The National Action Plan On Women, Peace, And Security

In her report, Veronica Loveday writes about Women’s Rights Movement, during World War two, and many restrictions women faced. Women’s rights movement in the U.S. begun in the 1960s as a reaction to the decades of unfair social and civil inequities faced by women. Over the next thirty years, feminists campaigned for equality, such as equal pay, equal work , and abortion rights. Women finally gained the right to vote with the passage of the 19th amendment to the constitution in 1920.

The article “No women no war” was written by Pasi Loman , a post graduate student from university of Nottingham. Loman discusses about the role of Greek women in defending their cities and communities. The author attempts to clarify the assumptions made by modern scholars or authors that women did not play a part in foreign military campaigns i.e. war. Loman discusses about Greek women and their views, emotion and reaction based on warfare, the impossible existence of amazons.

“I am woman hear me roar”! A song written by Helen Reddy in 1972 is not often a phrase chanted by Afghan women. The plight of the women of Afghanistan to obtain rights began early in history and continues today. Religion and culture have affected Afghanistan throughout time. Today in Afghanistan, ninety-nine percent are Muslims ("Religion in Afghanistan - Islam”). Muslim is the term used to define a person that participates in the act of obedience, acceptance, or surrender. Therefore a “Muslim is a person who submits to the will of God, or a follower of Islam” (Manisha) and can be seen in their lifestyle and choice of dress, the burqa which is outerwear that covers the entire body, except the eyes and hands, in addition to their religious

The idea of peacekeeping and the maintaining of order began centuries ago. However, long ago women were not involved in this. As women did enter within 20th century their role was limited. As time passes, change takes place.

She intertwines her experiences in the industry of aid and development to a shocking revelation that a general being of the society wouldn’t be aware of. The author persists that in order to progress with sustainable development goals we first need to be aware of our own involvement. We are all consumers of war, and therefore we are connected to war. She determines that aid should not be militarized rather should remain neutral for its sanctity to provide only civilian relief. When it is militarized, it is politicized and loses its legitimacy. The author perpetuates her three main sustainable development goals; first to eliminate gender divide by investing in women and girls. Second, she eradicates the need for decent work and economic growth for youths in order to prevent them from becoming militants and rather serving their nation as educated leaders. The final sustainable development goal that the author persists is peace, justice and strong institutions. Post war nations have now become lawless and crimes are being committed without perpetrators being held accountable. She suggests that there needs to be a greater investment of legal mechanisms within those nations. Nutt believes in long-term sustainable goals however these can be criticized to be only in the hands of great nation leaders. Though now we are greatly aware, we cannot resolve issues that are highly political. To

The first public demand for the Constitutional Amendment of women’s rights began before the Civil War, however, the Amendment for it has still not been ratified in the United States Constitution. The introduction for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) began in 1848 with the Woman’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls. Over three hundred women and men met and eventually agreed that the resolution for women’s rights should be supported. Many supporters were abolitionists working against slavery supported that equality should be supported for both ethnicity and gender. However, as tensions increased before the Civil War, the rest of the country was not ready to take the issue seriously. After the Civil war, the 14th Amendment, which defined United States citizenship, and the 15th Amendment, which addresses the right to vote based on race, Susan B. Anthony and other women declared that the denial of a woman’s right to vote was unacceptable. In 1872, Anthony attempted to go to the polls and vote due to her right to citizenship under the 14th Amendment. She was arrested and eventually convicted because the courts believed that although she was a citizen, not all citizens had the right to vote. Until Susan B. Anthony’s death, she campaigned for the right to vote. And finally in 1920, the 19th Amendment was passed, stating that "The right of citizens of the

One must reach far back in history in order to appreciate what two women are currently undertaking in the political arena in the United States. Presently, two women are vying for their respective political party’s nomination to become President of the United States, however in the late nineteenth century this would have never been thought possible. Women during this era had no self-representation other than their husbands and fathers. Several generations of women who supported the suffrage movement, fought to change the Constitution of the United States. These revolutionary women of the United States played a monumental role in making this a reality. As a result of these women’s efforts, and many more that followed, the 19th amendment to the Constitution was ratified on August 18, 1920, allowing women the right to vote. This amendment marks one of the most pivotal points in American politics.

Gender equality should be the prime agenda------ governments do not consider gender equality as a priority, gender equality issues are missing from the budgeting process, and women are not present in the financial, peace, and international negotiations, structures and obligations. Government need to mobilize around gender equality agendas in order to create sufficient political will to support the equal inclusion of women in political decision-making.

Kenya launched its own National Action Plan (KNAP) on March 8th of 2016, International Women’s Day. The plan termed “Kuhusisha Wanawake ni Kudumisha Amani,” which translates to “to involve women is to sustain,” seeks to implement UNSCR 1325 and related resolutions in order to guarantee women’s inclusion in peace and conflict management processes and take their contributions into account.

In a study carried out by Clare (2009) on women´s political participation and influence in Sierra Leone. According to the study Gender relations in Sierra Leone are extremely not equal and women in Sierra Leone face a high level of violence and poverty. Respondents to the study agreed that the patriarchal cultural and religious values which are strong in the northern part of Sierra Leone dictate that women should not speak in public life Clare (2009).However after the war in Sierra Leone there was a shift in women social attitudes on roles women play. The experience of women in conflict and the role they played in peace building opened space for women in public and mobilised them for political action (Clare 2009).

Investment of ladies in the UN peacekeeping operations, as one of vital precondition for their successful and effective usage has gotten to be all the more generally acknowledged just amid the recent years. In spite of the fact that, ladies ' commitment in the peacekeeping operations are multifaceted (the level of security among the neighborhood ladies build, the trust of the nearby group in the mission develops, the contact with the female populace is less demanding to build, and so forth.), the rate of ladies who take an interest in these operations is at the low level, particularly with regards to police and military troops. The best deterrents to higher association of ladies in peacekeeping operations are in the way that there

Through much of our time as a nation, there has been a major question asked when our people and allies are faced with evil. That major question is “do we go to war or do we engage in diplomatic solutions?”. This is has been a point of contention that varies depending upon where a person was raised, what the person’s basic belief structure is, and even what demographic they fall into. One thing is for certain, partisan affiliation in America has a great deal to do with how a person will answer an affront to the United States. Since most women tend to go the Democrat route due to the standard beliefs of women versus men, I will be highlighting women’s roles; but mostly leave the discussion as one between Democrats and Republicans.

From my experience in different contexts in East Africa, gender dimensions are often overlooked in conflict analysis and peacebuilding work. I believe that, as peacebuilders, understanding gender dynamics in conflict context would not only enrich our level of analysis, it would also help to come-up-with comprehensive and sustainable peacebuilding plan. In this essay, I will reflect on the conflict, gender and peacebuilding lens discussed in Lisa Schirch’s book (Chapter 9): Conflict Assessment and Peacebuilding Planning: Towards A Participatory Approach to Human Security. First, I will discuss how gender dynamics of conflict are instrumental to conduct comprehensive conflict analysis. Then, I will explain why gender perspectives should be integrated in peacebuilding and briefly discuss the role of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, conflict and peacebuilding. Finally, I will make a brief concluding remarks.

The International Alliance of Women (IAW) is an international non-governmental organization that works to promote women 's human rights around the world, focusing particularly on empowerment of women and development issues and more broadly on gender equality. The basic principle of the IAW is that the full and equal enjoyment of human rights is due to all women and girls. Founded in 1904 and based in Geneva, it is one of the oldest, largest and most influential organizations in its field. It’s comprised of forty-one member organizations involved in the advancement of the human rights of women and girls globally. The IAW has general consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council and is credited to many specialized UN agencies, has participatory status with the Council of Europe and is represented at the Arab League, the African Union and other international organizations.

The Jordanian National Commission for Women Affairs prepares the strategy and studies the difficulties and problems facing in the execution of strategy and implements it with concerned institutions. The committee of the commission submits reports about the extent of progressing achieving the objectives of the strategy, mobilizes the necessary resources through continual coordination and effective partnership between the Jordanian National Commission for Women Affairs and different governmental authorities that could provide financial and technical support to implement the programmes and projects for women.