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Resolution 1325 was the first formal and legal document from the Security Council that required parties in a conflict to prevent violations of women's rights, to support women's participation in peace negotiations and in post-conflict reconstruction, and to protect women and girls from wartime sexual violence.
The U.S. National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security was adopted when President Barack Obama signed an executive order (Executive Order 13595) on December 19, 2011, 11 years after the United Nations Security Council adopted United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace, and security. It specified initiatives and ...
Through the unanimous adoption of resolution 1889 (2009), the Council reaffirmed its landmark 2000 resolution 1325 on “women and peace and security”, and condemned continuing sexual violence against women in conflict and post-conflict situations.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, adopted on 31 October 2000, states the role women can play in conflict prevention and resolution, peace processes and post-conflict reconstruction. [7] This resolution was the first time that the UN Security Council addressed the impact of armed conflict on women. [8]
UNSCR 1325 was a landmark resolution in that it recognised the disproportionate impact of armed conflict on civilian women and children, whether they are targeted (e.g. rape as an instrument of war) or indirectly affected (e.g. forced migration). It also recognised contributions women make to conflict prevention, resolution and post-conflict ...
This occurred simultaneously with the passing of the landmark United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 in 2000. [5] UNSCR 1325 was the first of its kind to directly address women's experiences with conflict, as it acknowledged the intrinsically gendered components of war and violence, and it supported the influx of feminist ...
The ruling Communist Party adopted a landmark resolution Thursday that both rewrote its own history according to Xi, and elevated the president to a level only rivaled by iconic past leaders Mao ...
By encouraging women to network and establish connections in civil society movements in the Land, Musalaha implements landmark Security Council Resolution 1325, which states that women have an indispensable role in negotiating, designing and executing durable peace accords.