Women’s Participation in Peace Negotiations: Connections Between Presence and Influence
Publication Date: October 31, 2012
Total Pages: 32
Organization: UN Women
Languages: English
Country/Region: Global
Topic Area: Gender equality and women’s empowerment, Peace and security
Year: 2012
Resource Type: Research
Abstract
MORE THAN A DECADE AFTER UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1325 (2000) WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED, THE STRIKING ABSENCE OF WOMEN FROM FORMAL PEACE NEGOTIATIONS REVEALS A TROUBLING GAP BETWEEN THE ASPIRATIONS OF COUNTLESS GLOBAL AND REGIONAL COMMITMENTS AND THE REALITY OF PEACE PROCESSES. It has been 33 years since the adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), 30 years since the UN General Assembly’s Declaration on the Participation of Women in Promoting International Peace and Cooperation, 17 years since the UN convened the Fourth World Conference on Women and participating governments issued the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, and 12 years since resolution 1325 (2000) made women’s participation in all aspects of peacekeeping, peacemaking and peacebuilding part of the remit of the Security Council. This imperative has been reiterated in subsequent resolutions, including 1820 (2008), 1888 (2009), 1889 (2009), and 1960 (2010), and in several reports of the Secretary-General on mediation and on women, peace and security.
