The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security launched a new report at the United Nations headquarters on October 30 titled “Beyond Engaging Men: Masculinities, (Non)Violence, and Peacebuilding.”
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognizes peace as a precondition for sustainable development but falls short in recognizing the intersection of gender and peace. As such, the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders prepared this policy brief to examine the linkages between Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and the 2030 Agenda and provide practical recommendations for their synergistic implementation.
The October 4 panel (in-person and virtual) will be an opportunity to examine the use of the Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action (WPS-HA) Compact as a global movement and the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund as a mechanism for accelerating the effective implementation of the WPS agenda and gender-responsive humanitarian action.
On 12 July from 8:30-10 AM NY time, join the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders and partners for a virtual panel discussion and dialogue to explore the synergies between the WPS (Women, Peace & Security) and 2030 Agendas.
One of the most insidious characteristics of patriarchy is rendering women invisible in the public realm. It is a given that few, if any, will be present in political deliberations, and it’s assumed that their perspectives are not relevant. Nowhere is this more obvious or dangerous than in the functioning of the interstate system that the world community expects to address threats to global survival, the most comprehensive and imminent of which is the impending climate catastrophe. Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury clearly illustrates the gender inequality problematic of state power (and corporate power) in the three well-documented articles on COP27 re-posted here (this being post 1 of 3). He has done a great service to our understanding of the significance of gender equality to the survival of the planet.
One of the most insidious characteristics of patriarchy is rendering women invisible in the public realm. It is a given that few, if any, will be present in political deliberations, and it’s assumed that their perspectives are not relevant. Nowhere is this more obvious or dangerous than in the functioning of the interstate system that the world community expects to address threats to global survival, the most comprehensive and imminent of which is the impending climate catastrophe. Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury clearly illustrates the gender inequality problematic of state power (and corporate power) in the three well-documented articles on COP27 re-posted here (this being post 2 of 3). He has done a great service to our understanding of the significance of gender equality to the survival of the planet.
One of the most insidious characteristics of patriarchy is rendering women invisible in the public realm. It is a given that few, if any, will be present in political deliberations, and it’s assumed that their perspectives are not relevant. Nowhere is this more obvious or dangerous than in the functioning of the interstate system that the world community expects to address threats to global survival, the most comprehensive and imminent of which is the impending climate catastrophe. Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury clearly illustrates the gender inequality problematic of state power (and corporate power) in the three well-documented articles on COP27 re-posted here (this being post 3 of 3). He has done a great service to our understanding of the significance of gender equality to the survival of the planet.
Should the US unfreeze Afghan funds and initiate engagement with the Taliban? A suggested inquiry for peace education.
UN member states have failed to fulfill their UNSCR 1325 obligations, with the virtual shelving of much-heralded plans of action. However, it is clear that the failure lies not in the Women, Peace and Security Agenda, nor in the Security Council resolution which gave rise to it, but rather among the member states that have stonewalled rather than implemented National Action Plans. “Where are the women?” a speaker at the Security Council recently asked. As Betty Reardon observes, the women are on the ground, working in direct actions to fulfill the agenda.
The Global Network of Women Peacebuilders is pleased to announce its sixth annual Cora Weiss Fellowship for Young Women Peacebuilders. Application deadline: July 15.
March 8 is International Women’s Day, a meaningful occasion to reflect on the possibilities of accelerating gender equity from the local to the global. The Global Campaign for Peace Education encourages inquiry and action toward examining the impact that wars have on women and girls, as well as envisioning the structures that must be changed to achieve human equality and security.
International Women’s Day is celebrated in many countries around the world annually on March 8. It is a day when women are recognized for their achievements without regard to divisions, whether national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political.