How the UN System Can Advance Tangible Results on Women’s Participation in Peacemaking, Peacekeeping, and Peacebuilding by 2030
This (2024) UN DPPA, DPO and UN Women Options Paper provides UN senior leadership, including (D)SRSGs, and RCs/HCs, options and illustrative examples on how the UN system can advance tangible results in women’s participation in peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding by 2030, as part of achieving the Secretary-General's (2020) Women Peace and Security goals for the decade (see: S/2020/946, para 113).
COVID-19 and Conflict: Advancing Women's Meaningful Participation in Ceasefires and Peace Processes
This brief addresses the importance of women’s full, equal and meaningful participation to an effective pandemic response and to peacemaking efforts, and how the women, peace and security (WPS) agenda can provide a critical framework for inclusive decision-making and sustainable solutions.
Executive Summary - From Words to Action: The Experience of UN Political Missions in Colombia on Women, Peace, and Security
The Colombian peace process and its 2016 Final Peace Agreement are widely held to be an international model for gender-sensitivity and the inclusion of women’s rights. The United Nations (UN) played an active role, along with others in the international community, first
From Words to Action: The Experience of UN Political Missions in Colombia on Women, Peace, and Security
The Colombian peace process and its 2016 Final Peace Agreement are widely held to be an international model for gender-sensitivity and the inclusion of women’s rights. In many respects, that Agreement embodies the vision and principles reflected in UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and subsequent resolutions on Women, Peace and Security (WPS),1 although it includes no explicit mention of them.
MSU Factsheet 2024
The Mediation Support Unit (MSU) in the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) serves as the UN system-wide focal point on mediation expertise and support.
A New Agenda for Peace
A New Agenda for Peace outlines Secretary-General António Guterres' vision for multilateral efforts for peace and security, based on international law, for a world in transition.
A New Agenda for Peace
A New Agenda for Peace outlines Secretary-General António Guterres' vision for multilateral efforts for peace and security, based on international law, for a world in transition.
UN DPPA Women, Peace and Security Policy (2023)
Following a review, in 2023, GPS issued a revised DPPA WPS Policy. The new Policy maintains the same priority areas, but with updates to reflect key developments and new areas of work, including digital technology and climate, peace and security. The Department continues to develop policy on the intersection of WPS and other relevant issues, such as Youth, Peace and Security, and to consider the gendered implications of evolving technologies and the risks of hate speech and mis- and disinformation.