Gender

UNited National Security Council Resolution 1325

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UNSCResolution1325.pdf

European Parliament Resolution
Gender Aspects of Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
A Summary

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EuParliamentResolutionGenderAspects.pdf

Young Women in Political Parties:
The Opportunities and Challenges of Women’s Political
Engagement

Worshop description.

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YoungWomenPoliticalPartiesWorkshopDescription.pdf

Young Women in Political Parties:
Promoting Women’s Political Engagement in Lebanon
Beirut, June 5 2010

Biographical Sketches

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YoungWomenBiographicalSketches.pdf

In recent decades, issues relating to women’s rights have gained a prominent place in the global
policy-making arena. Women’s rights in the context of peace and security issues, however, are
a relatively new phenomenon. The discussion below provides a brief overview of major policy
instruments, resolutions and commitments made by member states of the United Nations (UN)
and regional inter-governmental organisations on issues specifically relating to women and
decision-making in peace and security issues. It also highlights key steps taken by these

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WomensRightsPeaceSecurity.pdf

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1820

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UNSCR1820.pdf

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, October 2000

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UNSCR1325.pdf

During a recent community meeting in the north-western Liberian town of Vahun, in Lofa County, International Alert has been able to ascertain the positive impact its project on human security and gender-based violence has had on the communities in this part of Liberia.

International Alert recently attended the 54th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women which undertook a 15-year review and appraisal of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA).

In partnership with the Eastern Africa Sub-Regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women (EASSI), Alert organised a panel discussion to present the preliminary results of a joint research project on the nature and impact of women’s political participation currently being carried out in the Great Lakes Region of Africa.

International Alert recently published a report examining women’s representation in parliament in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Drawing on local views, Women, elections and violence in West Africa provides an assessment of the current state of women’s political participation in the two countries ahead of their forthcoming elections in 2011 and 2012.

Only one in forty signatories to peace agreements over the last twenty-five years were women, reveals a new report by Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS), a UK research and advocacy group of which International Alert is a member.

The Global Monitoring Checklist on Women, Peace and Security, a vital report on the political, legal, and socioeconomic progress of women in five conflict-affected regions, was recently launched in Parliament to an audience of parliamentarians, civil servants, journalists and members of civil society.

Initiative for Peacebuilding (IfP), a consortium supported by the European Union and led by International Alert, recently launched six synthesis papers which summarise lessons learnt, conclusions and recommendations drawn from evidence-based research conducted in the last year and a half by Alert and its partners.

International Alert recently brought together in Gbarnga, Liberia, members of the traditional and formal justice communities to share experiences and expertise in order to improve access to justice for female victims of sexual violence, including both women and girls.