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Anyone else overwhelmed at all the incredible new WPS resources coming out for #WPS2020?
I'm finding it hard to keep track of them all, so I'm starting a resource thread for all of us WPS wonks. I'll keep adding on, so please send me anything I've missed!
I'm finding it hard to keep track of them all, so I'm starting a resource thread for all of us WPS wonks. I'll keep adding on, so please send me anything I've missed!
First up, @UN_Women created a timeline of 20 years of Women, Peace and Security milestones. "A walk through how far we have come - and how much more remains to be done" @nahlav https://interactive.unwomen.org/multimedia/timeline/womenpeacesecurity/2020/en/index.html
Next, @Jamiejhagen has created a one-stop shop to explore the question "How do we Queer Women, Peace & Security?" with key recommendations, podcasts, articles, and more! What?? Amazing.
Check it out: https://www.jamiejhagen.com/queering-peace-and-security
Check it out: https://www.jamiejhagen.com/queering-peace-and-security
Here's a resource I was super excited about, a one-stop WPS shop by @_CaitHamilton @drljshepherd @PaulCinnam0n with support from @LSE_WPS: a virtual archive of all WPS resolutions, reports, debate transcripts and WPS-adjacent documents. https://www.lse.ac.uk/women-peace-security/research/Rethinking-Policy-Advocacy-Implementation
As usual, @gnwp_gnwp has done an incredible job with their initiative to map the impacts of #COVID19 on #WomenPeaceSecurity. Check out their new database, I guarantee there is something relevant to your work: https://gnwp.org/resources/covid-19-wps-database/
Amazing news, the @GCRFGenderHub is finally live! Head over to http://thegenderhub.com to read about the Hub's 32 projects across 24 countries with 117 members worldwide working to advance gender, justice & inclusive peace. Congrats @NickyArmstrong0 and team!
. @UNIDIR has launched a new report written by Dr. Henri Myrttinen (so we know it's good!!) demonstrating how arms control & disarmament can operationalize the WPS agenda. @redalaqua
https://unidir.org/publication/connecting-dots
https://unidir.org/publication/connecting-dots
. @CFR_WFP launched their new interactive web page on women's participation in peace processes. More data!? Yes please! https://www.cfr.org/womens-participation-in-peace-processes/?utm_medium=social_owned&utm_source=tw_wfp
Not a resource, but the @UN_HRC adopted its first-ever resolution on WPS! Hello robust normative framework!
https://undocs.org/A/HRC/45/L.24
https://undocs.org/A/HRC/45/L.24
. @giwps did some brilliant work applying their #WPSIndex methodology domestically to the U.S. We love to see some localization and donor states exploring domestic implementation! https://giwps.georgetown.edu/usa-index/
Professor @JacquiTrue, Director of @GpsMonash published her book "Violence against Women: What Everyone Needs to Know", available for pre-order now: http://bit.ly/37slcJw https://twitter.com/GpsMonash/status/1318744096945549312
. @WPSNCanada hosted consultations that saw 50 feminists from around the world provide concrete recommendations to @WPSFocalPoints under Canada and Uruguay's co-chair year. Fantastic work @BethOttawa @Kristine_StP @GlobalMonique and team!! https://wpsn-canada.org/priorities-for-action-recommendations-from-women-peacebuilders-to-the-wps-focal-points-network-for-2021/
As always @ipinst @ipinstGO comes through with a plethora of fascinating, evidence-based research on WPS. You can find the collection of their work for #WPS2020 here: https://theglobalobservatory.org/tag/wpsat20/
Well done @gretchenbaldwin and team!
Well done @gretchenbaldwin and team!
A new policy brief "Religion and the WPS Agenda", written by Hanna Scheffer & @annekwakkenbos, unpacks the complexities and opportunities of religion and religious institutions engagements on WPS.
https://www.cordaid.org/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2020/10/Policy-Paper_Religion-and-WPS-Agenda-Sept-2020.pdf
https://www.cordaid.org/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2020/10/Policy-Paper_Religion-and-WPS-Agenda-Sept-2020.pdf
. @IFJPglobal has three #WPS2020 contributions, including a #VirtualIssue with open 
access 
materials 
I can't fit everything they're doing into one tweet, so head over to their page to check it out: https://twitter.com/IFJPglobal/status/1317834579680628736
access materials I can't fit everything they're doing into one tweet, so head over to their page to check it out: https://twitter.com/IFJPglobal/status/1317834579680628736
Speaking of research @ourgenpeace has been working with young researchers to publish a research series on the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative.
A resounding
for young people contributing to WPS knowledge production. (But I'm biased 
) https://twitter.com/ourgenpeace/status/1314583677918236672
A resounding
for young people contributing to WPS knowledge production. (But I'm biased ) https://twitter.com/ourgenpeace/status/1314583677918236672
. @intalert published a policy paper offering donors, national governments and peace practitioners practically oriented insights into some of the challenges to and opportunities for effective WPS implementation.
Hear, hear for concrete recommendations! https://www.international-alert.org/publications/twenty-years-implementing-unscr-1325-and-women-peace-and-security-agenda
Hear, hear for concrete recommendations! https://www.international-alert.org/publications/twenty-years-implementing-unscr-1325-and-women-peace-and-security-agenda
. @nicjenne and @FiorellaUlloaB published an article in @IntPeacekeeping on UNSCR 1325 and persistent stereotypes in the armed forces. https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/2SWJWKS8EZAPVEQAP4Z2/full?target=10.1080/13533312.2020.1827951
New book alert! "The Gender & Security Agenda: Strategies for the 21st Century" is being launched on Monday by @WIIS_Global and @EmbassyLI, with a chapter on Gender, Development & Security authored by @JeniKlugman of @giwps.
Congrats Chantal and Michael!
http://ow.ly/6bWM50C0fn9
Congrats Chantal and Michael!
http://ow.ly/6bWM50C0fn9
ICAN ( @whatthewomensay) doing what ICAN does best by putting women peacebuilders front and centre. They've published not one, but TWO new briefs:
1) Protecting Women Peacebuilders: https://icanpeacework.org/2020/10/21/protecting-women-peacebuilders-the-front-lines-of-sustainable-peace/
2) Recognizing Women Peacebuilders: https://icanpeacework.org/2020/10/06/recognizing-women-peacebuilders-critical-actors-in-effective-peacemaking/
1) Protecting Women Peacebuilders: https://icanpeacework.org/2020/10/21/protecting-women-peacebuilders-the-front-lines-of-sustainable-peace/
2) Recognizing Women Peacebuilders: https://icanpeacework.org/2020/10/06/recognizing-women-peacebuilders-critical-actors-in-effective-peacemaking/
A huge congratulations to @DrCORourke for the publication of her new book "Women's Rights in Armed Conflict under International Law"! You can find her in conversation with @AislingSwaine and @aoifemod this Thursday: https://twitter.com/TrinitySpeakers/status/1320324918383435776
I would like to know if the team over at @gnwp_gnwp ever sleeps, because they've published ANOTHER new resource: "Building Peace from the Grassroots: Consultations on WPS, Sustaining Peace and COVID-19 with local women peacebuilders..."
Well done team! https://gnwp.org/amplifying-voices-generating-ownership/
Well done team! https://gnwp.org/amplifying-voices-generating-ownership/
When working with colleagues who are new to WPS, I try to use easy tools that can tell a story better than I can, and that keep my colleagues engaged.
I will definitely be bringing out this new @dcafgender video on gender bias in the security sector!
I will definitely be bringing out this new @dcafgender video on gender bias in the security sector!
This video goes hand in hand with @dcafgender's really outstanding gender and security toolkit:
https://dcaf.ch/gender-and-security-toolkit
https://dcaf.ch/gender-and-security-toolkit
Speaking of telling a story, who doesn't love a great infographic on women's participation from @UN_Women!?? https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/multimedia/2018/10/infographic-womens-meaningful-participation-builds-peace
. @CRbuildpeace and @Saferworld are giving you the tools to design and run a 3-day workshop on gender-sensitive conflict analysis with this new toolkit!
WPS Twitter, I hope all of your colleagues are attending a 3-day conflict analysis workshop next year. https://twitter.com/CRbuildpeace/status/1321427210398584833
WPS Twitter, I hope all of your colleagues are attending a 3-day conflict analysis workshop next year. https://twitter.com/CRbuildpeace/status/1321427210398584833
The good people over at @GenderAssoc have proposed 8 steps forward for UNSCR 1325 and WPS.
These folks really know their stuff, so give it a read: https://twitter.com/GenderAssoc/status/1320844562529689602
@Npopovic1325 @tomppert
These folks really know their stuff, so give it a read: https://twitter.com/GenderAssoc/status/1320844562529689602
@Npopovic1325 @tomppert
. @NPeaceNetwork and @UNDP are launching a collection of WPS insights developed through public consultation and in-depth discussions with peacebuilders.
They'll be launching one insight a day, so head to their page to follow along! https://twitter.com/NPeaceNetwork/status/1321802746715009024
They'll be launching one insight a day, so head to their page to follow along! https://twitter.com/NPeaceNetwork/status/1321802746715009024
The good thing about virtual Security Council is rewatching the best moments of the #WPSat20 Open Debate!
(And there were some moments - both because it was a momentous occasion, but also because, well, there were some funny moments.) http://webtv.un.org/search/women-and-peace-and-security-security-council-open-vtc/6205611433001/?term=&lan=english&page=2
(And there were some
moments - both because it was a momentous occasion, but also because, well, there were some funny moments.) http://webtv.un.org/search/women-and-peace-and-security-security-council-open-vtc/6205611433001/?term=&lan=english&page=2
And for all of us who are SUPER keen about Security Council procedure, you can watch the resolution vote results, a quick but thrilling three minute video: http://webtv.un.org/search/western-sahara-minurso-women-peace-and-security-security-council-open-vtc/6205947568001/?term=&lan=english
New report from @WILPF for #WPSat20: "UNSCR 1325 at 20 years: Perspectives from Feminist Peace Activists and Civil Society" https://www.wilpf.org/portfolio-items/unscr-1325-at-20-years-perspectives-from-feminist-peace-activists-and-civil-society/
And just for good measure in case you don't have it already, the 2020 annual Sec Gen report on WPS: https://undocs.org/en/S/2020/946
Key themes:
Progress, challenges, emerging issues
Gender equality and meaningful participation in peace processes and political transitions
(cont.)
Key themes:
Progress, challenges, emerging issuesGender equality and meaningful participation in peace processes and political transitions (cont.)
Key themes from 2020 Sec Gen report cont:
Gender-responsive peacekeeping and peace operations
Protecting and promoting human rights of women and girls in conflict settings and humanitarian emergencies
Linking WPS to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
(cont.)
Gender-responsive peacekeeping and peace operations Protecting and promoting human rights of women and girls in conflict settings and humanitarian emergenciesLinking WPS to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development(cont.)
Disarmament and arms controlPolitical participation and representationEconomic recovery and access to resourcesRule of law and access to justice for womenPVE/CTClimate change and peace and security implicationsOutlining commitment to action
