Forum:CSW

Topic: Promoting women’s leadership in conflict resolution and peace building

Main submitter:Russia

Co submitter: Ethiopia, Panama, Sierra Leone, Libya, Canada, Somalia, Rwanda, India

Signatures: Liberia, Greece, USA, Saudi Arabia, DRC, Latvia, France, Columbia, Bahrain

.Recalllling United Nations Security Council resolution 1325 and subsequent resolution on
women

,peace and security,wich affirm the essential role of women in conflict prevention peace

negotiations, peace building and post conflict recovery and emphasis the need for their full

participation in all peace ans security efforts

.Recognizing that the lack of institutional support and funding for women peace builders

particularly those from conflict affected communities undermineds efforts to address root
causes

and prevent sexual and based violence

.Deeply concerned that despite these international commitments women remain significantly

underrepresented in formal peace processes particularly as negotiators and signatories with

participation often limited to advisory or observer roles that restrict their influence on decision

making and peace outcomes

.Alarmed that many peace processes rely on symbolic or numerical inclusion of women such as

limited quotas or observer roles without granting real authority and leadership

1)Calls upon member states and regional organizations involved in conflict resolution and peace

process to ensure the full equal and meaningful participation of women ensuring the full

implementation of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, particularly UNSCR 1325 and

subsequent resolutions, through the inclusion of women as negotiators, mediators and

in peace processes and establishing clear representation targets

appointed as negotiators and decision makers rather than just being limited to observer roles
and

supporting the regular use of trained gender advisers in peace talks to make sure women’s

concerns are included especially issues like sexual and gender based violence so that peace

agreements are fairer and last longer

2)Encourages member states and regional organizations to strengthen the capacity of women in

conflict prevention and peace building by providing comprehensive training in negotiation,

mediation, leadership and conflict resolution skills and establishing mentorship programs that

connect experienced women leaders with emerging leaders moreover offering media and digital

literacy training to enable to effectively advocate for peace and couter misinformation in online

spaces

3)Calls upon all members states to support and implement women, peace and security (WPS)

national action plans (NAPs)and complementary regional initiatives by:

a) developing structured and government led strategies that promote women’s meaningful

participation in all peace processes including conflict prevention and peacekeeping and post

conflict recovery

i) setting clear and time bound targets for women’s leadership in decision making roles ensuring

at least one third participation in negotiation and mediation teams

ii) ensuring accountability mechanisms are in place to track implementation, monitor progress
and

puplicly report on outcomes

b)supporting regional organizations such as ASEAN , the african union and NATO to develop

complementary frameworks that guide member states in applying the WPS agenda consistently

and effectively by:

i)promoting cross border networks of women mediators and peacebuilders to share expertise
strengthen advocacy and prevent conflict escalation

iI) leveraging regional cooperation to provide rapid response support for women leaders in high

risk conflict areas ensuring their safty and continued influence.

4) Calls for democratization of peace processes through making available all leadership posts to

all individuals, breaking away from the view of the incorporation of women as merely
emblematic,

a “preventing the marginalization of women's roles” through:

a) Setting up transparent selection procedures to choose leaders and negotiators;

b) Incorporating women peacebuilders into the whole peace process,

i) planning,

ii)Negotiations

iii) implementation;

c) Promoting accountability mechanisms to prevent tokenism and ensure meaningful

participation.

5) Requests more structural support and life-saving assistance for women peace builders in less

developed countries in their bid to attain leadership roles,by:

a) providing access to security protection, mental health services,and emergency humanitarian

aid.

b)ensuring long-term capacity building such as:

i) training in leadership skills

ii) legal support

c) mitigating systemic issues through

i) fostering equal access to resources

ii)networking

iii) other decision-making vehicles

6) Advocates for the "Localization" of Peace Leadership Moves the attention from international
elites to grassroots women who are typically at the forefront in a conflict zone by:

a) Building bridge between informal community-levels of women's peace groups and "Track 1"

official negotiation tables;

b) Promoting the traditional and indigenous approaches to mediation that women elders use,

recognizing these approaches to be valid and effective

7) Calls upon developed countries and organizations, including the Women’s Peace and

Humanitarian Fund (WPHF), to commit increased resources to aid the civilian populations,

by:

a) providing grants directly to grass-root and community-level organizations/programs;

b) supporting early warning systems and community mediation mechanisms to prevent conflicts

in the future

8) Appeals for Protection of Women Leaders Both in Digital and Physical Spaces

a) Implement national protection mechanisms specifically protecting

i) women peacebuilders

ii) human rights defenders

iii)politicians from gender-based threats;

b) Convince tech companies to create rapid-response reporting mechanisms for women leaders

who are being targeted in coordinated online smear campaigns and digital surveillance.

c) That safety of women negotiators must be a non-compromising line-item in the security

of any UN-led or regional peace mission