Security Council Resolution 1325
- Opinion by Asila Wardak
- • April 25, 2023
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More than 20 special envoys for Afghanistan from countries across the world as well as special envoys for Afghanistan from the European Union and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation will convene at a meeting in Doha on Monday that…
- Categories: Gender Violence, OPINIONS, Secretary-General, Security Council
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- Stephanie Liechtenstein
- • October 1, 2022
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VIENNA — Margot Wallstrom, a former Swedish foreign minister, clinched her reputation in 2014 for boldly coining the concept of the world’s first “feminist foreign policy.” While having left active politics only five years later, in 2019, she remains…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Nuclear Disarmament, Peace and Security, Women
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- Damilola Banjo
- • June 17, 2022
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This week, our focus is on the failure of the decades-old women, peace and security agenda and Britain’s stalled plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the…
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- Damilola Banjo
- • June 2, 2022
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The lack of accountability on a range of human-rights abuses and atrocities committed by countries and others across the world will be highlighted during Albania’s first open debate as rotating president of the United Nations Security Council this month….
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- Maurizio Guerrero
- • November 16, 2021
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Celia Umenza, an Indigenous leader who has survived three attacks on her life while advocating for the self-determination of Indigenous, Afro-descendant and peasant communities in the northern Cauca region of Colombia, recently told the United Nations Security Council that…
- Categories: Latin America, Women as Changemakers
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- Opinion by Margot Wallström  and Susana Malcorra
- • November 4, 2021
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The Taliban are back in power in Afghanistan, and the hard-won gains women have made in the country are at risk. The situation is dire for all Afghans. The country is on the brink of starvation, and in recognition…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Human Rights, OPINIONS, Terrorism
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- Opinion by Susana Malcorra
- • April 22, 2021
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As a woman who has worked for the United Nations in emergency and humanitarian operations, I am deeply shaken over what is occurring in the protracted conflict in Tigray, in northern Ethiopia, where reports of human suffering, including growing…
- Categories: Africa, Gender Violence, Human Rights, OPINIONS, Security Council
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- Sonah Lee-Lassiter
- • April 13, 2021
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In 2010, Maria Victoria (Mavic) Cabrera-Balleza founded an organization to help and advocate for the rights of women and girls globally, but it was her childhood experiences that first politicized her. Martial law was declared by the dictator President…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Human Rights, Peace and Security, Women
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- Barbara Crossette
- • April 12, 2021
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Human-rights advocates around the world are assessing how much lasting damage could still be done to universal human rights after the four-year assault from the Trump administration. Although the Trump years ended with the swearing-in of President Joe Biden…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Secretary-General, Security Council, Women
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- Opinion by Noeleen Heyzer
- • December 8, 2020
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SINGAPORE — With two Asean members, Vietnam and Indonesia, currently sitting in the United Nations Security Council, the region has advanced Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. This is the first global framework that addresses the changing nature…
- Categories: Asia, Gender Violence, OPINIONS, Security Council
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- Rebecca Turkington  and Melanne Verveer
- • October 14, 2020
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Twenty-five years ago this month, tens of thousands of women (and some men) gathered in Beijing for the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women. It was a profound moment in the history of women’s rights,…
- Categories: Development, Gender Violence, Human Trafficking, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations, Women
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- Barbara Crossette
- • October 8, 2020
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In a year of anniversaries at the United Nations, one stands out of special interest to women in peacekeeping and humanitarian work in conflict zones and other arenas of crisis where civilian rights are trampled on and families and…
- Categories: UN Peacekeeping, Women
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • October 4, 2020
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From the very moment that the United Nations decided to work online, after the pandemic hit, Russia has been the strongest and loudest opponent of going virtual at the world body. For its Security Council presidency, in October, Russia…
- Categories: Africa, Middle East, Security Council Presidency
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- Barbara Crossette
- • May 26, 2020
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The world of diplomacy has toyed with the concept of feminist foreign policies for years, raising some support and not a few snickers from dissenters. A new campaign led by women with strong professional qualifications and global experience in…
- Categories: Security Council, US Foreign Relations, Women
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- Stéphanie Fillion  and Kacie Candela
- • December 23, 2019
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This year was a big one for China, and 2020 is likely to be much the same — if not more intense, given the range of issues involving the United States and far beyond. For our last episode of…
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Geopolitics, Security Council, UN Special Envoys
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