What is the She Builds Peace Campaign?
She Builds Peace is a collaborative campaign and a global call to action for you to stand with women peacebuilders. Our goal is to ensure that women peacebuilders are safe and protected, that governments fulfill their obligations to include them in peace and security decision making, and that women peacebuilders are appreciated and resourced to continue their critical work.
She Builds Peace is your invitation to stand with women peacebuilders so they can SOAR—and together, we can build a safer and more peaceful world for everyone.
10. “Wars kill and destroy lives of women, girls, men and boys. There are
particular gendered dimensions to violence that have a disproportionate and
different impact on women and men. Gender-based violence (GBV) , such as
sexual violence and domestic violence tend to increase during and after war.
At the same time, post-conflict peace- and state building can be an
opportunity to change discriminatory gender roles and advance women’s
rights and gender equality. This brief gives an overview of the women.”
12. What is the She Builds Peace Campaign?
She Builds Peace is a collaborative campaign and a global call to action
for you to stand with women peace builders. Our goal is to ensure that
women peace builders are safe and protected, that governments fulfill their
obligations to include them in peace and security decision making, and
that women peace builders are appreciated and resourced to continue their
critical work
17. Statistics on peace processes illustrate this very
clearly – 92.4 percent of participants in peace
negotiations and 97.5 percent of signatories to
peace agreements are men (Women’s Participation
in Peace Negotiations: Connections between
Presence and Influence, UNIFEM 2010)
18. Four pillars of the women, Peace and Security
agenda:
Participation Protection
Prevention Relief
20. • Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA, 1995)
• UNSCR 1325 (2000) and its subsequent
resolutions
• CEDAW General Recommendation 30
• UN Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) (2014)
21. Implementation and Monitoring Implementation of
UNSCR 1325 is tracked through the “UN Strategic
Framework on Women, Peace and Security 2011-
2020” 7 , which includes targets and a set of global
indicators adopted by the Security Council that
cover each of the four pillars.
24. • PeaceWomen
• Women Count: Security Council Resolution
1325 - Civil Society Monitoring Report
• NGOWG: Monthly Action Points (MAP) for
the Security Council
• Saferword (2014): Masculinities, conflict
and peacebuilding
• She Builds Peace
• PEACEATHON Library
Before and after conflict
Source: https://www.sida.se/contentassets/3a820dbd152f4fca98bacde8a8101e15/women-peace-and-security.pdf
Sida defines GBV as any harm or suffering that is perpetrated against a woman or girl, man or boy and that has a negative impact on the physical, sexual or psychological health, development or identity of the person. The cause of the violence is founded in gender-based power inequalities and gender-based discrimination.
Women have right to participate on equal terms as men in peace processes. However, statistics show that women are often excluded from formal peace negotiations, which in a longer perspective may have devastating consequences for how to reach a sustainable peace and human security.2 UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 is a landmark resolution recognising the importance of a gender perspective on peace and security. Grounded in the legal framework of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law, UNSCR 1325 and related resolutions serve as important advocacy tools for advancing the 1 Sida defines GBV as any harm or suffering that is perpetrated against a woman or girl, man or boy and that has a negative impact on the physical, sexual or psychological health, development or identity of the person. The cause of the violence is founded in gender-based power inequalities and gender-based discrimination. 2 Statistics on peace processes illustrate this very clearly – 92.4 percent of participants in peace negotiations and 97.5 percent of signatories to peace agreements are men (Women’s Participation in Peace Negotiations: Connections between Presence and Influence, UNIFEM 2010). Women, Peace and Security agenda. Since the passage of UNSCR 1325 in 2000, a large constituency of civil society organisations and activists has grown across the world advocating for its full implementation. Forty-six UN Member States have developed National Action Plans for implementing 1325, and each year in October the UN Secretary General submits a report to the UN Security Council on progress made on the implementation.3
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Although important in their own right, these different resolutions and treaties have many synergies that should be used to enhance their implementation and impact.