News in English     | 29.10.2020. 15:55 |

BiH marks 20 years of UN Resolution 1325 - 'Women, peace and security'

FENA Muhamed Hadžibegić

SARAJEVO, October 29 (FENA) - The significance of UN Resolution 1325 - "Women, Peace and Security" is that it calls for increased participation of women in decision-making processes, conflict prevention, post-conflict processes, peace negotiations and peace operations, it is stated at a webinar organized by the NGO Academy for Women on the occasion of 20 years of resolution in BiH.

Academy Director Maja Gasal Vražalica explained that in 2000 the UN Security Council adopted the resolution as their first resolution emphasizing the importance of equal participation of women in conflict prevention and resolution, and in building sustainable peace.

“The resolution also points to the position of women and girls during wars, the need for their protection, and the need to prevent and punish sexual and any other violence against them,” added Gasal Vražalica.

Austrian Ambassador to BiH Ulrike Hartmann pointed out that the resolution was a work order for the whole world to fight for gender equality and women's needs.

“The resolution has a special significance for BiH due to the sexual violence during the war, but the resolution has not yet been implemented in the world as it was intended when it was adopted. About two-thirds of women in Bosnia and Herzegovina still experience violence in various forms, often in family,” Hartmann said.

Director of the BiH Agency for Gender Equality, Samra Filipović Hadžiabdić, emphasized that the national action plans for the implementation of this resolution are important for solving the challenges it covers, but also for implementing international obligations related to women, peace and security.

She pointed out that BiH adopted the first action plan for the implementation of that resolution in 2010 as the first country in the region, the sixth in Europe and the eighth in the world.

During September and October 2020, the Academy for Women, with the financial support of the Austrian Embassy, conducted a campaign to mark the 20th anniversary of the resolution in order to draw attention to its importance and what its implementation means for the entire BiH society.

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