Gender Checklist for Liberia Prepared by UN Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women

December 2003 Security Council resolution 1509 (2003) reaffirms the importance of a gender perspectivein peacekeeping operations and post-conflict peace building, in accordance with resolution 1325 on women and peace and security, which makes women's human rights and a gender perspective relevant to negotiating peace agreements, planning humanitarian assistance and peacekeeping operations, and reconstructing war-torn societies, from planning and assessment to the withdrawal phase. Gender mainstreaming needs to start from the very beginning of a mission, in order to ensure that structures and programmes are designed to address the different requirements of women and men for protection,
assistance, justice and reconstruction.