On 31 October 2000, the United Nations Security Council adopted a pioneering resolution on women, peace, and security.
The latest edition of the IANSA Women’s Network Bulletin celebrates the 5-year anniversary of 1325 by exploring its content, how it has been used in practice, and how it may be used in the future.
Security Council Resolution 1325 calls for women's equal participation and full involvement in all efforts to maintain and promote peace and security and demands specific actions from the UN Secretary-General, member states and armed parties to conflict. Five years on, 1325 is celebrated as a landmark and its importance was recently reaffirmed by the world’s leaders in the World Summit Outcome document.
However, large gaps between rhetoric and reality remain. A report by the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue revealed that of the 61 senior UN staff who lead or deputise on peacemaking and peacebuilding missions, only four are women. The NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security (NGOWG), a group of 12 NGOs which supports and monitors the implementation of Resolution 1325, recently published a set of recommendations which they believe would greatly accelerate the implementation of 1325.
Click here to visit the official UN page on the 5 year anniversary of 1325.
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