Actions & Events
Cora Weiss, Cyber Dialogue at Peace Fair (NY, NY) (Photograph by Michelle Reyf)
- Peace Fair
October 25-29, 2010
Peace Fair Commemorating the 10th anniversary of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security
October 25, 2010
9:00am – 11:00am
Panel: Female police peacekeepers - their role and impact in peace operations.
Ann Tusiime (Uganda), former Gender advisor, UNPOL, UNMIS.
Elizabeth Muwanga (Uganda), former Deputy for Policy and Planning, UNAMID.
Pearson Peacekeeping Center, Canada11:00am – 1:00pm
Oxfam's Shooting Poverty: Three films about how the illegal arms trade affects people living in poverty in three different countries.
Filmmakers: Seth Chase and Brice Blondel, Burundi
Guilherme Arruda, Ludmila Curi and Thiago Vieira, Brazil; Chandam Netraj, India.1:00pm – 3:00 pm
Helen Clark, Administrator, UNDP launched the Peace Fair with Amb. Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Andrei Abramov, chief, NGO Branch, DESA;
Harriett Jane Olson, Dep. Gen. Sec’y, Women’s Division, United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries.
Cyberdialogue live with women from Afghanistan, Burundi, Colombia, Sierra Leone.3:30pm – 5:00pm
“Voices from the Frontlines”: In this Chapel event, women from the front lines of conflict areas shared their experiences and said why women need to be involved in decisions that define just and reconciliatory processes. Christiana Harmone, Liberia; Andrea Zeravcic, Bosnia and Herzegovina.; Sameena Nazir, Pakistan.; Marta Benavides, El Salvador.
Featured music from Olympia’s Daughters, an a cappella women’s group and artworks from students at the award winning Millennium Arts Academy in the Bronx.
United Methodist Women, World Council of Churches, Lutheran Office for World Community.5:00pm-6:00pm
1325 in Zimbabwe. Best practices of the involvement of women in the process of reconciliation and healing in Zimbabwe
ICCO, The Netherlands and WORLD YMCAOctober 26, 2010
8:30am – 11:00am
Discussion on women in peace negotiations. Women’s Walk to the UN (10/26 Open Debate on SCR 1325) for the open debate. (details to be provided later).
ICAN/GNWP11:00am – 11:30am
Women Rebuilding Post Conflict Communities.
Juliet Were – Isis-WICCE
ISIS-Women’s International Cross Cultural Exchange, Uganda
11:30am-1:00pm
Book Fair at the Peace Fair1:00pm – 2:00pm
Title: 1325 mujeres tejiendo la paz: Proposals, experiences and life stories from the ground.
Manuela Mesa, CEIPAZ
Cora Weiss, Hague Appeal for Peace
CEIPAZ, Spain2:00pm - 3:00pm
Title: Promoting Women’s participation in conflict and post-conflict societies: How women world wide are making and building peace
Global Action to Prevent War3:00pm – 4:30pm
Title: "1325 As an Impetus toward Human Security": an exploration of the obstacles to human security posed by the militarized security system that perpetuates global patriarchy, and the potential of feminist security perspectives to overcome them; a discussion to be initiated by an international panel of the editors and contributors to "The Gender Imperative: Human Security vs. State Security"
Asha Hans, India; Kozue Akibayahsi, Japan; Soumita Basu, India; Chloe Breyer, USA; Valerie Zawilski, Canada Moderator: Betty Reardon, USA
October 27, 2010
9:00am – 11:00am
No women no peace? Lessons from Care International’s support to women's participation in peacebuilding and post conflict governance.
Care Int’l and local partner organizations from Uganda, Nepal & Afghanistan
Care International, United Kingdom11:00am – 1:00pm
Enhancing Participation for Prevention: Strengthening the Role of Women in Conflict Prevention to Successfully Implement UNSCR 1325. Experiences and Ways Forward from the Global to the Local
Sharon Bhagwan Rolls, GPPAC Int’l Steering Group Gender Liaison; Member UN CSAG on UNSCR1325; Exec Dir. femLINKPACIFIC HE Robert Aisi, UN Perm. Rep., Papua New Guinea,
Amb. Anwarul K. Chowdhury, former USG and High Representative of the UN, Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, Member UN CSAG on UNSCR1325; Gen. Sec. World YWCA, Nighat Said Khan, Gender Focal Point for GPPAC in South Asia; Dean, Institute of Women’s Studies, Lahore/Pakistan.
European Centre for Conflict Prevention Global Secretariat of the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict, The Netherlands1:00pm - 3:00pm
10 years of Implementing UNSCR 1325 in Africa: National and Regional Experiences
Femmes Africa Solidarities3:00pm – 4:30pm
Building Peace: Exploring the Intersections of Militarism and Violence Against Women. Join women peacemakers from around the world in an interactive, participatory workshop to explore how the culture of militarism fosters violence against women from neighborhood to battlefield, and how women are organizing to affirm human security and human rights.
United Methodist Women, World Council of Churches, Center for Women’s Global Leadership4:30pm - 6:00pm
Short documentaries on women in war and conflict. Katharina Barbosa, filmmakers and photographer from Magdalena Norway; Beatrice Camargo filmmaker from Corporation Colombiana de Teatro CCT Columbia, Int’l association of women in radio and Television ; Arshiya Ahsan – member of the Int’l Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT). Laura Nepta Silva – member of Corporación Humanas, Colombia – to give a short introduction to the situation of women in Colombia.
Forum for Kvinner og utviklingssporsmal, NorwayOctober 28, 2010
10:00am -11:30am
What the Women Say; Participation and UNSCR 1325
An Independent Case Study Assessment
Dr. John Tirman MIT, Center for International Studies; Sanam Naraghi Anderlini (ICAN, USA); Cerue Garlo (Liberia), Shyamala Gomez (Sri Lanka), Suraiya Kamarruzzan (Aceh), Turid Polfus (Norway), Elena Rey (Colombia), Lina Zedriga (Uganda).
Report Launch Hosted by US and Norwegian Missions to the UN. MIT Center for International Studies
Int. Civil society Action Network (ICAN)
Location: US Mission to the UN, 779 UN Plaza
Public Event11:00am -1:00pm
SCR 1325 and Women’s Participation: Operational Guidelines for Conflict Resolution and Peace Processes. A new set of Guidelines will be presented to improve the effective participation of women in peace processes.
Prof. John Packer – IQd Senior Adviser and Dir. of the Human Rights Centre, Univ. of Essex; representatives of women’s organizations from Afghanistan, Sudan and Indonesia
Cordaid and the Initiative on Quiet Diplomacy (IQd) at Essex University in partnership with the
Global Network of Women Peacebuilders1:00pm – 3:00pm
Afghanistan: Enhancing Security and Women’s Rights.
Moderator, Pascale Baeriswyl, Counsellor, Mission of Switzerland to the UN; David Cortright, Fourth Freedom Forum; Univ. of Notre Dame; Sarah Smiles Persinger, Research Assoc. , Kroc Institute, Univ. of Notre Dame; Afifa Azim, General Director. of Afghan Women's Network; Sabra Bano, Dir., Gender Concerns Int’l.
Produced by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, in cooperation with Cordaid, the Fourth Freedom Forum and the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders.3:00pm – 4:30pm
Women and Conflict Prevention- why participation and disarmament matter with Annie Matundu Mbambi (Chair of WILPF-DRC), Theresa deLangis (Women, Peace and Governance, previously UNIFEM-Afghanistan) and Madeleine Rees (WILPF Secretary-General). Launch of Women, Peace and Security Handbook: PeaceWomen/WILPF's analysis on how the Security Council's country resolutions (2000 to 2010) have reflected the language and intent of SCR 1325. Peacewomen.org Project of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Peacewomen.org, USA4:30pm-6:00pm
Members Meeting
Global Network of Women Peacebuilders, USAOctober 29, 2010
9:00am - 11:00am
Meet Margot Wallström, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, and watch a screening of Women’s War (English subtitles) produced by Kvinna till Kvinna followed by a discussion between Margot Wallström, and Lena Ag, Secretary-General of Kvinna till Kvinna.
Other speakers tbc – (visit KtK publications table during the week for more details)
Kvinna till Kvinna11:00am – 1:00pm
"Engaging Men for UNSCR 1325”
In this workshop we would like to share some of our experiences and lessons learned from WPP’s Pilot around engaging men for gender sensitive peacebuilding through nonviolence.
Isabelle Geuskens – WPP Program Manager
José de Vries – WPP Information Officer
Patricia Ackerman - trainer WPP ToT on masculinities and peacebuilding for male activists.
Women Peacemakers Program – International Fellowship or Reconciliation, The Netherlands1:00pm-3:00pm
Hear from women peacebuilders and participate in a live Cyberdiologue with women from Nepal, Liberia, DRC, Sri Lanka, Cyprus.
Moderator: Mavic Cabrera-Balleza
Global Network of Women Peacebuilders, USA3:00pm-4:30pm
African Women Re-defining Peace Experiences of WPP- Africa. Mrs. Joy Mbaabu, Board Chair; Euphemia Akos Dzathor,Africa Regional Coordinator.
Women Peacemakers Program Africa, Ghana - Global Open Days
UN Secretary-General Ban-ki Moon has referred to the Global Open Day for Women and Peace an opportunity to "reinvigorate our efforts to realize the vision set out in resolution 1325." Since June 7 seventeen post-conflict countries worldwide have held their Open Day for Peace, with others presently holding preparatory meetings.
These events engaged women peace activists, leaders and advocates with senior UN officials to allow them to voice their concerns and discuss how women's participation in sustainable conflict resolution, peacemaking and peacebuilding can be improved. Recommendations from the meetings were forwarded to the UN Secretary Council for it to consider in accelerating the resolution's implementation.
Below is a compilation of relevant resources and news associated with the Global Open Day for Women and Peace.
- Ban-ki Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations: Statement on the Global Open Day for Women and Peace
- UNIFEM: Global Open Day website, and Global Open Day Report
- UN Peacekeeping: Highlights: United Nations Global Open Day for Women and Peace
- Inés Alberdi, Executive Director UNIFEM: Statement on Women, Peace and Security
- Event Outcomes
GENERAL
1. Conference Follow-Up: Towards A Women-Inclusive Peace: Why 1325 Is The Crucial Number (Lucinda Marshall)
On September 21, Lucinda Marshall presented at Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, WI on the importance of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 as part of their celebration of the International Day of Peace. The presentation was co-sponsored by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom as part of their Advancing Women As Peacemakers Program in conjunction with the 10th anniversary of UNSCR 1325.
2. Statement by Ms. Navanethem Pillay, at the Seminar on “Women, Peace and Security: from Resolution to Action”
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights concluded the Ten Years of Security Council Resolution 1325 even in Geneva on September 15, 2010.
3. GNWP Member Sharon Bhagwan Rolls Speaks at Ministerial Meeting on 1325
On Saturday September 25th, Member States, UN Agencies and Civil Society gathered at the UN for the Ministerial Meeting on Security Council Resolution 1325 "A Call to Action." The objective of the meeting, convened by the Mission of Canada and a number of co-sponsoring missions, was to pledge concrete, measurable and time bound commitments towards the implementation of the resolution.
4. Conference Follow-Up: Women Making Peace: Where are We Now? Maximizing the Impact of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, 10 Years On
The United Nations University (UNU) hosted a seminar on September 8, assessing global progress toward implementation of the groundbreaking resolution which calls for increased recognition of and support for the role of women in prevention and resolution of conflict.
5. Conference Follow-Up: National Conference on Women, Peace and Security Opens in Ghana
A national conference to discuss 1325 on Women's involvement in Peace and Security opened in Accra.
6. 10 Points on 10 Years UNSCR 1325 in Europe
CSO Position Paper on Europe-wide Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325. The paper has benefited from worldwide consultation. Over 60 organisations and networks explicitly align themselves with its recommendations.
7. e-Roundup: Implementation of Security Council Resolution 1325 at Ten: Looking Back and Looking Ahead
This special e-Roundup aims to provide background information on SCR 1325 and the three resolutions that build on it – 1820, 1888 and 1889 – and to highlight some of the events taking place to commemorate a decade of Resolution 1325.
PARTICIPATION, PROTECTION, PREVENTION
1. Conference Follow-Up: Call for Renewed Efforts on Women's Participation in Peace and Security
Prominent actors in peace-building joined High Representative Catherine Ashton in Brussels on 9 September for a conference. But unusually, most of them were women. To access the text of Ashton's speech, please click here.
2. Conference Follow-Up: Brussels Conference Conclusions: SCR 1325 'Ensuring Women's Participation in Peace and Security'
On 9 September 2010 the European Union (EU) and Belgium organised an event in Brussels called 'Ensuring women’s participation in peace and security' to mark the 10th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution (SCR) 1325.
3. Conference Follow-Up: Women, Peace and Security: from Resolution to Action, The Protection Agenda under Security Council Resolution 1325/2000 Consultation Conclusions
The participants of the Geneva Consultation on “Women, Peace and Security: from Resolution to Action”, met on the 15-16 September 2010 as part of a series of events, in recognition of the 10th anniversary of Security Council Resolution 1325 (SC/Res/1325). In the presence of representatives of governments, the European Union (EU), the United Nations and civil society including women’s organisations and networks, came together to translate our shared experiences and commitments into actionable recommendations.
4. Conference Follow-Up: 10 years after UN SCR 1325 : Conflict Prevention Mechanisms
On 2 September 2010, Mary Robinson, Bineta Diop and Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda critically discussed the concept of conflict prevention under Security Council Resolution (SCR) 1325, and the local, national, regional and, international mechanisms which should be linked with prevention strategies. The event, “10 years after UN SCR 1325: Conflict Prevention Mechanisms”, was attended by over eighty representatives from Member State delegations, the UN and civil society and chaired by Madeleine Rees, Secretary General of Women’s International League for Peace andFreedom (WILPF).
1,000 Peace Women exhibit (Photograph by Michelle Reyf)
- 1325 Anniversary News
Here is a listing of news articles surrounding the 10th Anniversary of 1325.
For the main library of news regarding Women, Peace and Security please consult the PeaceWomen News Library. For news on the Global Open Day for Women and Peace please see the '1325 + 10 Global Open Days' section of the website.
October
10/27/10 INTERNATIONAL: Marking 10th Anniversary of UN Resolution on Women and Conflict, MRG Urges Special Attention for Minority and Indigenous Women
10/27/10 VIETNAM: Vietnam Supports Un Resolution To Promote Women's Role
10/25/10 INTERNATIONAL/MIDDLE EAST: ESCWA Celebrates 10th Anniversary of 1325 and Launches Study on Women's Role in Conflicts and Conflict-Resolution
10/22/10 CHINA/INTERNATIONAL: 10th Anniversary of UN Resolution Opportunity for Action for Women in Peace and Security: UN Official
10/21/10 INTERNATIONAL: Women Integral for Peace, Secretary-General Stresses
10/21/10 INTERNATIONAL: The Prospects and Pitfalls of 1325
10/20/10 COLOMBIA: Voices of Women Peace Activists Silenced
10/20/10 INTERNATIONAL: 1325+10: Is the Security Council Doing Enough to Protect Women?
10/20/10 INTERNATIONAL: Recovery from War Trauma is Slow for World's Women
10/19/10 INTERNATIONAL: Interview: UN, Member States Should Better Enforce Resolution on Women, Conflict
10/18/10 DRC: Bukavu - World March of Women
10/15/10 INTERNATIONAL: Good Substance, Bad Politics: the Row over 1325
10/14/10 LIBERIA: Women Celebrate UNSCR 1325
10/14/10 GEORGIA: UNIFEM Hosts International Conference in Tbilisi
10/11/10 INTERNATIONAL: SCR 1325: Just Words on a Piece of Paper
10/4/10 SUDAN: West Darfur Establishes State Committee on UNSCR 1325
10/2/10 INDONESIA: Women's Roles Vital in Peacemaking Efforts
September9/30/10 WEST AFRICA: Cote d'Ivoire / UNOCI's Deputy Chief Attends Meeting of Heads of Peacekeeping Missions in West Africa
09/27/10 NEPAL: Nepal Readies Action Plan for UN Resolutions
09/27/10 MINDANAO: Time for Women in Mindanao's Conflict Areas to Have More Peacemaking Role
9/27/10 BANGLADESH: Dhaka's Call to Recruit Women in Senior UN Positions
9/26/10 ESTONIA: Estonian Foreign Minister Calls On UN to Support Women in Conflict Zones
9/25/10 INTERNATIONAL: Ban Calls for Countries to Turn Rhetoric on Women and Conflict into Reality
09/18/10 WEST AFRICA: ECOWAS Backs UN Resolution on Women's Role in Peace, Security
09/16/10 INTERNATIONAL: Engaging Women Crucial for Operations, NATO's Military Chief Says
09/09/10 INTERNATIONAL: Call for Renewed Efforts on Women's Participation in Peace and Security
09/09/10 INTERNATIONAL: Ban Spotlights 'Indispensable' Role of Women in Shoring Up Peace
09/09/10 INTERNATIONAL: 'To Make a Change we Must Empower Women - Only Then Can we Claim Real Progress' Says Secretary General, in Message to Brussels Conference
09/08/10 INTERNATIONAL: Women's Security Needs Attention
09/06/10 INTERNATIONAL: Changing Gender Perspectives
August08/26/10 INTERNATIONAL: Doable, Fast-Track Indicators for Turning the 1325 Promise into Reality
08/25/10 SERBIA: Meeting of Working Group for Drafting National Action Plan for Implementation of Resolution 1325
08/10/10 INTERNATIONAL: UN Women Agency Must Confront Wartime Violence
08/03/10 PAKISTAN: Speakers Urge Govt to Protect Women Rights During Conflicts
08/03/10 UNITED STATES: Stopping Violence Against Women Worldwide
08/03/10 PAKISTAN: Call to Honour Women Rights During Conflicts
08/02/10 INTERNATIONAL: Statement by Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women on Tenth Anniversary of Security Council Resolution 1325 on 'Women, Peace and Security'
July07/29/10 PHILIPPINES: Philippines Adopts UN Resolution to Promote Women's Participation in Peace Building
07/12/10 INTERNATIONAL: Women's Anti-Discrimination Committee Opens Session, Urged to Mark Anniversary of Adoption by Security Council of Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, Security
07/09/10 SIERRA LEONE: Koroma Slams Violence Against Women as He Unveils Country's Action Plan
June06/29/10 INTERNATIONAL: Empowerment of Women and Girls Tops Agenda at UN Economic and Social Council
06/28/10 CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE: Women, Peace and Security Get Renewed Commitment from Parliamentarians in the Region
06/22/10 INTERNATIONAL: Empowered Women Promote Peace
06/12/10 GEORGIA: Female NGO Activists of Georgia and South Ossetia Meet in Baku to Search Ways to Stop Enmity
06/03/2010 ISRAEL/PALESTINE: Women Share a Vision for Israeli-Palestinian Peace
May05/31/2010 PHILIPPINES: Philippines Moves to Protect Women's Rights During Armed Conflict
05/27/2010 INTERNATIONAL: UNIFEM Welcomes UN Security Council Support for Comprehensive Set of Indicators on the Implementation of Resolution 1325
05/26/2010 FIJI: Role for Women in Security
(Photograph by Michelle Reyf)