Headline : Advancing the Women, Peace, Security Agenda at UN

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If the international community fully implements the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda, said Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield, “we can chart the course towards a more secure and peaceful future, for women and girls, and for all of us.”

Twenty-four years ago, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1325, a landmark resolution aimed at increasing the full and equal participation of women in peacemaking, conflict prevention and peacebuilding efforts. However, despite many global and regional commitments and initiatives, the number of women included in formal peacemaking processes remains low, said U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield.

“Before its adoption, women comprised somewhere between one and two percent of all peacekeepers. That number has increased almost tenfold. But really it ought to be a hundredfold. Between 1990 and 2000, only 12 percent of peace agreements referenced women; now, that number is 33 percent. But it should be 100 percent.”

A report by the UN Secretary-General made clear that progress has been rolled back and inequalities remain entrenched, including in the UN system.

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