“Democracy Soup” in Jönköping

Women's organisations should deepen their cooperation with government agencies and the media. The gap between international missions and civil society must be bridged. These are conclusions from the conference "Security on the Ground" in which women’s organisations...

Governments must take increased responsibility to ensure that women become more involved in the reconstruction of democracy and security, according to participants at the seminar ”Actors for Sustainable Peace” on November 15th. In Liberia, for example, the judicial...

Resolution 1325 is the responsibility of all Swedish ministries not only a few. Evaluation of results of realising resolution 1325 needs to show what has been done as well as how it has been done. No clear data exists on how much money is being allocated to resolution...

Raising women’s participation in peace work on different levels was the theme of the seminars that Operation 1325 arranged in Uppsala and Umeå between the 3 and 4 of October. An important conclusion is that decision makers from the military and elsewhere need to...

Maj Britt Theorin, the president of Operation 1325 met with Finnish Secretary of State and saw a chance to put UNSCR 1325 on the Finnish agenda, and encourage an appointment of a Finnish Ambassador on 1325. The meeting took place on September 29 in connection to the...

Elisabet Thorp is working with Operation 1325:s conference “Security on the Ground” on security sector reform. She is a jurist who has been active in the civil society sector for many years. Elisabet Thorp has worked with human rights in Kenya for the Swedish section...