General Women, Peace and Security

In 2010, ten years have gone by since the adoption of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security.

Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the UN, presented a keynote address on the genesis of the UN Security Council Resolution1325 and a global perspective on its implementation at the this meeting in Washington DC organized at the United States Institute of Peace along with three other organizations.

The purpose of the course is to give added knowledge about and preparation for applying UNSC resolution 1325 for you who in your work deal with gender and conflict. In addition to putting the resolution into its legal and historical framework the course will offer tools to manage the challenges you are faced with in the field when working with gender issues.

To mark the 10th anniversary of the adoption of UN-Resolution 1325 Women, Peace and Security the Gunda-Werner-Institut (GWI) in the Heinrich Böll Foundation, in cooperation with the German Womens Security Council, is hosting an international conference to evaluate critically the success of the Resolution and to develop perspectives for its future implementation.

On the 31st july, UK WILPF launched
the African Women's Decade 2010-2020

The UK Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Launched the African Women's Decade 2010-2020 in London on the 31st of July; which was the 48th Pan African Women's Day. The event was hosted by the Centre for Gender Study at School of Oriental and African Studies, University in London, from 2-5pm.

United States Institute of Peace webcast on Women, Peace, and Security: Fulfilling the Vision of 1325.

For more information and to view the webcast, please click here.

The United Nations Development Fund for Women UNIFEM (part of UN-Women), the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the UN Iraq Gender Task Force (GTF), in cooperation with Iraqi women leaders, including the State Ministry of Women Affairs, members of the Council of Representatives, and women civil society leaders in addition to representative from the Kurdistan region, will hold an Open Day Consultation on Security Council Res

Event Description
Conflict, Security & Development:
The U.S. and Gender, National Security, and Counter-Terrorism

Lama, Fakih, gender, human rights, and counterterrorism fellow, NYU Center for Human Rights and Global Justice

The seminar entitled “Women, Peace and Security: from resolution to action. Ten years of Security Council Resolution 1325” will take place on Wednesday, 15 September 2010 from 09:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Room XII at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

In 2010, the international community will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. This resolution is the first to recognize the importance of women in the consolidation and maintenance of peace and conflict resolution.