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Mapping Women, Peace and Security in the UN Security Council
Report of the
NGOWG Monthly Action Points for 2011-2012
The
UN Security Council has regularly requested that country reports and mandate
renewals evaluate the level of protection and promotion of women’s human
rights, as per resolutions 1325, 1820 (OP 9), 1888 (OP 11), 1889 (OP 5) and
1960 (OP 6, 13). The NGOWG “Mapping Women, Peace and Security in the UN
Security Council” Report, covering the period 1st August 2011 – 31st July
2012, provides a qualitative assessment of these obligations.
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NY, 26 October 2012 - Ahead of the 2012 UN Security
Council Open Debate on UNSCR1325 the New York based NGO Working Group on Women,
Peace and Security has released their new report, "Mapping Women, Peace
and Security in the UN Security Council: 2011-2012."
Since adopting resolution 1325 (2000), the UN Security Council has recognized
the centrality of women, peace and security to its work on international peace
and security, and has regularly requested that country reports and mandate
renewals evaluate the level of protection and promotion of women's human
rights. The new report provides a qualitative assessment of these obligations
and commitments.
In relation to four thematic and general issues, and 30 country situations, the
new report also analyzes reports, meetings, presidential statements, and
resolutions, evaluating the degree to which women, peace and security
obligations are being met.
According to the NGO Working Group on WPS the findings are clear: while there
has been development in policy and normative frameworks on women, peace and
security, deployment of this knowledge and subsequent necessary action has been
inconsistent at best. Indeed, in key country situations there has been no
action at all.
To redress this situation, it is of fundamental importance that the Council
address the full scope of these issues in the full range of its daily work, in
all reviews of reports, in all meetings, and in all resolutions and
presidential statements.
The report provides invaluable insight for policy makers and advocates alike,
detailing analysis, identifying trends, and providing recommendations on how
implementation deficits can be redressed.
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ABOUT NGO WORKING GROUP ON WOMEN, PEACE & SECURITY
Across the world, continued violence
threatens the future of millions of women and their communities. The
international community has recognized the valuable contribution women make to
conflict prevention and sustainable peacebuilding. However, women and gender
considerations are still largely absent from the structures that make the
decisions to sustain peace or engage in conflict.
The NGOWG on Women, Peace and Security
advocates for the equal and full participation of women in all efforts to
create and maintain international peace and security. Formed in 2000 to call
for a Security Council resolution on Women, Peace and Security, the NGOWG now
focuses on implementation of SCR 1325 and all other Security Council
resolutions that address this issue. The NGOWG serves as a bridge between
women’s human rights defenders working in conflict-affected situations and
policy-makers at U.N. Headquarters.
The NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and
Security, via its strategic positioning in New York at United Nations
headquarters, plays an important global role in monitoring policy and practice
on women, peace and security. Together with its growing network of gender and
security experts, the coalition has built a constituency of women, peace and
security advocates among UN Member States, high-level UN decision makers, and
civil society working on peacebuilding initiatives at the national and local
levels.
Mission
The NGO Working Group’s mission is to
collaborate with the United Nations, its Member States and civil society
towards full implementation of SCR 1325 and all other Security Council
resolutions that address women, peace and security, including ensuring the
equal and full participation of women in issues relating to peace and security.
Using SCR 1325 as our guiding instrument, the NGO Working Group promotes a
gender perspective and respect for human rights in all peace and security,
conflict prevention and management and peacebuilding initiatives of the United
Nations.
Vision
Sustainable peace depends on the full
participation of women in all decision-making to prevent violent conflict and
to protect all civilians. The NGO Working Group believes that a broad and
positive impact on the lives of all people experiencing conflict will result
from full implementation of SCR 1325 and promotion of the Beijing Platform for
Action, CEDAW and other supporting instruments. We further believe that
implementation of SCR 1325 is a necessary tool for the prevention of armed
conflict and to facilitate inclusion of gender in the ongoing peace and
security discourse taking place within the UN and internationally.