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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STATEMENT: Message by UN Women Acting Head on the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples

Statement by Lakshmi Puri, Acting Head of UN Women and Assistant Secretary-General, on International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, 9 August 2013.

REMARKS: No Country, No Rights: Gender Discrimination and Statelessness

Remarks
Kelly Clements
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
As-Prepared for a Panel Discussion at Event Sponsored by Women's Refugee Commission, Equality Now, and InterAction
Washington, DC

ONLINE DIALOGUE/BLOG: Putting Women in Their Place: Around the Negotiating Table

"War is terrible for children and other living things." That's what the Vietnam-era poster used to say. Sadly, not much has changed since then. Women and children living in regions of armed conflict worldwide face distinct and significant economic, personal, and emotional struggles during war and in its aftermath.

ONLINE DIALOGUE/BLOG: Women of Côte d'Ivoire Speak Out

On the African continent, where the majority of the population subsists from agriculture, only 18% of farmland is owned by women. In Côte d'Ivoire, the world's top producer of cacao and cashews, a woman is usually obliged to make arrangements with her family or husband in order to cultivate food crops.

INITIATIVE: Educating Women Worldwide is a Matter of Peace and National Security

“Whether it's ending conflict, managing a transition, or rebuilding a country, the world can no longer afford to continue ignoring half the population.”
– Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, December 19, 2011

INITIATIVE: Ending Violence against Women: A Challenge for Development

Human rights and development responses to violence against women Ending Violence against Women: A Challenge for Development, this book was written by Francine Pickup with Suzanne Williams and Caroline Sweetman and published by OXFAM GB.

ONLINE DIALOGUE/BLOG: UNFPA Commits to three years of Women's Health Programmes in Africa

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has committed to supporting eight African countries in their efforts to ensure adolescent girls have access to reproductive healthcare and human rights education.

ONLINE DIALOGUE/BLOG: Male War, Male Peace

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (1325) was unanimously adopted in October 2000 as a means “to reaffirm the important role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts and in peace-building and stressing the importance of their equal participation and full involvement in all efforts for the maintenance and promotion of peace and security.” In short, it represented the broadest p

PRESS RELEASE: Women's Participation, Rights, and Civil Society Essential to Peaceful Future for Great Lakes Region and DRC

The NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security welcomed the UN Security Council's attention to “the full and effective participation of women in conflict resolution and peace building” in today's high-level meeting on the Great Lakes region, including the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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