1325 Assessment Project
Looking forward to the 10th anniversary of SCR 1325 in October 2010, MIT’s Center for International Studies and ICAN have partnered with UN agencies and governments to examine recent cases of peace processes to:
- Document and assess whether and how various actors (UN, donors, national governments, NGOs) have made more efforts to include women and to ensure gender sensitivity in the language of peace accords;
- Examine the outcomes of such efforts, in terms of the impact for/on women, as well as for peace in general; and
- Determine the specific strategies and key elements that UNDP and other actors could undertake to ensure that women’s voices and their concerns are addressed equitably in current and future processes.
Our goal is to determine the most practical and efficient methods of ensuring how peace processes can (a) address the needs of a wide cross section of the population, (b) harness the peacebuilding potential of all stakeholders, and (c) follow through with effective implementation of commitments made to women. Given the opportunity, we will also examine some cases where a peace process is not ongoing to assess 1325’s call for parties to conflict “to respect fully international law applicable to the rights and protection of women and girls,” including prohibitions against sexual violence, reaffirmed under SCR 1820. Read more.
- Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP)
The Global Network of Women Peacebuilders is a coalition of women’s groups and other civil society organizations from Africa, Asia and the Pacific, West Asia, Europe and Latin America that are directly involved in advocacy and action for the full implementation of UNSCR 1325 and 1820 including the supporting resolutions 1888 and 1889 at the local, national, regional and international levels. The network consolidates and strengthens efforts in bridging the gap between policy discussions at the international level and action for policy implementation on the ground. It is a platform that enables members to share information, experiences and strategies in ways that enhance both their individual and collective outreach and impact. Read more.
Team 1325 Sri Lanka
In January 2009, ICAN worked in partnership with the Association of War Affected Women (AWAW) of Kandy, Sri Lanka and the Program on Negotiation at the Harvard Law School to provide a 5 day intensive skills-building training programme for a Cross-party coalition of women politicians in Sri Lanka, as they prepared for participation in political processes for the promotion of a just, inclusive and lasting peace in Sri Lanka. Read more.
- Influencing Policy
Past Projects:
- Iran Expert Group