The Women, Peace and Security Agenda

the women peace and security agenda was

first established in the year 2000

through the adoption of United Nations

security Council resolution 1325.

the principles of the WPS agenda were

championed by a global Coalition of

Grassroots women's movements even before

the adoption of the resolution however

the resolution was the first of its kind

to recognize the disproportionate

impacts of conflict on women and girls

the agenda calls for the full and equal

participation of women in decision

making and efforts to prevent conflict

and build peace

today the agenda consists of nine

additional resolutions and Security

Council debates on thematic areas such

as climate security

a reminder of the need to increase

efforts and a reflection of how the WPS

agenda has evolved to address emerging

peace and security risks

in Asia and the Pacific women activists

and Civil Society have been at the

Forefront of advocating for the women

peace and security agenda to ensure that

women's voices experiences and

perspectives are integrated into peace

efforts and decision making on security

for all

governments from the region continue to

develop and Advance the agenda

championing the rights of women in the

pursuit of Peace

in 2000 Bangladesh helped to set the

direction of the 1325 resolution

Vietnam was a key champion of the unscr

1889 which calls for Global indicators

on 1325 an improvement of responses to

the need of women in conflict and

post-conflict under Indonesia's

presidency of the security Council in

August 2020 the security Council passed

resolution 2538 the first Standalone

resolution on women in peacekeeping

operations

and the Philippines is one of the few

examples worldwide where a peace

agreement was led by a woman Miriam

Cornell Ferrer

currently it Remains the only major

peace Accord signed by a woman Chief

negotiator

to date 107 countries have adopted

national action plans on women peace and

security including 12 in the

asia-pacific region several countries

are developing their first national

action plans on women peace and security

While others are developing their second

or third asean has recently developed a

regional plan of action on WPS and the

Pacific Islands have developed Regional

Frameworks integrating the WPS agenda to

reflect the changing WPS landscape you

and woman is the global custodian of the

WPS agenda and has been at the Forefront

of supporting its implementation in Asia

Pacific by providing technical

assistance capacity building and

strategic guidance to governments civil

society and other partners

the leadership of women human rights

Defenders and Civil Society is pivotal

to this work and efforts must be

sustained to ensure that their voices

are Amplified and that their rights are

safeguarded

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today's security challenges grow

increasingly complex with growing

humanitarian crises fragility caused by

climate change and with malicious use of

Technologies

the women peace and security agenda is a

commitment to pursue more inclusive

peaceful and effective Solutions in all

aspects of society to address the most

pressing challenges of our time

it should be implemented in a whole of

society approach by governments and

Civil Society to ensure that women's

leadership is at the core of lasting and

positive change and that peace built

today will be sustained into the future

for generations to come

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we cannot expect 2025 to be any

different if the bulk of our

interventions continues to be training

sensitizations guidance capacity

building setting up networks and holding

one event after another to talk about

women participation rather than

mandating it in every meeting and

decision making process in which we have

authority

to learn more visit our website on

www.asiapacific.unwomen.org