The
subject of women, peace and security topped a session of the Security Council
held on Monday, reports NaijaAgroNet.
At the Security
Council Monday, a senior United Nations official called on Member States,
regional organizations and civil society for greater partnership to boost
women’s participation at all levels and help ensure UN peace efforts are
stronger and more sustainable.
“We will ensure our
prevention initiatives and monitoring include a focus on women’s rights
violations [and] we will tackle the structural and root causes of crisis,
including gender inequality,” Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, the Chef de Cabinet,
speaking on behalf of the Secretary-General, told a day-long debate in the Security Council, underlining the need
for more action on the ‘women, peace and security agenda’ – with prevention as
a core pillar.
Noting the importance
of gender equality and security of women as reliable indicators for peace, she
added: “We will [also] strengthen the collection and analysis of gender
statistics and encourage Member States to monitor gender equality indicators as
part of their work to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).”
In her briefing, the
Chef de Cabinet spoke of the need to ensure adequate representation of women in
the security sector both to reduce their exposure to harm as well as to realize
their potential in conflict prevention.
Noting, further, that
only three per cent of peacekeepers are women, she informed the 15-member
Council of the Secretary-General’s efforts with troop- and police-contributing
countries to increase the number of female uniformed personnel.
Ms. Viotti also noted
that 17 years after its adoption, Security Council resolution 1325 on women and
peace and security was too often being implemented in an ad hoc fashion, and
called on UN Member States to share evidence and examples in order to examine
gaps and successes.
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