Securing the peace: guiding the international community towards women’s effective participation throughout peace processes

This report argues that it is essential to ensure the active involvement of women and the articulation of gender equality from the earliest stages of peace talks through to implementation and monitoring of agreements.

The authors outline ways in which women's voices can be amplified and an environment constructed to enable such a dialogue. The document considers how such an involvement can be made sustainable and provides concrete recommendations to:

• support women’s effective participation at all stages of a peace process
• promote gender-sensitive peace negotiations and agreements
• encourage the mainstreaming of a gender perspective throughout the implementation of peace accords.

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PUBLISHER About: United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)

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