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Dear
Colleagues,
In preparation for the GA Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) 8th and final meeting next week on the theme of conflict
prevention/ peace, WILPF, CWGL, GNWP, and the Global Justice Center have
drafted an open advocacy letter asking Co-Chairs and UN Missions involved to
push to to strengthen the link between the development agenda and the conflict
prevention and peace-building agenda from a gender perspective.
Given
the gap in this area, we would appreciate your support and organizational sign
on.
If you would like to sign on on, please contact me, Abigail Ruane at Peacewomen
- abigail@peacewomen.org, by
Wednesday 5th February.
__________________________________________________
TO:
Co-Chairs of the Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals and
all UN Missions in the GA OWG on SDG regional groups
DATE:
31 January 2014
RE:
GA Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
consideration of the theme of conflict prevention, post-conflict peacebuilding
and the promotion of durable peace, rule of law and governance
Excellences:
As the Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) concludes its eighth and final thematic session this week and prepares to draft a proposal on the SDGs, it is critical to strengthen the link between development agenda and the conflict prevention and peacebuilding agenda from a gender perspective.
In SDG negotiations addressing
the theme of conflict prevention, post-conflict peacebuilding, and the
promotion of durable peace:
1. We remind you of the
existing commitments, indicators, and targets already in place and urge you to
use and build on them
Build on international human
rights and international humanitarian law, CEDAW General Recommendation 30 on
women in conflict prevention, conflict and post-conflict situations; Beijing
Platform Area E on Women in Armed Conflict; the UN’s 7 Point Action Plan for
Gender Responsive Peacebuilding, and the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda
including SCR 1325, 1820, 1888, 1889, 1960, 2106, and 2122, as well as the
(2010) WPS Global Indicators, selections of which are
here attached for your ease of reference.
Prioritize investments strengthening human rights
commitments including Critical Area E of the Beijing Platform for Action which
links gender equality and the call for the control of excessive arms
expenditure, and Article 26 of the UN Charter which calls for armaments to
divert the least of the world’s human and economic resources. Reducing military
spending and redirecting funding to development and gender equality is an
investment in conflict prevention and peace.
2. We urge you to ensure
gender sensitive discussion on all goals, targets and indicators
Ensure a comprehensive human rights framework to the SDGs which addresses obligations to empower women socially and economically and respect, protect, and fulfil women’s human rights progressively, using maximum available resources including in conflict prevention, conflict, and post conflict situations. Apply this framework to all women, including those most at risk such as refugees and forcibly displaced.
3. We call on you to
strengthen accountability of both state and non-state actors to end impunity
and uphold women’s human rights
Scale up success by strengthening accountability of state and non-state actors for gender equality and women’s human rights, including through gender budgeting, ensuring women’s full and equal participation in all decision-making, governance and peace negotiations, and strengthening of women led civil society.
As you develop a proposal on SDGs, we ask that you build on existing agreements rather than reinvent the wheel, and take action to ensure that goals move from words to implementation and impact.
SIGNED
Center for Women’s Global Leadership
Global
Global Network of Women Peacebuilders
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
Illustrative
Targets
(
Illustrative
Indicators
(WPS Global
Indicators, listed in the 2010 Secretary General Report)
Number |
Indicator |
Prevention |
|
1a |
Prevalence
of Sexual Violence |
1b |
Patterns
of sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict situations |
2 |
Extent
to which United Nations Peacekeeping and Special Political Missions include
information on violations of women and girls’ human rights in their periodic
reporting to the Security Council |
3a |
Extent
to which violations of women’s and girls’ human rights are reported, referred
and investigated by human rights bodies |
3b |
Number
and percentage share of women in governance bodies of National Human Right
Bodies (NHRB) |
4 |
Percentage
of reported cases of sexual exploitation and abuse allegedly perpetrated by
uniformed, civilian peacekeepers and/or humanitarian workers that are acted
upon out of the total number of referred cases |
5a |
Extent
to which measures to protect women’s and girls’ human rights are included in
Peacekeeper Heads of Military Components and Heads of Police Components
Directives |
5b |
Extent
to which measures to protect women’s and girls’ human rights are included in
national security policy frameworks. Existing and new gender-specific
language to report on: |
6 |
Number
and type of actions taken by the Security Council related to resolution 1325
(2000) Report on: |
7 |
Number
and percentage share of women in the Executive leadership of relevant
regional and sub-regional organizations involved in preventing conflict
Regional and sub-regional organizations will include those identified in
A/RES/55/285. |
Participation |
|
8 |
Percentage
of peace agreements with specific provisions to improve the |
9 |
Women’s
share of senior UN positions in field missions |
10 |
Percentage
of field missions with senior level gender experts |
11a |
Representation
of women among mediators, negotiators and technical experts in formal peace
negotiations |
11b |
Women’s
participation in an official observer status at the beginning and the end of
formal peace negotiations |
12a |
Women’s
political participation in parliaments and ministerial positions. Report on
women’s share of: |
12b |
Women’s
political participation as voters and candidates. Report on women’s share of: |
13 |
Extent
to which Security Council missions address specific issues affecting women
and girls in the Terms of Reference and Mission Reports |
Protection |
|
14 |
Index
of women’s and girls’ physical security. Survey-based indicator to measure
three dimensions: |
15 |
Extent
to which national laws to protect women’s and girls’ human rights are in line
with international standards |
16 |
Level
of women’s participation in the justice and security sector |
17 |
Existence
of national mechanisms for control of illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons
(SA/LW). This indicator reports on: |
18 |
Percentage
of (monetary equivalent, estimate) benefits from temporary employment in the
context of early economic recovery programmes received by women and girls |
19 |
Percentage
of referred cases of sexual and gender-based violence against women and girls
that are reported, investigated and sentenced |
20 |
Hours
of training per capita of decision-making personnel in security and justice
sector institutions to address SGBV cases |
Relief and Recovery |
|
21a |
Maternal
mortality rate |
21b |
Net
Primary and secondary education enrolment rates, by sex |
22a |
Proportion
of budget related to indicators that address gender equality issues in
strategic planning frameworks |
22b |
Proportion
of budget related to targets that address gender equality issues in strategic
planning framework |
23a |
Proportion
of total disbursed funding to Civil Society organizations that is allocated
to address gender equality issues |
23b |
Proportion
of total disbursed funding to support gender equality issues that is |
24a |
Proportion
of disbursed Multi Donor Trust Funds (MDTFs) used to address gender equality
issues |
24b |
Proportion
of total spending of UN system used to support gender equality issues |
25 |
Extent
to which Truth and Reconciliation Commissions include provisions to address
the rights and participation of women and girls |
26a |
Percentage
of (monetary equivalent, estimate) benefits from DDR programmes received by
women and girls |
26b |
Percentage
of (monetary equivalent, estimate) benefits from DDR programmes received by
women and girls |