Despite almost twenty years of women, peace, and security (WPS) policy development and commitments, women’s meaningful participation at “all decision-making levels” in peace and security lags due to structural barriers, lack of access to political arenas, and even threats to women who attempt to participate in these processes.Two years in advance of the 20th anniversary […]
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In 2014, when Margot Wallström took office as Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, her country became the first in the world to launch what it called a feminist foreign policy, applying a systematic gender equality perspective throughout the whole foreign policy agenda.Speaking at a September 27th IPI Global Leaders Series event on Women and International Peace, […]
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Only two percent of the mediators in formal peace processes from 1990 to 2017 were women, and this significant and persistent underrepresentation was the subject of a wide-ranging September 26th discussion at IPI.Setting out the problem in introductory remarks, IPI President Terje Rød- Larsen said, “Research increasingly shows that peace processes that substantively include women […]
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An evening discussion among peacebuilders was held at IPI, May 16, 2018, on women’s meaningful participation in negotiating peace and the implementation of peace agreements.The meeting, convened by UN Women and IPI, brought together internationally recognized peacebuilders, officials from the United Nations, diplomats, and representatives of civil society. The event was held as part of […]
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A panel of UN officials, diplomats, and experts from civil society took up the topical subject of how to combat sexual harassment at the United Nations at a March 28th IPI policy forum, emphasizing that any approach must acknowledge and address systemic gender inequality, and must be victim-centered. Many of the speakers noted the timeliness […]
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Constitution-making is a frequent feature of peace processes, and a March 26th IPI policy forum cosponsored by Inclusive Security and the Permanent Mission of Estonia to the United Nations explored how various countries have taken up the task. The panel centered on countries emerging from conflict and how an inclusive constitution-making approach was essential to […]
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Global indices are a way to assess and compare national progress on key issues by distilling an array of complex information into a single number and ranking. Until recently, there was no index that explicitly brought together the three dimensions of women’s inclusion, access to justice, and security.To fill that void, a new women, peace, […]
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Development programs tend to include women affected by conflict and violence as passive beneficiaries, rather than as active agents in strengthening gender equality, peacebuilding, and sustainable development. And where development partners do support women’s agency in strengthening recovery and reconciliation in rural areas, they often fail to link these activities to wider processes of women’s […]
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Celebrating a new platform to elevate the representation of African women leaders in the pursuit of peace, security, and development, the African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) launched its New York Group of Friends at IPI on February 27th.Fatima K. Mohammed, Permanent Observer of the African Union to the UN, gave some context to the significance […]
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Civil society played a pivotal role in the Arab uprisings. By reconfiguring the social contract in a region distinguished by gender inequality, these revolts brought the status of women to the fore, and equal citizenship became a central goal. Social actors were therefore particularly active in contesting the constitution-making processes that were launched.Based on field […]
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