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This project will specifically guide policymakers on how to operationalise the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on the ground by generating and sharing evidence-based policy recommendations and lessons for more effective support of women’s peacebuilding priorities by the European Union and EU Member States. Using the resolution as a framework and entry-point, this project will deepen policymakers’ understanding of the practical challenges women face, particularly the most disadvantaged, in both articulating and addressing their specific concerns. Lessons learned generated throughout the project will further ‘unpack’ key peacebuilding themes from a gender perspective, incorporating and addressing both men and women’s needs, priorities and roles in conflict-affected contexts. The project will fill gaps in implementing SCR 1325 by identifying and sharing lessons from country-based research on gender issues, including provision of security, economic opportunities, and access to justice. It will assist EU policymakers and civil society organisations to build on existing local initiatives and take a more joined-up, targeted and coherent approach to the gender dimensions of peacebuilding, engaging a range of stakeholders including women, men, youth and traditional leaders. The focal countries for the cluster include Liberia, Sierra Leone, Burundi and the recognised and unrecognised entities of the South Caucasus. |
The IfP partners collaborating in this work are European Peacebuilding Liason Office (EPLO), International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) and International Alert.
Cluster coordinator Minna Lyytikainen
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LATEST GENDER PUBLICATIONS
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Implementing Resolution 1325 in Liberia
Reflections of Women’s Associations
Author(s): Ruth Gibson Caesar, Cerue Konah Garlo, Chitra Nagarajan and Steven Schoofs
2010-12-20
Long before UN Security Council Resolution 1325 came into existence, women in Liberia played an important and visible role in bringing an end to the country’s civil war. Women’s organisations and networks in Liberia therefore embody a significant amount of practical peacebuilding knowledge and experience. This report is based on a small study on women’s organisations in Liberia, which sought to document the impact of Resolution 1325 on the strategies and activities of women’s organisations in Liberia. As such, this report provides a tentative assessment of how and to what extent women’s organisations are utilising Resolution 1325 in their work and how the resolution is shaping their strategies and activities. |
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Peacebuilding with a gender
perspective:
How the EU Can Make a Difference
Author(s): Charlotte Onslow and Steven Schoofs with Sarah Maguire
2010-12-10
Drawing from the different research papers produced by the Gender Cluster of the Initiative for Peacebuilding (IfP), this paper sets out where and how the application of a gender-sensitive approach to peacebuilding can improve the delivery of longer-term peacebuilding goals. Gender -sensitive and inclusive approaches to peacebuilding continues to be seen as “nice to have” rather than “mission critical”. Although, there has been an undeniable shift in the EU’s policy, and commitments to women’s participation and their protection in all stages of conflict and peacebuilding, the challenge is to develop and implement a forward-looking agenda for action after a decade of UNSCR 1325. |
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Building Inclusive Governance
Women’s Political Participation in Conflict-affected Georgia
Author(s): Juliet Schofield, Steven Schoofs and Hema Kotecha
2010-11-30
Georgia’s complex challenges include ethno-nationalist protracted conflicts and weak democratic governance. While women have been primary actors in providing family income and actively rebuilding the social fabric, as well as a driving force in civil society, they remain markedly disenfranchised in political leadership and decision-making. This briefing note aims to provide a deeper understanding of the practical challenges that women face in both articulating and addressing their specific concerns in areas pertinent to UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 (2000) and offers recommendations to enhance women’s political participation in Georgia. |
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