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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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Building an Inclusive Security Sector
How the EU can support gender-sensitive security sector reform in conflict-affected contexts
Author(s): Karen Barnes
2009-08-24
Men and women experience insecurity differently and do not have the same access to security provision. It is therefore important that any efforts to reform security sector institutions are informed by a context-specific gender analysis so that men and women of all backgrounds benefit equally from these processes. This paper will draw on lessons from a range of conflict-affected contexts to recommend practical strategies for the EU and other donors to support the integration of gender into their justice and security sector reform programmes. Three specific aspects or strategies for inclusive security have been selected as being particularly salient: integrating a gender perspective into the design and delivery of SSR processes; using SSR as a mechanism to prevent and respond to gender-based violence; and integrating gender into civil society oversight mechanisms for the security sector. |
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Turning policy into impact on the ground
Developing indicators and monitoring mechanisms on women, peace and security issues for the European Union
Author(s): Karen Barnes
2009-05-08
Despite several EU-specific policy commitments on integrating a gender perspective into peacebuilding, continued gaps in implementation remain. In addition to the lack of resources and political will, little attention has been focused on developing gender-sensitive indicators and monitoring and accountability mechanisms to support the effective implementation of these commitments. Without these indicators and mechanisms in place it will be difficult to measure progress and assess impact in turning these policies into practical strategies for integrating women, peace and security issues into peacebuilding. This paper therefore aims to provide guidance to the EU on how it could strengthen the impact of its peacebuilding initiatives through explicit and effective gender-sensitive monitoring mechanisms. |
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Building Inclusive Post-Conflict Governance
How the EU Can Support Women’s Political Participation
Author(s): Minna Lyytikäinen
2009-01-26
This paper on building Inclusive Post-Conflict Governance: How the EU Can Support Women’s Political Participation in Conflict-Affected Contexts, identifies four fields where the EU can promote women’s political participation. First, it is crucial that the EU uses all its diplomatic power to promote the inclusion of women in peace negotiations to guarantee a more inclusive and representative settlement. Second, women’s access to political spaces should be increased through more gender-sensitive electoral laws and processes, implementation of specific quotas and capacity building programmes for female candidates, as well as awareness-raising among political parties and the general public. Third, the EU can play an important role in supporting women’s participation in civil society. Fourth, women’s participation in peace processes, political institutions and CSOs can only be meaningful if it leads to more representative and inclusive policy, practice and outcomes. |
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