UN Women Sourcebook on Women, Peace and Security

Abstract

This collection of papers is a set of resource materials to support improved implementation of the five WPS resolutions. It consists of analytical documents explaining gender issues in a number of peace and security areas, both normative and operational, and of guidance material to support operational work. It is a second and significantly revised and updated edition of a collection of UN Women papers produced in 2010 to mark the tenth anniversary of resolution 1325 (2000). Half of the documents are published here for the first time.

This sourcebook is a set of topic-specific expert contributions intended for use by both newcomers to the subject and specialists and practitioners seeking briefing and training material. It is suitable as background material for training practitioners on aspects of the WPS.

The sourcebook is divided into five sections:

• overview and frameworks for implementing and monitoring the WPS resolutions,
• women’s engagement in conflict resolution,
• gender-responsive prevention and protection,
• women’s participation in peacebuilding, and
• gender and transitional justice

Additional documents

1. UN Women Sourcebook on Women, Peace and Security: Overview of Contents (ar, es, fr)

2. Frameworks for Implementing the Women and Peace and Security Resolutions

• Tracking Implementation of Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) (ar, es, fr)
• GUIDANCE: Women and Peace and Security: Guidelines for National Implementation (ar, es, fr)

3. Women’s Engagement in Conflict Resolution

• Women’s Participation in Peace Negotiations: Connections between Presence and Influence (ar, es, fr)
• GUIDANCE: Identifying Women’s Peace and Security Priorities (ar, es, fr)

4. Gender-Responsive Conflict Prevention and Protection

• Gender and Conflict Analysis (ar, es, fr)
• Gender-Sensitive Police Reform in Post-Conflict Societies (ar, es, fr)
• VIDEO: When Peace Comes: A Gender Perspective on Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration, and Post-Conflict Recovery
• GUIDANCE: Addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: An Analytical Inventory of Peacekeeping Practice (ar, es, fr)
• GUIDANCE: Gender-Responsive Early Warning: Overview and How-to Guide (ar, es, fr)

5. Women’s Participation in Peacebuilding and Recovery

• What Women Want: Planning and Financing for Gender-Responsive Peacebuilding (ar, es, fr)
• Women working for recovery: The impact of Female Employment on Family and Community Welfare after Conflict (ar, es, fr)
• Gender and Post-Conflict Governance: Understanding the Challenges (ar, es, fr)
• GUIDANCE: Increasing Women’s Participation and Engagement in Planning for Peace: The 2011 Gender Symposium and International Engagement Conference (IEC) for South Sudan (ar, es, fr)

6. Gender and Transitional Justice

• Reparations, Development and Gender (ar, es, fr)
• GUIDANCE: A Window of Opportunity? Making Transitional Justice Work for Women (ar, es, fr)

7. Annexes

• UN Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) (ar, es, fr, ru, zh)
• UN Security Council resolution 1820 (2008) (ar, es, fr, ru, zh)
• UN Security Council resolution 1888 (2009) (ar, es, fr, ru, zh)
• UN Security Council resolution 1889 (2009) (ar, es, fr, ru, zh)
• UN Security Council resolution 1960 (2010) (ar, es, fr, ru, zh)
• UN Security Council resolution 2106 (2013) (ar, es, fr, ru, zh)
• UN Security Council resolution 2122 (2013) (ar, es, fr, ru, zh)