to leave out half of the population when it comes to issues of life and death. If we do not take the experiences of women into account in the work for peace we will not be able to achieve long-lasting peace.

The resolution also pays attention to the sexual violence that is committed during armed conflicts. In many areas of conflict, women have a leading role since they are the ones left to run the community. Because of this, rapes are directed against women as a weapon in war.

Resolution 1325

On October 31, 2000, the UN Security Council adopted resolution 1325 – on Women, Peace and Security. For the first time, member states acted to incorporate a gender perspective into all parts of the work for peace. The gender perspective was to be incorporated in conflict prevention, in conflict solution and in post-conflict reconstruction. 

 

Why is the Resolution Necessary?

War affects all and peace is built jointly. From a strictly democratic point of view, the exclusion of women in issues concerning life and death is unacceptable. The participation of women in peace processes is also resource-efficient and over all a more effective strategy. Moreover, in many areas of conflict the vulnerability of women and that of men still differs. Here is a summary made by Operation 1325 about why the resolution is necessary.  

 

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Who is Accountable?

The responsability to implement resolution 1325 lies on all concerned parties including the United Nations, the member states and civil society. But what does the responsibility imply for the different parties more specifically? What is the consequence of the fact that resolution 1325 springs out of chapter VI of the United Nations Charter? Here we give the answers to some of those questions.

 

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Stories from the Ground

As a springboard for the Stockholm International Conference on resolution 1325, women from different corners of the world shared their struggles, setbacks and successes in their work for peace, gender and security. We have named their experiences Stories from the Ground.

 

Stories from the ground

Important paragraphs highlighted

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Include more women at all decisionmaking levels of national, regional and international institutions to prevent, handle and resolve conflicts.

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Appoint more women as mediators. Member states are encouraged to nominate candidates to the Secretary General for a regularly updated list.

Paragraph 8

Include a gender perspective in negotiations and peace agreements focusing on women's needs and rights in the post-conflict reconstruction phase.

Resolutions Related to 1325

 

Since the adoption of resolution 1325 in the year 2000, the UN Security Council has adopted new, related resolutions with specific mandates to achieve the 1325-goals. Examples of such resolutions are 1820 and 1888.

 

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Publications

Operation 1325 has been conducting seminars, workshops, training and conferences since the founding of the organisation in 2006. We have also been conducting studies. These have resulted in a number of publications, many of those written in English.

 

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A Good Example

Here Operation 1325 has gathered a series of examples of countries where resolution 1325 has had a real impact on the peace process. Read on and learn more.

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