Women and girls are disproportionately affected by conflict. But they are not simply passive victims. Women can and do play a vital role in peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding activities.
On the international level, the foremost document in this area is UN Security Council Resolution 1325. It is a groundbreaking document that formally links women's rights to peace and security issues. In addition to addressing the effect of armed conflict on women and girls, the Resolution stresses the need to ensure participation by women in the processes of prevention and resolution of conflict as well as in peace-building and reconstruction.
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Resolution 1325 embraces the different roles women can play in conflict and reaffirms the importance of engaging them in peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding.
It calls on states to:
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increase the participation of women in conflict resolution and peace processes
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incorporate gender perspectives in peacekeeping operations and in the training of peacekeepers
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take special measures to protect women and girls from gender-based violence
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take into account, in planning for disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration, the different needs of male and female ex-combatants
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It also urges the UN Secretary-General to appoint more women as special representatives and envoys, and to expand the role of women in field-based operations, especially among military observers, civilian police, human rights and humanitarian personnel.
Though the Resolution itself does not obligate countries to provide progress reports on their implementation of the Resolution, the Security Council has subsequently (and regularly) called on states to fully implement the Resolution through national action plans
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UNA-UK is a member of Gender Action for Peace & Security UK (GAPS) is an expert group on peace and development, which aims "to build on UNSCR 1325 and through collective action, promote, facilitate and monitor the meangingful inclusion of gender perspectives in all aspects of UK policy and practice in peace and security."
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