In the lead up to the 20th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325, perhaps one of the boldest steps the global community can make is to truly upend how it approaches peace: to move away from ideas of merely including women in broken processes, and to move towards creating necessary systemic changes, built on and unleashing women’s leadership.
Tag: women peace and security
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A number of developments have emerged over the past few years indicating that the WPS agenda is under stress, if not in peril.
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There are often an array of questions expressed that in some way relate to the fundamental question: “why women?”
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The ambitious “Women, Peace, and Security Index” (WPS Index) makes up for the omission of gender inequality measures in conflict monitoring frameworks, state fragility analyses, political instability estimates, and various indicators from leading think tanks.
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Charo Mina-Rojas of Black Communities’ Process (Proceso de Comunidades Negras-PCN) in Colombia discusses the peace process, the role of governments in protecting minorities, and the importance of including gender and ethnic perspectives in sustaining peace.
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Member states and the UN should not wait for further reforms to improve gender expertise in conflict: necessary action can be taken now, in each mission, if the political will is forthcoming.
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Even as more and more women around the world run for office, claiming their right to equal participation (as enshrined in the United Nations CEDAW convention), efforts to promote women’s political leadership have rarely been coupled with mechanisms to ensure their security and well-being in the public sphere.
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Even compared with other contemporary violent Islamist groups, ISIS is particularly gender-conservative.
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The question of equality of inheritance between men and women has been a thorny and sensitive issue for decades and the reactions to the president’s speech ranged from support to indignation.
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While it is unanimously hailed as a revolutionary piece of legislation, some voices feel that the Tunisian government and parliament missed a unique opportunity to abrogate other antiquated laws and decrees that still treat women as second-class citizens.
