The Stockholm International Conference on 1325 “10 years with 1325 – What now?” sent recommendations to the UN, to the member states and to civil society.
Among the key recommendations to the UN is to appoint a Special Representative of the Secretary General on women’s participation in peace processes as well as to include at least 40 percent of women in all peace processes, especially in peace negotiations teams.
After Iraq was liberated from ISIS in 2017, work intensified in the province of Al Anbar to protect surviving women and girls. This is what IOWAF's chairperson, Dr. Nada Al Jubori, talks about at a meeting within Operation 1325's capacity-building program for women in...
Omran Khasawneh is a new project leader at Operation 1325. He looks forward to working for women's increased representation in peace processes together with our project participants. Omran has previously worked with civil society organizations that pursue issues of...
The Yemeni civil society organizations Basma Foundation and Yanabia Charity Foundation are new partner organizations to Operation 1325. Mohammed bin Abidoon, from Basma and Gamila Ahmen, from Yanabia, talk to us about the work to strengthen Yemeni women. Together with...
Omran Khasawneh is a new project leader with the organization. He looks forward to working for women's increased representation in peace processes together with our project participants. Omran has previously worked with civil society organizations that pursue issues...
The inclusion of women in Yemen's peace processes is the subject of a new master's thesis from the Swedish Defense University. - Women are included on an informal level, but on the formal level there is a subtle exclusion, says military scientist Dilara Cetinkaya, who...
The ongoing conflict in Yemen has had a large impact on the country's justice system, according to a new report from the International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC). Through interviews with people within the Yemeni justice system and in-depth...