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Open Letter to Permanent Representatives to the UN: Recommendations on the Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security (WPS)
Today, Tuesday 25 October 2016, Russia is hosting the annual United Nations Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security, which will focus on how Member States, regional organisations and the UN are working towards the commitments and...
2016 Annual Civil Society Dialogue on Women, Peace and Security
In support of UN resolution 1325, the 2016 Dialogue follows the release of the Interim Review into the implementation of Australia’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security. This year’s Dialogue is an opportunity to reflect on progress to date,...
Dystopias and Utopias of Women, Peace and Security
Original article by Laura Shepherd on 23 July 2016 for MUNPlanet This article is published as part of Fridays With MUNPlanet and its series dedicated to world politics and the United Nations.Laura Shepherd (UNSW Australia, and LSE Centre for Women, Peace and...
World Humanitarian Summit: Briefing on Gender Equality in Conflict Settings
The UN Secretary-General’s Report, One Humanity Shared Responsibility, highlights that over 80 per cent of humanitarian assistance, requested by the United Nations, goes towards meeting life-saving needs in conflict settings since major civil wars have...
The Women, Peace and Security Agenda: Where are we now?
It has been 15 years since the United Nations adopted Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000), which recognised the importance of women’s equal and substantive participation as actors for peace and security. Since that time, there have been seven subsequent...
Interim review of the Australian National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security welcomed by the Australian Civil Society Coalition for Women, Peace and Security
On 8 April 2016, Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash, Minister for Women announced the release of the independent interim review of the Australian National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security 2012-2018 (‘the NAP’), conducted by the independent Humanitarian...