Source: Stop Rape Now
Author: UN Action/ Unifem/DPKO
It is 10 years since the watershed Resolution 1325 introduced Women, Peace and Security onto the Security Council's agenda. The intervening decade has seen progress in expanding our notions of peace and security to include the perspectives of women. Yet efforts to combat conflict-related sexual violence remain woefully weak. My mandate is focused on this urgent agenda, based on Resolution 1820 and 1888, which recognise sexual violence as a security issue that demands a security response. Accordingly, peacekeepers must be armed with examples and information to help them operate effectiely on the ground.

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