Operation 1325 celebrates 11 years

  Finally - Resolution 2242 has now been adopted. After hard negotiations, revisions and discussion among the Security Council, the Member States has now defined some broad actions to improve implementation of the landmark women, peace and security-agenda....

It has now been two years since the Security Council adopted a resolution on the women, peace and security-agenda. To be effective, the structure in UN and their mechanisms needs to be adjusted and updated according to changing circumstances. Therefore, the expected...

As the birthday month of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 and 15 years since its adoption, October 2015 makes up a very special month. This is not going unnoticed by the UN. To make the 15th anniversary of the pioneering Resolution 1325 justice, the...

15 years has passed since the Security Council adopted Resolution 1325 (2000) on women, peace and security – drawing attention to the specific needs of women and girls during conflict and recognizing their exclusion from conflict transformation. Resolution 1325...

On October 11 it is time for the International Girl's Day, a day instituted by the United Nations to pay attention to the rights of girls and their particularly vulnerable situation. Around the world, including in Sweden, girls are exposed to double discrimination;...

05/10/2015 ”The year is 2015. Despite that, we have to buy off our women and children, we have to pay for their freedom. It is nothing less than a human market that exists today”. These are the concluding words of Vian Dakhil, the only female of Yazidi ethnicity in...