Report of the Civil Society Consultations on the Development of the United States National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security (UN SCR 1325) (original) (raw)
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Women, Peace, Security, and the National Action Plans
Journal of Applied Social Science, 2011
Twenty criteria are used to analyze sixteen national action plans that focus on women, peace, and security. United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, a base for the national plans, highlights the terrible consequences of violent conflict on women and girls as well as the important role of women in all peacebuilding processes. Suggestions are made for those developing or revising plans and include addressing the relevant points from four UN Security Council resolutions (1325, 1820, 1888, and 1889); specifying all processes and timelines; and including civil society participation in all phases of a plan's development; implementation, and assessment.
Working Paper, Institute for Global and International Studies, 2014
This Working Paper looks at the Women, Peace and Security agenda as laid out in UNSCR 1325 and in six following Security Council Resolutions - UNSCR 1820, 1888, 1889, 1960, 2106 and 2122 (see Boxes 1 and 2) - to assess progress in the past decade and a half since the adoption of UNSCR 1325 in 2000. We conducted an extensive desk study of the existing literature on UNSCR 1325, performed a detailed content analysis of 40 of the 42 existing 1325 NAPs, and offer an update on implementation of Women, Peace, and Security goals more broadly. The Working Paper is addresses three main questions: What does the social science and related literature say about UNSCR 1325 since its adoption in 2000? What does content analysis of National Action Plans (NAPs) in support of UNSCR 1325 reveal about the effectiveness of such plans? What are examples of implementation of 1325 principles with and beyond 1325 NAPs?
Societies Without Borders, 2009
is research analyzes the 11 national action plans that were adopted between June 2005 and October 2008 as a response to the United Nations Security Council's Resolution 1325. Resolution 1325, one of the most important UN resolutions within the fi eld of peace and security, was adopted unanimously on 31 October 2000. e resolution highlights the consequences of violent confl ict on women and girls and the important role of women in peacebuilding and post-confl ict processes. In 2002 and again in 2004, UN member states were invited to prepare national action plans in order to take strong steps towards the implementation of UNSCR 1325. is study examines the similarities and diff erences in the plans and compares the points identifi ed in the plans to the relevant points in UNSCR 1325.
Symposium Report: "Enhancing Women's Share in Peace and Security"
The year 2015 marks an important point in history for the women, peace and security agenda, as we celebrate the 15th anniversary of the UNSCR 1325 and the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. In these documents the international community recognized for the first time the disproportionate impact of armed conflict on women, as well as women’s critical role as active agents of change in promoting, building and maintaining peace. Capitalizing on the momentum of these anniversaries, the United Nations Security Council decided in 2013 to convene a High-level Review on the Implementation of UNSCR 1325 in 2015 and requested the UN Secretary-General to conduct a global study on the resolution with the aim to assess the progress, achievements, gaps and remaining challenges in the implementation of the women, peace and security agenda. Austria, as an early supporter of the objectives laid out in UNSCR 1325 and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, is strongly convinced that sustainable peace can only be achieved if women’s needs are accounted for and women are fully involved as active participants in all peace- and security-related efforts. Women have critical roles to play in maintaining peace and ending violent conflict, including as peacekeepers, peacebuilders, mediators, decision-makers and agents of change. As a consequence, in 2007 Austria was among the first UN Member States to adopt a National Action Plan (NAP) on the implementation of UNSCR 1325, which was revised in 2012 in order to account for new developments and subsequent thematic resolutions. Following the objectives of the NAP, Austria has taken various measures to strengthen the participation of women in peace-promoting and conflict-resolving activities. Amon these measures are increasing the proportion of women in peace operations and decision-making positions in international and regional organizations, integrating the content of UNSCR 1325 in relevant training activities for peace operations, as well as preventing gender-specific violence and protecting the needs of women and girls in conflict and post-conflict situations. Continuing Austria’s efforts to promote the implementation of UNSCR 1325, in preparation of the High-level Review on UNSCR 1325 and as a contribution to the global study on UNSCR 1325 and the Beijing +20 campaign of UN Women, the symposium "Enhancing Women’s Share in Peace and Security” was organized. The two-day symposium, which took place in November 2014 in Vienna, brought together international experts from politics, governments, the military, academia, the media and civil society and set out to discuss major achievements, remaining challenges and emerging priorities in the implementation of UNSCR 1325 in the twenty-first century, as well as providing recommendations for the way ahead. The key findings of the symposium are reflected in a policy paper containing specific recommendations for national governments, international, regional and sub-regional organizations, civil society organizations and the media. This policy paper has also been circulated as a Security Council document on 27 February 2015 under the symbol S/2015/142. In addition, this report provides a detailed and comprehensive reflection of the symposium’s thematic discussions, findings and recommendations. We would like to express our gratitude to all who have contributed to the symposium, the development of the policy paper and this report. Our particular appreciation goes to the symposium’s participants - their expertise and knowledge built the foundation of this report. Austria believes that the insight and recommendations gained during the symposium will help significantly to improve our collective efforts in advancing the implementation of the women, peace and security agenda. To this end, Austria will continue to work with partners in taking forward the key recommendations identified, thereby promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment.
The Women, Peace, and Security Agenda: An Analysis of US Support and Resistance
The Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda, based on United Nations Security Resolution 1325, has been adopted by numerous nation-states worldwide, signifying a critical shift in global norms (True 2016). The United States has a mixed history supporting this objective, with partisan divisions and gender bias often halting progress. However, in the 115th Congress (2017- 18), the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017 passed the US House and US Senate, becoming one of the most successful pieces of women’s foreign policy legislation. The success has been relatively unnoticed causing one to question what happened with this bill. Is it a feminist success or failure? Applying comparative policy analysis, I compare the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017 to similar pieces of women’s peace and security legislation that were less successful in the 111th, 112th, 113th, and 114th Congresses (2009-2016), focusing on the shifts in policy language. Drawing from Ellerby’s (2013) concept of (en)gendered security, I illustrate how the WPS of 2017 both challenges and reflects broader global feminist goals.