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Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau has a population estimated at 1.6 million (UN, 2009) with an area of 36,125 sq km (13,948 sq miles). The capital is Bissau. The main languages are Portuguese, Crioulo, and African languages.
The country experienced a civil war in the late 1990s in which thousands were killed, wounded and displaced. The Country's most recent coup was in 2003.
In 2012 development, peace and security gains suffered a large setback after a coup on April 12 carried out by military leaders who detained Prime Minister and presidential candidate Carols Gomes Jr (known as Cadogo) and interim President Raimundo Pereira. The country remains in a state of uncertainty with military leaders having appointed failed presidential candidate Manuel Serifo Nhamajo as president of a proposed two-year transitional government deemed by ECOWAS to be 'illegal' (UN, 2012).
- Guinea-Bissau adopted The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on August 23, 1985
- Guinea-Bissau does not have a National Action Plan on United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325)
- Guinea-Bissau does not have UN peacekeeping mandate
Sources:BBC; Amnesty International; UNIFEM
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News
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February 28, 2011 (ReliefWeb)
WEST AFRICA: Harmonizing the Action of the United Nations to Secure Peace in West Africa Representatives of the United Nations peace missions in West Africa held their twentieth high-level consultation in Dakar in order to coordinate the action of the UN promote peace and stability in the sub-region. -
February 22, 2011 (UN News Centre)
GUINEA-BISSAU: Guinea-Bissau Progresses on Path Towards Stability After Last Year's Unrest – Ban Guinea-Bissau is countering the effects of last year's unrest, and the United Nations is helping to promote security sector reform in a country that has been dogged by war, coups and assassinations in recent years, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in his latest report. -
June 11, 2010 (United Nations Integrated Peace-Building Office in Guinea-Bissau)
GUINEA-BISSAU: Progress Registered in the Implementation of Resolution 1325 in Guinea-Bissau, the SRSG Says The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Guinea-Bissau, Joseph Mutaboba, today highlighted progress made and challenge to overcome in Guinea-Bissau in the implementation of the Security Council Resolution 1325 in a ceremony with women leaders and peace activists in the country. -
December 18, 2009 (Pambazuka)
AFRICA: Achieving Fifty Percent Women in Decision Making by 2015 Gender activists from East and Southern Africa have expressed shock at the backward trends in the 50/50 campaign in recent elections. The African Union (AU) has set a goal of achieving parity between women and men in decision-making by 2020, while the Southern African Development Community (SADC) target calls for 50% women in decision-making in all sectors by 2015.
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Resources
- We Have Lived In Darkness: A Human Rights Agenda for Guinea's New Government, March 24, 2011 | Download PDF
- Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security: February 2010, NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security, February 2010 | Download PDF
- Monthly Action Points On Women, Peace, and Security: Security Council: December 2009, NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security, December 2009 | Download PDF
- Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, November 2010, NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security, November 2009 | Download PDF
- Bloody Monday: The September 28 Massacre and Rapes by Security Forces in Guinea, Human Rights Watch, September 2009 | Download PDF
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Initiatives
- Open Letter to the Security Council Members regarding the Situation in Guinea , ;Statements, NGO Working Group on Women Peace and Security (NGOWG), October 13, 2009
- Female Genital Mutilation , Campaigns, January 1, 2003
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PeaceWomen Publications
- Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, June 2010 (NGO), MAP , June 2010
- Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, February 2010 (NGO), MAP , February 1, 2010
- Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, December 2009 (NGO), MAP , December 1, 2009
- Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, November 2009 (NGO), MAP , November 1, 2009