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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INTERNATIONAL: 'Super Agency' Stirs Buzz at U.N. Women's Session

The headquarters building here is undergoing renovations. The quarters are more cramped and the 54th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, March 1-12, has been more challenging than ever for delegates like me to navigate. There are the U.N. committee meetings, caucus schedules and a plethora of side meetings sponsored by nongovernmental groups in the near and not-so-nearby neighborhood.

AFGHANISTAN: Advancing the Rights of Women and Girls: Keys to a Better Future for Afghanistan

The advancement of women's rights is critical to political and economic progress everywhere around the world. This is especially true in Afghanistan, where women's human rights have been ignored, attacked and eroded over decades, especially under Taliban rule.

INTERNATIONAL: Women UN Peacekeepers - More Needed

A five-year campaign to boost the number of UN female peacekeepers is progressing steadily in police units, but "seems to be stuck" at a minuscule percentage in military contingents, Lt-Col Alejandro Alvarez of the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), told IRIN.

COTE D'IVOIRE: President Pardons 100 Female Prisoner

The President of Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo has signed a pardon decree to free about 100 female prisoners in the West African country.

The governor of the MACA prison in Abidjan told ‘Notre Voie', a daily closed to the ruling FPI party that this decision should be regarded as a strategy for demarcations and a way to prevent crime among female inmates, resulting from over population.

CHILE: Chile's National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security: Some Reflections

On August 3, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet signed a National Action Plan to enact the UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 on Women, Peace and Security.

NEPAL: Sujata Demands Women Representation in High Level Political Mechanism

Deputy Prime Minister Sujata Koirala has said representation of women in the High Level Political Mechanism (HLPM) is necessary to ensure women participation in the peace process.

She asked the women lawmakers on Tuesday to start lobbying for inclusion of a woman representative in the mechanism, which is headed by her father Girija Prasad Koirala.

AFRICA: Women's Rights - Looking Back Or Moving Forward?

2009 is a significant year in the African women's rights calendar. The assembly of the African Union declared 2010-2020 the African Women's Decade. The summit called on member states, AU organs and regional economic communities to support the implementation of Decade activities.

EAST AFRICA: Women Want Visibility in Regional Union

As the East Africa Community (EAC) gradually moves
towards a political confederation, women's rights groups from the
five member states are pushing for an East African Protocol on Gender and
Development to bridge the gender gaps within the integration process.

Women's Major Group. Response to the Secretary-General's Synthesis Report.

wmgresponsetosgsynthesisreport_18dec_0.pdf

post-2015_position_paper_gppac__2014.pdf

post-2015_position_paper_gppac__2014_0.pdf

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