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ADDRESSING PROTECTION ISSUES
LINKING THE WOMEN, PEACE &
SECURITY AGENDA & DISARMAMENT
By Lidia Marseglia der-based violence in and a wider gender representation
recognized the fundamental im- in peace operations at all levels.
It was 31 October 2000 when portance of an increase in their However, the WPS agenda remains
the ecurity Council of the United participation in peace processes. a controversial topic for the inter-
Nations convened to adopt the Throughout the years, seven fol- national community, that tends to
landmark resolution 1325 on the low-up resolutions on WPS have handle it cautiously in the UN exe-
topic “Women, Peace and Securi- been adopted by the Security Coun- cutive forum. Despite this slight re-
ty” (WPS). Resolution 1325 was cil, focusing on the two sub-to- luctancy, the whole UN system has
the first of its kind as it stren- pics alternatively, enforcing new found ways to address the specific
gthened the protection of wo- methods for protection and unvei- issues deriving from the ramifica-
men from conflict-related gen- ling new principles calling upon tion of the WPS agenda, from gen-
Resolution 1325 was the first of its kind
as it strengthened the protection of wo-
men from conflict-related gender-ba-
sed violence in and recognized the fun-
damental importance of an increase in
their participation in peace processes.
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