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Women, Peace and Security

Established international norms and standards promote the protection of women during armed conflict and their participation in peace and security decision-making. The UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women, peace and security (UNSCR 1325) is one of the critical tools for moving the gender equality agenda forward in conflict and postconflict situations.

June 19, 2026
Women’s Role in Peace Processes More Urgent than Ever as Violent Conflicts Multiply, Rage across Globe, Speakers Tell Security Council

As conflicts multiply and women remain largely absent from peace negotiations, senior United Nations officials, civil society and Member States today urged the Security Council to move beyond rhetoric and make women’s participation in peace processes funded and non-negotiable, warning that peace

https://www.idea.int/news/women-elections-and-peace-civil-society-action-gabon
March 24, 2026
Women, elections and peace: Civil society action in Gabon
The NGO Women Go for Peace (WGP) aims to promote peace and unity through community living and social cohesion, as well as to encourage women's participation in electoral processes and decision-making spheres.
https://stockholmcf.org/turkey-falls-to-106th-place-in-global-womens-peace-and-security-index/
February 23, 2026
Turkey falls to 106th place in global women’s peace and security index

Turkey was ranked 106th out of 183 countries in the 2025/26 Global Women Peace and Security Index (WPS Index), down from 99th in the previous edition, according to a biennial

Women as agents of change in the MENA region?

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January 12, 2026

Women as agents of change in the MENA region?

This data story looks at the economic empowerment of women over the past decade and a half across selected Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries (Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Liban, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine*, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria,

This data story looks at the economic empowerment of women over the past decade and a half across selected Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries (Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Liban, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine*, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria,

https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/politics-to-peace-women-leading-a-quiet-revolution-101765552832845.html
January 8, 2026
Politics to peace, women leading a quiet revolution
https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2619607/world
October 21, 2025
UN warns of decline in women’s role in peace and security, 25 years after landmark commitment

NEW YORK CITY: Twenty-five years after the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, which committed world leaders to advancing the inclusion of women in peace and security processes, a new UN report reveals a troubling reversal of progress.

https://www.un.org/en/delegate/mine-action-advancing-women-peace-and-security-agenda-iraq
October 21, 2025
Mine Action: Advancing Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Iraq

Working in the mine action sector showed me that traditional constraints are created to be broken!” says Dina Khuder.  

https://www.osce.org/forum-for-security-cooperation/593414
October 21, 2025
Strengthening Women, Peace and Security focus of FSC Security Dialogue and side-event of the Estonian Chairpersonship

VIENNA, 18 June – The OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation placed the Women, Peace and Security agenda at the forefront of its programme today, with a dedicated Security Dialogue during the plenary session and a side-event focused on gender-responsive security.