Women's Participation in Peacebuilding: 'The Exception, Not the Rule' - DPPA

4 Views

Thanks! Share it with your friends!

You disliked this video. Thanks for the feedback!

Published Jun 22, 2024

Briefing by Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), on promoting conflict prevention – empowering all actors including women and youth, during the Security Council, 9574th meeting.

Addressing a Security Council open debate on Promoting Conflict Prevention the head of the United Nations Political and Peacebuilding department, Rosemary DiCarlo today (13 Mar) said, “almost 25 years after the adoption of Security Council resolution 1325, women’s full, equal and meaningful participation in building peace and preventing conflict remains the exception, not the rule.”

DiCarlo noted that the Secretary-General António Guterres’s New Agenda for Peace “places inclusion at the centre of prevention efforts” and “focuses on how women’s full, meaningful and effective participation is closely connected to our efforts to prevent conflict and build sustainable peace. “

Simply put, she said, “without half the population participating and deciding, there cannot be sustainable peace.”

DiCarlo also called on Council members to prioritize the inclusion and empowerment of youth, who she said, “are a great source of resilience, hope and innovation in every society.”

To achieve this, she continued, “we have increasingly deployed new technologies to organize digital consultations with youth constituencies.”