Women hardly ever fight the world's wars, but often suffer the most, and are targets of systematic sexual violence. Yet, fewer than 10 percent of the people who negotiate peace deals are women. Right now, women peace activists from more than 20 countries are meeting senior UN officials to voice their demands and concerns for peacebuilding as part of "Open Days for Women and Peace".
Ten years ago, the United Nations Security Council called for women's equal participation in peacebuilding in the groundbreaking resolution 1325. But its implementation in countries has been too slow. The petition urges Governments to take steps to implement the resolution - such as recruiting more women in police forces and peacekeeping operations, ensuring more women participate in peace negotiations, prosecuting perpetrators of sexual violence and excluding them from armies and police forces after conflict.
By signing on to the 1325 Petition we can make a powerful statement to the UN Security Council when it convenes to discuss how to fulfill the commitments in resolution 1325 in October 2010.
You can play a role in making women count for peace. Sign the 1325 Petition today !
Media Backgrounder (PDF)
Websites
UN Peacekeeping:
Gender and peacekeeping (to be launched before end of October)
UNIFEM (part of UN Women) 1325+10
WomenWatch: Women and Peace and Security
UNFPA State of World Population 2010 "From Conflict and Crisis to Renewal: Generations of Change" (to be launched on 20 October)
Video
MDG 3 in Liberia
From Peace to Politics: Burundian Women Take Charge
Women, War and Health (in multiple languages)
Stop Rape Now
Women in Peacekeeping: The Power to Empower
Violence Against Women and Girls in Haiti: The Enemy Within
Posters
1325+10
UNITE to End Violence against Women
Exhibits and Photo Sets
Congo/Women - Portraits of War: The Democratic Republic of the Congo
Women in Peacekeeping: The Power to Empower
UN Photo: Women of the World
Global Open Day for Women and Peace
