Paper/Resources
The Civil Society Advisory Group published several key papers:
Working Paper on Civil Society Participation in Peacemaking and Peacebuilding (NGO)
In recognition of the important work being done by women and men around the world progressing this work, WILPF established the WILPF 1325 Literature Repository, an online resource, hosted on www.peacewomen.org.
A final 25 papers have been selected for the WILPF Literature Repository. These papers reflect the critical analysis of progress and the challenges in this area with work from UN agencies, academia, civil society and local grass-roots organizations representing such geographical regions as Australia, DRC and Bosnia Herzegovina.
| PaperSt-Pierre, Kristine | Organization | Author |
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| Swaine, Aisling | |
Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, United Nations Development Programme | Rule of Law, Justice & Security Unit, Conflict Prevention & Recovery Team | |
UNHCR | Edwards, Alice | |
Enhancing the Protection of Civilians through Greater Participation of Women in Peace Operations |
| St-Pierre, Kristine |
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Gender Based Violence and Peacekeepers in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo |
| Prosevski, Jelena |
United Nations Children's Fund, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations Population Fund, World Food Programme |
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| Gabriele Zdunnek | |
The Australian Agency for International Development's (AusAID) Gender Policy and Coordination Section | Porter, Elisabeth; Mundkur, Anuradha; Every, Danielle | |
| Black, Renee | |
Iranian Women at Risk in Iraq: 1325 and the Long Road to Non-Violence |
| Fontaine Carole R., Jila Kazerounian and Esmat Kargar Zadeh |
| Smith, Ellie | |
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Pittaway, Eileen Centre for Refugee Research Organization | |
Report on International Protection of Women and Girls in Displacement | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | May Maloney |
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
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Safe Schools and Learning Environment: How to Prevent and Respond to Violence in Refugee Schools | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |
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Sexual Violence, Process Theories of Negotiations and The Evolution of Human Security |
| Black, Renee |
Irish Joint Consortium on Gender Based Violence |
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The Role of Universal Human Commonalities in the Global Peace Movement | Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Inc. | Sherker, Amanda |
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
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Voices from the Field: The Implementation of UNSCR 1325 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Nagadya, Sarah and Michael Pierson |
| Hermoso, Jocelyn Clare R. | |
PeaceBuild |
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Women Organising for an Australian National Action Plan on Security Council Resolution 1325Shaw, Carole, Anuradha Mundkur and Meghan Cooper |
| Shaw, Carole, Anuradha Mundkur and Meghan Cooper |
Forward from Madeleine Rees, Secretary General, WILPF
Welcome to the WILPF Literature Repository, an online resource on Women, Peace and Security. Behind the adoption of the Security Council 1325 are 100 years and more of women working around the globe for sustainable peace. In 1915 some 1300 women from Europe and North America, came together in a Congress of Women to protest the killing and destruction of the war that raged in Europe. The women, who formed WILPF, issued 20 resolutions – to end the conflict, negotiate differences to reach peace, over time reduce conflict, prevent war and create sustainable peace through equality for all. These women, in a time when many still did not have the right to vote, called on neutral governments to press the belligerents to stop fighting and settle their differences through non-military negotiations. The women mobilized calling conferences of women to take place at the same time and same place as the 'conference of powers' that met at the end of the war to frame the terms of the peace settlement, and submit to the participating states their practical proposals to meet the conditions for a lasting peace. Such initiatives have continued throughout history, often smaller in scale but with the same demands and the same analysis, regardless of geography, culture or religion. The formal recognition of the Security Council of the importance of gender perspective in security policy has not translated into sufficient action over the last 10 years. Women around the world are still advocating and creating positive change through largely informal processes at their own initiative. It is predominantly civil society which has used SCR 1325 as a tool to organize and take Action, to analyze and make recommendations and demands, to try, yet again to insist that the participation of women, and the absolute requirement to address all forms of discrimination, is a fundamental part of Security.
Sharing the knowledge and wisdom of women increases understanding and the possibility of coherence in strategy. Women learn from each other and each others experience and move forward.
It is with this in mind that WILPF has launched the 1325 Literature Repository, and invite you to read through the research and stories and to add and contribute your own knowledge.
We hope that this will be a “living “ process so that we can constantly develop our knowledge, thinking and understanding of Peace and Security; and most importantly, find ways of making sure that our efforts have real outcomes and bring 1325 into life.
Thank you,
Madeleine Rees