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Gender perspective essential in security sector reform (SSR) in Nepal |
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Many women and children in Nepal are victims of war and are struggling
for survival. Women continue to be excluded from peace processes, and
women and children are ignored in post conflict concentration,
according to Krishna Hari Pushkar, Peace and Conflict Management Expert
and Under Secretary of Government of Nepal.
Along with disarmament, demobilization and reintegration, the reform of the security sector, with the use and mobilization of various actors, is crucial to being able to address the gender-related issues involved in the post conflict situation of Nepal, writes Krishna Hari Pushkar.
UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security, which was passed on 31 October 2000, acknowledges the important role women play in the prevention and resolution of conflicts and in peace building. It also stresses the importance of the equal participation of women and their full involvement in all efforts to maintain and promote peace and security in both the national and international sphere.
In the case of Nepal, a country in the restructuring phase, it is essential that the proposed new constitution and laws on women, peace and security include the democratization of security related mechanisms and areas, and that they be in accordance with the UNSCR 1325.
“UNSCR 1325 and SSR have significant relevance to each other. So, the meaningful incorporation of 1325 into the national security and defense mechanism of Nepal may be expected to have a positive impact in favor of women in conflict or post conflict situations,” Krishna Hari Pushkar writes.
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