United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (Resolution 1325) is one of the most important international mandates with regard to the full and equal participation of women in all peace and security initiatives, aas well as mainstreaming of gender issues in the context of armed conflict, peace-building and reconstruction processes. Since Resolution 1325 was passed in 2000, there has been only limited progress in its implementation, with varying and unclear results. The UN-INSTRAW Gender, Peace and Security Programme endorses the key recommendations of Resolution 1325 and works to promote its implementation within the UN system, by national governments and by non-state entities.
This work includes technical support for the development of National Action Plans (NAPs) on the implementation of the resolution, as well as research into different aspects of the resolution, such as mainstreaming of gender perspectives into peacekeeping operations. The Institute's main publication on Resolution 1325 is its Guide to the preparation of national action plans, Securing Equality, Engendering Peace: A guide to policy on planning on women, peace and security, which has been used to support the development of NAPs in such countries as Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Liberia, the Netherlands, Somalia and Spain (see below for a complete list of existing NAPs).
The purpose of this guide is to help facilitate the development of realistic action plans on women, peace and security through the provision of good practices, specific recommendations and a six-step model process.
Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
Virtual Dialogue:
“Planning for Action: Good Practices on Implementing Resolution 1325 at the National Level”
3 to 21 November 2008
In light of the 8th anniversary of the adoption of Resolution 1325 (2000), UN-INSTRAW brought together key policy-makers, governmental representatives and civil society actors from all over the world for a three -week virtual dialogue. The aim of the dialogue was to highlight existing efforts for the implementation of 1325 and strengthen the replication of good practices between member states that plan to, are in the process of, or have already published a national action plan on women, peace and security.
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Opening Statement for the UN-INSTRAW Virtual Dialogue by the Special Advisor to the Secretary General on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women Rachel Mayanja
Background Paper on the National-Level Implementation of Resolution 1325
Lessons Learned: Action Planning for Women, Peace and Security
Interview with Aurora Mejia, (in Spanish) Spanish Ambassador on Special Mission for the Promotion of Gender Equality Policies about Spain's National Action Planning
