Gender-Inclusive Peace Processes: Strengthening Women’s Meaningful Participation Through Constituency Building
Categories: Human Rights, Peace Support Operations
Sub-Categories: Access to Justice and Rule of Law, Democratization and Political Participation, Economic Participation, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV), Transitional Justice
Region: No Region
Year: 2021
Citation: "Gender-Inclusive Peace Processes: Strengthening Women’s Meaningful Participation Through Constituency Building." United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. October 2021.
Sub-Categories: Access to Justice and Rule of Law, Democratization and Political Participation, Economic Participation, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV), Transitional Justice
Region: No Region
Year: 2021
Citation: "Gender-Inclusive Peace Processes: Strengthening Women’s Meaningful Participation Through Constituency Building." United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. October 2021.
Executive Summary
In July 2021, UN Women convened the global conference “Gender-inclusive peace processes: Strengthening women’s meaningful participation through constituency building”, in partnership with CMI – Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation, and with financial support from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), in cooperation with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The conference attracted the participation of more than 320 peace practitioners from 70 countries worldwide, with a focus on the MENA region. This report on the conference proceedings explores current challenges, best practices, and recommendations on how best to leverage the practice of constituency building to further gender-inclusive peace.