Security Council Resolution 1325

Margot Wallstrom, the Original Feminist Foreign Policy Advocate, Says Countries Need It Now ‘More Than Ever’

• October 1, 2022

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 firmly behind the policy and defends it passionately today. “The feminist foreign policy is needed …

Gender Violence, Nuclear Disarmament, Peace and Security, Women

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Trending UN News: Week Ending June 17

Damilola Banjo

• June 17, 2022

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 organization. The information is gathered from UN press briefings, PassBlue reporting and other sources. This …

Africa, Gender Violence, Secretary-General, Security Council, UN Special Envoys, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENCY

Albania, Chairing the Security Council, Seeks Global Justice for Past and Present Atrocities Everywhere

Damilola Banjo

• June 2, 2022

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. Prime Minister Edi Rama will be chairing the June 2 meeting at UN headquarters in …

Gender Violence, Human Rights, International Justice, Security Council, Security Council Presidency

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WOMEN AS CHANGEMAKERS

Celia Umenza Risks Her Life to Defend the Rights of Indigenous People in Colombia

Maurizio Guerrero

• November 16, 2021

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 its bears some responsibility for the rising violence against human-rights defenders in her country. Umenza, …

Latin America, Women as Changemakers

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WORLDVIEWS

Afghan Women Must Be Central to Decision-Making on Global Aid to the Country

Margot Wallström and Susana Malcorra

• November 4, 2021

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 of this urgent need, more than $1 billion has been pledged to provide humanitarian assistance …

Gender Violence, Human Rights, Terrorism, WORLDVIEWS

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Tigray Can’t Wait: The UN Security Council Must Act to End Sexual Assault Now

Susana Malcorra

• April 22, 2021

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 allegations of grievous gender-based violence, keep increasing. These actions are cruel and ruthless, and they …

Africa, Gender Violence, Human Rights, Security Council, WORLDVIEWS

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This Feminist Is Putting Women at the Peace Table

Sonah Lee-Lassiter

• April 13, 2021

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 Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines in 1972, when she was in fourth grade. Born in …

Gender Violence, Human Rights, Peace and Security, Women

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Russia, the Current Big Spoiler in Advancing Global Gender Rights

Barbara Crossette

• April 12, 2021

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 in January, civil society organizations and governments understand that an American turnaround could be slow …

Gender Violence, Secretary-General, Security Council, Women

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WORLDVIEWS

Southeast Asia, Forging Ahead on Women, Peace and Security

Noeleen Heyzer

• December 8, 2020

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 of conflicts, the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war, the issues of …

Asia, Gender Violence, Security Council, WORLDVIEWS

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TOPIC: WOMEN

Women’s Rights Are Human Rights: How Equality Became a US Foreign Policy Priority

Rebecca Turkington and Melanne Verveer

• October 14, 2020

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, convening 5,000 official delegates from nearly every country in the world and more than 30,000 …

Development, Gender Violence, Human Trafficking, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations, Women

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TOPIC: WOMEN

Five Months Before UN Security Council Resolution 1325, the Seminar That Set the Scene

Barbara Crossette

• October 8, 2020

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 societies severely disrupted. On October 31, 2000, the Security Council passed a breakthrough resolution 1325 …

UN Peacekeeping, Women

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SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENCY

Russia Brings Human Contact Back to the UN Security Council

Stéphanie Fillion

• October 4, 2020

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 finally got its way: the Council will be meeting once again in its chamber, sitting …

Africa, Middle East, Security Council Presidency

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Is the US Ready for a Feminist Foreign Policy? Absolutely, Advocates Say

Barbara Crossette

• May 26, 2020

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 more than 50 organizations plans to change that mind-set in the United States. On May …

Security Council, US Foreign Relations, Women

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China’s UN Playground & Talking Gender With the UN’s Rosemary DiCarlo: Our Latest Episode

Stéphanie Fillion and Kacie Candela

• December 23, 2019

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 the year, UN-Scripted looks at how China’s rise internationally is reflected at the United Nations. …

Africa, Asia, Geopolitics, Security Council, UN Special Envoys

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TOPIC: WOMEN

Rosemary DiCarlo, the Top-Ranking American at the UN, Describes Her Work Crisscrossing the World

Joanne Myers

• December 11, 2019

On a busy day of a busy week and year, Rosemary DiCarlo, the United Nations under secretary-general for political and peacebuilding affairs, spoke frankly in an interview about her role as the first woman to be appointed to this position and as the highest-ranking American now serving the UN. DiCarlo discussed the challenges and …

US-UN Relations, Women

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Security Council Resolution 1325

Margot Wallstrom, the Original Feminist Foreign Policy Advocate, Says Countries Need It Now ‘More Than Ever’

Trending UN News: Week Ending June 17

Albania, Chairing the Security Council, Seeks Global Justice for Past and Present Atrocities Everywhere

Celia Umenza Risks Her Life to Defend the Rights of Indigenous People in Colombia

Afghan Women Must Be Central to Decision-Making on Global Aid to the Country

Tigray Can’t Wait: The UN Security Council Must Act to End Sexual Assault Now

This Feminist Is Putting Women at the Peace Table

Russia, the Current Big Spoiler in Advancing Global Gender Rights

Southeast Asia, Forging Ahead on Women, Peace and Security

Women’s Rights Are Human Rights: How Equality Became a US Foreign Policy Priority

Five Months Before UN Security Council Resolution 1325, the Seminar That Set the Scene

Russia Brings Human Contact Back to the UN Security Council

Is the US Ready for a Feminist Foreign Policy? Absolutely, Advocates Say

China’s UN Playground & Talking Gender With the UN’s Rosemary DiCarlo: Our Latest Episode

Rosemary DiCarlo, the Top-Ranking American at the UN, Describes Her Work Crisscrossing the World

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