Snapshot of NGO Submissions to the 1325 Global Study and High Level Review Processes And

Snapshot of NGO Submissions to the 1325 Global Study and High Level Review processes and the Peace Support Operations review

Edition No. 1 (@ 20 Feb 2015)

Stuff to bear in mind:

• Hyperlinks have been added below
• This is not a definitive list. Instead it seeks to make a concerted effort to identify within all obvious constraints who is writing what and where the gaps might be, who to be in touch with if you are also writing on a similar theme or wish to contribute to a submission.
• End of document contains suggestions of issues that might be overlooked
• The document does not include contact point email addresses to avoid spamming lists etc. Please be in touch at info (at) athenaconsortium.organd we can send you the relevant contact.
• This is a voluntary effort by Athena; we are committed to pulling together what we can, when we can.There might however be timing lags on the due to our other commitments, so thanks for your understanding and collegial input.
• Another important way to contribute is to respond to the Civil Society Survey (spearheaded by the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders, hyperlinked below in their entry and deadline is March 6).
• Acronyms – HLR – 1325 High Level Review; PSO – Peace Support Operations review

ORG / SUBMISSION THEME / HLR or PSO or both / Open to peer review: Yes or No (and if yes, likely ETA) / Interested to input text, section or couple of paragraphs into another submission on the issue/s of… / Will circulate the two surveysto members, networks? / Specific events or publications planned for 1325 anniversary? Including CSW59
Promundo
Contact:
Joseph Vess / Not intending to submit but interested to contribute to another submission – see 2 columns over. / - / - / Masculinities, trauma, peacebuilding, violence prevention. / Yes / CSW59 side event on 11 March in NY with Saferworld and WPP: Masculinities, Conflict and Militarism: how Should Peacebuilders Respond
Women Peacemakers Programme
Contact:
Isabelle Geuskens / Submission on masculinities (consulting with our partners now for input). Will include a gendered focus on militarism as well.
Additional info: 1) Also we contributed in this regard to the Dutch 1325 conference (mid Feb) with our MOFA, where we organized the theme sessions on masculinities - input from the conference will go into GS as well; 2) Also we will table our Submission points on this during a CSW event on masculinities.
Submission on the effects of financial counterterrorism regulations on WPS implementation. We are collecting cases from the field. For this we work together with the Human Security Collective - and also will organize event on this during CSW with Dutch Mission. / HLR
HLR / Yes, We are currently seeking feedback from our membersand are open to additional feedback from others on what we produce - if its manageable in time frame
- if not coming from a huge group as that becomes hard to process in limited time frame. / NAPs in global North vis-a-vis Women refugees/Human Rights Defender protection programs, which are important to address/ channel into GS as well. / Yes / Joint event with Saferworld and WILPF at CSW59 (10 March): A Transformative Women, Peace and Security Agenda: The Need to Challenge Militarism
WILPF Australia
Contact: Barbara O'Dwyer / Thinking about what they might do.
Additional info: WILPF is also a member (and instigator) of the Civil Society Coalition on WPS and on the Steering Group for the Civil Society Dialogue and Report Card on the Australian NAP on WPS; WILPF Australia hosting Women’s Power to Stop War Conference May 2015 in Canberra, Australia / Would be interested to contribute a few paras or a decent length box on an example of something “that works” from the Australian NAP into a larger submission on NAPs / Yes
Professor Christine Chinkin
Centre for the Study of Human Rights, London School of Economics / Would like to contribute and is considering what she might focus on.
Additional info: Has some graduate students who would be interested to help women at the national level to formulate submissions if they are too busy, won’t be able to write in detail in English etc.
Joyce Neu
Facilitating Peace / Interested to contribute as a peer reviewer or if time permits to add into another submission. See the column over. / Input on two specific issues that mitigate against women's inclusion: 1) negotiation and mediation remain the purview of official actors/diplomats and omit a huge population of qualified women negotiators and mediators in the unofficial arena 2) academic and/or applied knowledge of negotiation and/or mediation is not seen as an entry to official processes, so women who could be effective negotiators/mediation are left on the sidelines.
International Alert
Contact:
Henri Myrttinen / Planning to do a joint position paper with Conciliation Resources and Saferworld
regardingincorporating more comprehensive gender approaches into peacebuilding policy and programming.
Have already given a bit of input to the GAAV paper on armed violence and gender. See also submission on Gender Advisers under Athena. / HLR / Yes / IA is interested to contribute to a larger submission on SSR; some text/a box or a few pages on SSR in Lebanon and on gendering and SSR more generally. Information on the project is available here.
Swisspeace
Contacts:
Annemarie Sancar
and
Rachel Gasser / Security sector reform in West Balkans, the question of financing for gender equality and the impact of EU programs in terms ofgender in/equality (adapting an article for FeminaPolitica into a submission.)
Thinking about what information can be extracted from four shadow reports on the implementation of the UNSCR 1325 in the Balkans.
Athena Consortium
Contact:
Cate Buchanan / Gender Adviserssubmission. Will focus on what constitutes good practice in the area of Gender Adviser positions in peace processes and security policymaking drawing on multi-institutional consultations (webinars in March and April, set of interviews) Note: Still confirming funding on the larger project this is a part of.
Gendered language in peace agreements; short piece (drawing on 2012 study of peace agreements in Asia and the Pacific) which highlights persistent challenges in this area.
Athena has provided extensive input to the GAAV paper on armed violence and gender.
See also CCDP; and CMI (see below and whose gender and inclusion work is led by Athena) / Both / Yes.
We will be approaching a range of individuals as well we are open to unsolicited peer reviews. / Armed violence
Gun violence
Survivors of armed violence
Police reform / Yes / One day seminar during October in New York (TBC)
Women, Peace and Security Network – Canada
Contact:
Beth Woroniuk / Thinking about what they might contribute.
South Asia Forum for Human Rights
Contact:
Rita Manchanda / Participated in February 2015 Asia Pacific Consultation in Kathmandu to coordinate inputs for the 1325 Review process; will be better informed to contribute after that process.
Considering a focus on: Asian govt’s (except Nepal and Afghanistan – internationalized peace processes) resistance of recognizing the existence of ‘armed conflict’ in the countries and therefore have blocked implementing 1325 as ‘not applicable’.However CEDAW GR30 and Beijing 20+ have been actively used by women’s rights groups to bring in the WPS -1325 agenda. Also note the weightage to a more political rights based approach in the CEDAW GR30.
Additional information:
The Women’s Regional Network (Afghanistan, Pakistan and India) in 2015are preparing:1) ‘peace women roster’(A listing of women facilitators/negotiators/mediators and participants who can engage in peace processes as well as developing a complementary training support module);2) policy oriented gender audits of peace processes inNortheast, Afghanistan and Pakistan (FATA,SWAT) with the Taliban including the experiments in parallel women /civil society initiated ones. / WISCOMP & PRIO Roundtable,Women and Peacebuilding: A Policy Dialogue February 21-22, 2015 Delhi to examine inter alia- challenges and possibilities of women’s full participation in peace processes and identify how policy establishments can put in place structures and procedures for more effective implementation women’s participation.
“Making Women Count for Peace in South Asia” (working title of edited volume (forthcoming SAGE). Derived from Regional Conference in Kathmandu in 2013. This will fill the critical gap in the global Women Peace and Security discourse by bringing in the South Asian region’s experiences of women in conflict and peacebuilding. The volume spans both internationalized and local peace processes and does a status audit of the impact of UNSCR 1325. It maps the sustained activism of the region’s women in shaping the global WPS agenda including critical perspectives on 1325 and the value and use of Beijing and CEDAW.
Karen Barnes
Consultant / Working with Cordaid developing a toolkit on integrating gender into peacebuilding and statebuilding.
Content not ready in time for March/April so don’t anticipate feeding directly into the Global Review. However, UN Women and others are part of Advisory Group and this anticipating key project aims on a number of themes will feed into HLR process through UN Women.
Saferworld
Contact:
Hannah Wright / Submission on conflict prevention (inc. militarism, masculinities, early warning).
Planning a joint position paper with International Alert and Conciliation Resources regarding incorporating more comprehensive gender approaches into peacebuilding policy and programming. / HLR / No, probably won’t have time / Can provide modest inputs into another submission on gender and security sector reform if helpful. / We can circulate it to our partner organisations / Joint event with WPP and WILPF at CSW59 (10 March): A Transformative Women, Peace and Security Agenda: The Need to Challenge Militarism
Centre for
Democratic
Control of Armed Forces -DCAF
Contact:
Megan Bastik / Considering development of submission on security sector reform / HLR / TBC / Security or SSR (if they don’t complete their own) / No / Event with Swiss MFA, October 2015 in Geneva
Event with NATO to launch “Handbook onGender and Complaints Mechanisms for Armed Forces”in October 2015
Internation Civil Society Action Network - ICAN
Contact:
Madeline Koch / 1)Better Peace Tool and report on overcoming obstacles to inclusive peacemaking for women - yes, peer review ongoing till summer 2015 (get in touch with Madeline) - to be published/event on 1325 anniversary
2) Middle East and North Africa regional perspectives on 1325 (more info TBC)
3) Civil society roles and voice background paper (more info TBC)
4) Extremism and women for Beijing+20 but also relevant to 1325, so will be submitting to the HLR (already done, no peer review)
5) TOR for an independent women's peace/1325 fund for civil society activism that should be set up (no peer review, but email ICAN if interested) / All for the HLR / No.1 - yes
No. 2-5- No / Ideas for deepening professional knowledge/expertise re gender/women/peace/security / Yes will circulate through networks / "Mirror" Peace Operations review panel (with Nonviolent Peace Force) - March 9, 2015 (invite will be on ICAN website)
Kvinna till Kvinna
Contact:
Josefine Karlsson / Submission on women human rights defenders, their safety and security as a precondition for participation. Linked possibly to discussion on “shrinking space”. / HLR / Yes / Could possibly provide input from our partner countries:
/ Yes / Yes, in planning process.
Will be participating in New York in March and October
Women's International League for Peace and FreedomPeaceWomen
Contact:
Maria Butler / Sexual exploitation and abuse, and paths to justice / Both / Will circulate broadly and host link on peacewomen.org / Held CSO consultation at October WPS +14 week (31 October 2014)
CSW59 Side Event: March 11, 10:30AM
Armenian Convention Center, Ballroom 2
Civil Society Consultation on the 2015 WPS High Level Review
WILPF 100th Anniversary Conference: Uniting a Global Movement of Women’s Power to Stop War, April 27-29, The Hague, Netherlands
New website from 16 February with section on HLR
Conflict Prevention and WPS / Both
Global Alliance on Armed Violence
Contact:
Nicola Williams / Submission on armed violence and gender.
This papers considers how linkages between the agendas on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and Armed Violence Reduction (AVR) can be strengthened. / Both / Consultation took place in Central America and wider feedback has been received on first draft.
Second draft due for review : TBD / Armed violence, arms control, gun control, disarmament,
gender and masculinities / Can be circulated with the Gender and Armed Violence group of the Global Alliance on Armed Violence / CSW 2015 (pending funding)
Other outreach tba.
Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding & Conflict Management Initiative
Contact:
Antonia Potter Prentice
Thania Paffenholz / Policy brief on new findings on inclusion and women’s participation in peace processes.
(Athena also inputting to this submission.) / Both / Not beyond the already agreed groups
Athena, Cordaid, WILPF / No / CMI - Yes / Yes in October, briefing sessions on ‘new findings’ as part of CMI side events for 15th anniversary.
Not CSW59.
Conflict Management Initiative
Contact Antonia Potter Prentice / As above / Yes / October: 1) with PRIO looking at impacts/outcomes of PRIO/DPA/CMI high level seminar on gender and inclusive mediation and announcing follow up plans (if any); 2) ‘turning the tables of discourse event’ where women active in African peace processes hold to account seniors in African regional peace and security architecture on 1325 policy-implementation gaps in the region (possibly with Finnish mission to UN TBC)
Conciliation Resources
Contact:
Sanne Tielmans / 1) Short briefing paper onwomen’s participation and representation in peace processes. This will discuss the gender-sensitivity of such processes and draw on examples of good practice. It will also aim to address the issue of the balance between protection and participation.
2) International Alert and Saferworld joint submission mentioned above.
Intending to submit to the PSO but haven't settled on the focus yet. Will add info into future edition of this table. / HLR / No
Jacqui True, Monash University / Gender mainstreaming strategies in international peace and security / HLR / Yes / Yes / Part of organising the
International Feminist Journal of Politics Conference (IFJP)

The difference that gender makes to international peace and security, June 18-19, Brisbane, Australia. Associated call for papers here.

Peace Research Institute Oslo, PRIO
Contact:
TorunnLiseTryggestad / 1)Sexual violence in conflict
2)OSCE NAP studyfindings
Additional information:
Focusingon influencingthroughNorway MFA and Norwegian Networks:
1) Provideda number of policybriefs onconflict-relatedsexual violence and recommendationsto the PSO panel on addressing WPS
2) Providedintroduction on 1325/WPS concerns at national dialogue on the PSO review, organized by the Norwegian MFA and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI); providedshort memo withrecommendations to NorwegianMFA followingthisevent.
3) Have provided NUPI and Cedric de Coning PRIO policybriefs on sexual violence in armedconflict (seeattachments)to besharedwithPSO Secretariat and Panel members.
4)
Will provide introduction to a panel which will form part of the official launch of the new Norwegian strategy for the implementation of UN Security Council 1325 on WPS (16 February 2015) – this will cover the HLR and key issues (such as the lack of progress on women’s participation/representation in mediation and peace processes). / Both / Possibly / Possibly / NO / CSW59: PRIO staff member Helga Herneswill attend CSW59 in New York as part of the Norwegiandelegation.
Cordaid–Global Network of Women PeacebuildersUN Women
+ Financing Discussion Group on WPS
Contact: Mavic Cabrera Balleza / Financing women, peace and security: Global Acceleration Instrument for women, peace and security
/ HLR / Will circulate outcome documents from the WPS FDG meeting. / Interested to provide text on:
Significance of General Comment 30 from the CEDAW Committee
WPS in Afghanistan, Colombia, South Sudan
Intersection between UNSCR 1325 with security policies and practice
The role of youth and social media in promoting the culture of peace
Local women realities and voices in / Various events planned. Info to be added into next edition.
CordaidGNWP
Cordaid Contact:
Dewi Suralaga
GNWP Contact:
MavicCabreraBalleza / Financing for NAP 1325 (Based on Cordaid-GNWP report on Financing for the Implementation of National Action Plans on UN Security Council Resolution 1325: Critical for Advancing Women’s Human Rights, Peace and Security) / HLR / Report initially submitted during Global Technical Review of WPS Resolutions in November 2014.Updated version launched in October 2014 in partnership with UN Women / October NYC - Financing WPS Event )
GNWP in partnership with ICAN, NGO WG WPS and Cordaid
Contact: As above / Civil Society Organization (CSO) Surveyanalysis.
Survey is here. Deadline March 6! / HLR / The initial findings of the civil society survey will be presented during CSW59. / October NYC - tbd
The Institute for Inclusive Security
Contact:
Jacqueline O’Neill / Insights and recommendations from Sudanese and South Sudanese women on barriers to full participation in peace processes and NAP development and implementation / Both / No / CSW59 side event in partnership with Afghan Women’s Network and CORDAID to profile the work of women on provincial peace councils as part of the Afghan Peace and Reintegration program
The next NAP Academy will be a two-day session, in partnership with the OSCE in late May. This will explore the added value of NAPs for security institutions in OSCE participating states as well as methods to improve reporting.
Additional info:
Edition of PRISM, the US National Defense University’s quarterly publication – on the topic of “inclusive security”
(publication expected in September 2015)
Roll-out of phase 2 of the National Action Plan Resource Center

Swanee Hunt (IIS Founder) completing book Rwandan Women Rising (expected Fall/Winter 2015)
Conference report from the 2014 “Nairobi Symposium: Maximizing Impact of Women, Peace, and Security Policies in Africa”. The report is a summary of findings and recommendations identified by civil society, government, and military participants from 15 Sub-Saharan African countries, including 12 that are currently developing, implementing, and/or measuring the impact of National Action Plans. / HLR / No
Four briefs based on findings from the 2014 launch of the “National Action Plan Academy” focused on:
-Creating an Enabling Environment Using Traditional Leadership
-Opportunities for Synergy between Internal and External Focused NAPs
-Increasing Political Will
-Resourcing NAPs
-Effective NAP Coordination Structures / HLR / No
Guide: “What Matters Most: Measuring Plans for Inclusive Security”.This guide is a resource for policymakers and civil society leaders as they seek to develop, implement, and track progress of national strategies aimed at advancing women’s inclusion.
It explains how to use monitoring and evaluation as a vital tool to make United Nations Security Council Resolution1325 a reality. Key issues include the shortage of financial support for National Action Plans (NAPs), the extent to which civil society organizations are fully included throughout the lifecycle of NAPs, and whether NAPs should be internally or externally focused (or somewhere in between). / HLR / No
Brief on women’s inclusion in the drafting and implementation of ceasefire and cessation of hostilities agreements /
Both / Yes
(Expected Spring 2015)

SUGGESTIONS OF ISSUES THAT MIGHT BE OVERLOOKED and/or THAT CAN BE AMPLIFIED ACROSS SUBMISSIONS: