Women?s Peacebuilding Strategies Amidst Conflict: Lessons from Myanmar and Ukraine

Description: 

"Th e women, peace, and security agenda, fi rst articulated in United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 in 2000,seeks to elevate the role of women in confl ict management, conflictresolution, and sustainable peace . Th e agenda can be promoted invarious ways, including National Action Plans (NAPs) on women,peace, and security . Almost two decades later, however, women remain grossly underrepresented in peacemaking around the world? the latest United Nations (UN) estimates suggest that between 1992 and 2011, fewer than one in twenty signatories to peace agreements and fewer than one in ten negotiators at peace tableswere women . Th is stands in contrast to the evidence that women?s inclusion boosts the probability of an agreement lasting at least twoyears by 20 percent, and the probability of an agreement lasting at least 15 years by more than one-third..."

Creator/author: 

Roslyn Warren (Research Partnerships Manager, GIWPS) Anna Applebaum (Hillary Rodham Clinton Research Fellow, GIWPS) Holly Fuhrman (Hillary Rodham Clinton Law Fellow, GIWPS) Briana Mawby (Hillary Rodham Clinton Research Fellow, GIWPS)

Source/publisher: 

Georgetown Institute For Women, Peace and Security via "Progressive Voice"

Date of Publication: 

2018-01-18

Date of entry: 

2018-03-15

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  • Individual Documents

Language: 

English

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pdf

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2.77 MB