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1 National Action Plans and Indicators for UN SCR 1325

2 Why Create National Action Plans on Women, Peace, and Security? Comprehensiveness Coordination Awareness Raising Ownership Accountability Monitoring and evaluation Source: UN INSTRAW, Securing Equality, Engendering Peace: A guide to policy and planning on women, peace and security (UN SCR 1325), 2006, ii.

3 Countries with a National Action Plan on UNSCR 1325 1. Denmark (2005)10. Finland (2008) 2. Norway (2006)11. Uganda (2008) 3. Sweden (2006)12. Côte d’Ivoire (2008) 4. United Kingdom (2006)13. Belgium (2009) 5. Austria (2007)14. Liberia (2009) 6. Switzerland (2007)15. Chile (2009) 7. The Netherlands (2007)16. Portugal (2009) 8. Spain (2007)17. Sierra Leone (2009) 9. Iceland (2008)18. Philipines (2010)

4 How to Develop a Women, Peace, and Security Action Plan? UN INSTRAW Guide (2006) 1. Building Political will; 2. Getting organized; 3. Plan for Planning: Terms of Reference; 4. Women, Peace, and Security Assessments; 5. Planning Meetings or Workshops; 6. Drafting of the Action Plan. Ireland 1325 – 13 NGOs (2009) 1. Involve civil society from the start; 2. Comprehensive research and internal audit; 3. Plan the NAP; 4. Inclusive and responsive consultations; 5. NAP structure and content; 6. Ensure implementation of the UNSCR 1325 on [national level]; 7. SMART indicators; 8. Monitoring and Evaluation.

5 The NAP Contents UN INSTRAW Guide (2006) 1. Introduction; 2. Rationale; 3. Long-term and Short-term Objectives; 4. Specific Initiatives; 5. Timeframe; 6. Monitoring and Evaluation; 7. Budget. Ireland 1325 – 13 NGOs (2009) 1. Organize it around Participation, Prevention, Protection, Recovery and rehabilitation; 2. Strategic Objectives; 3. Actions; 4. SMART Indicators; 5. Targets; 6. Budgetary Allocations.

6 Common Objectives of the NAPs of Countries Not Affected by Conflict Greater gender equality in the armed forces (i.e. peace missions); Greater gender balance in Security Sector Reform Programmes (SSR); Equal inclusion of men and women in Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) Programmes; Protection of women‘s and girls‘ rights before, during and after conflicts; Intensified cooperation with NGOs throughout the implementation process; Programmatic support to conflict-affected countries.

7 Common Objectives of the NAPs of Conflict-Affected Countries Protection of women‘s and girls‘ rights before, during, and after conflicts, especially from GBV; Women‘s participation in conflict resolution and peace-building processes; Awareness-raising on 1325, capacity development and gender mainstreaming initiatives in the SSR among others.

8 Lessons Learned Need for inter-ministerial group to carry out monitoring of the NAP‘s implementation (Denmark); Balanced approach to both women‘s involvement in peace-building processes and the protection of women‘s and girls‘ rights (Denmark); Greater involvement of the civil society during the elaboration process of the National Action Plan (the Netherlands); Focus on gender trainings for staff members of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (the Netherlands);

9 Global UNSCR 1325 Indicators – UNSCR 1889 (5 October 2009) Indicators are signposts of change – a means for determining the status quo and the progress towards the intended goal; Indicators were elaborated by the technical Working Group under the Inter-Agency Task Force on Women, Peace and Security (OSAGI & UNIFEM); Key principles for indicators: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound (SMART); Gender-sensitive; Organized around 5 Pillars of the UN System-wide Action Plan on implementing resolution 1325; Developed through a consultative process.

10 Pillar 1: Prevention 1.Incident of sexual violence in conflict-affected countries; 2.Extent to which UN peacekeeping and special political missions include information on violations of women’s and girls’ human rights in their periodic reporting; 3.a) Number of violations of women’s and girls’ human rights that are reported, referred and investigated by human rights bodies; b) Inclusion of representatives of women’s and civil society organizations in the governance and leadership of human rights bodies; 4.Percentage of reported cases of sexual exploitation and abuse allegedly perpetrated by uniformed and civilian peacekeepers and humanitarian workers that are referred, investigated and acted upon; etc...

11 Pillar 2: Participation 1.Number and percentage of peace agreements with specific provisions to improve the security and status of women and girls; 2.Number and percentage of women in senior UN decision-making positions in conflict-affected countries; 3.Level of gender expertise in UN decision-making in conflict affected countries; 4.a) Level of participation of women in formal peace negotiations; b) Presence of women in formal observer or consultative status at the beginning and the end of peace negotiations; etc...

12 Pillar 3: Protection 1.Index of women’s and girls’ physical security; 2.Extent to which national laws protect women’s and girl’s human rights in line with international standards; 3.Level of women’s participation in the justice and security sector in conflict-affected countries; 4.Existence of national mechanisms for control of small arms and light weapons; 5.Women as a percentage of adults employed in early economic recovery programmes; etc...

13 Pillar 4: Relief and Recovery 1.Maternal mortality; 2.Primary and secondary education enrolment rates disaggregated by sex; 3.Extent to which strategic planning frameworks in conflict-affected countries incorporate gender analysis, targets, indicators and budgets; 4.Proportion of the allocated and disbursed funding to civil society organizations, including women’s groups, that is spent on gender issues in conflict affected countries ; etc... (26 indicators altogether).

14 Thank You Tamar Sabedashvili June, 2010 Dushanbe, Tajikistan


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