The implementation of the women, peace and security agenda in peace processes: The participation of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts

Abstract

With the adoption of the UN Security Council emblematic resolution 1325, an international agenda on women's equality has been incorporated into the field of international peace and security. An initial assessment fifteen years after its implementation shows that the agenda has been carried out mainly on its preventive axis, rather than its axis of participation, which affects the political leadership of women in conflict prevention and the construction of peace. The Global Study of the implementation of resolution 1325 highlights the participation of women in peace processes remains a challenge. In order to assess the degree of implementation of the agenda in this area we will take concrete examples. These examples allow identifying those aspects that should be reinforced to ensure that the women, peace and security agenda achieves the initial objectives in one of its pillars, such as the political leadership of women. The Colombian peace process is the most relevant case of integrating the agenda into peace negotiations, and represents a significant evolution from the paradigm based on women as victims of conflict to actors in the peace process. Likewise, it is worth noting the initiatives to monitor the implementation of the agenda through mechanisms of accountability that involve civil society.