Only a handful of countries have adopted National Action Plans to implement r...

Only a handful of countries have adopted National Action Plans to implement resolution 1325. In the meantime, armed conflicts still devastate the lives of women and girls in many parts of the world. Women are often subjected to terrifying gender-based, sexual violence, which most of the time goes unpunished. Women are also regularly marginalised in peace-making. This is hardly a satisfactory state of affairs. Therefore, we must now focus on action, implementation and accountability, so that ten years from now we can look back with a sense of achievement and say that we have made a difference.