General Women, Peace and Security

The General Women, Peace and Security theme focuses on information related to UN Security Council Resolutions 1325, 1820, 1888, 1889, 1960, 2106, and 2122, which make up the Women Peace and Security Agenda.

The Women, Peace and Security Agenda historically recognizes that women and gender are relevant to international peace and security. The Agenda is based on four pillars: 1) participation, 2) protection, 3) conflict prevention, and 4) relief and recovery.

The Women, Peace and Security Agenda demands action to strengthen women’s participation, protection and rights in conflict prevention through post-conflict reconstruction processes. It is binding on all UN Member States.

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Why Syrian Women Could be the Key to Successful Peace Talks

Caught in Contradiction Making Sense of Child Marriage Among Syrian Refugees in Lebanon

A Practitioner’s Toolkit on Women’s Access to Justice Programming

This is a toolkit created by UNDP to aid in the facilitation of women's meaningful participation in sustainable development and access to justice. It focuses on harnessing the ability of women to have access to justice and ensuring the protection of women's rights. The guide harnesses experiences, lessons and promising practices to ensure non-discriminatory and inclusive justice systems. 

 

A Practitioner’s Toolkit on Women’s Access to Justice Programming

Sweden's Handbook on Feminist Foreign Policy

This handbook is a resource for international work relating to gender equality and all women’s and girls’ full enjoyment of human rights. It contains a selection of methods and experiences that can provide examples and inspiration for further work of the Swedish Foreign Service, other parts of the civil service and society as a whole. The handbook also describes the first four years of working with a feminist foreign policy.

Women Make Peace Stick

This is an article relating to the vitality of women's inclusion in the peace process, and it was originally written by Olivia Holt-Ivry for Foreign Policy. The focal point of the article is the importance of, and mechanisms for improving women’s meaningful participation in the peace building process.

Sweden's Handbook on Feminist Foreign Policy

Women Make Peace Stick

Monthly Action Points (MAP) for the Security Council: September 2018

For September, in which the United States has the presidency of the UN Security Council, the MAP provides recommendations on Afghanistan, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Libya and Yemen. 

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Monthly Action Points (MAP) for the Security Council: September 2018

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