å Sunday, April 2nd, 2017

In the article “Nongovernmental Organization” Role in the Buildup and Implementation of security Council Resolution 1325 by Feliaty Hill, Mikele Aboitz, and Sara Poehlman-Doumbouya describes very clear the Resolution 1325 and its purpose. The Resolution was made to stop the maltreatment towards women and girls specially during war. It’s very clear that women’s voices, needs, problems, and ideas weren’t supported or heard by those in power, who are of course man. During war women and girls suffered the most due to the maltreatment, violations, sexual abuse, and gender based violence. Women and girls were targeted at the highest rates during war by armed group man. It gets more interesting when a little percent of man is helping to empower the Resolution 1325 and women are finally realizing that they deserve; equality, development, peace, and the urgent of others recognizing the significant role women plays in society. The implementation of Resolution 1325 was to ensure that women’s group receive a fair deal that consists on concrete, practical financial, and technical support. The Resolution 1325 simply represented women’s roles in society and protection. Going back to the beginning of the article, there was an interesting part; Sanam Naraghi – Anderlini caught my attention on what she believed. From my understanding, she basically said another document defending women’s rights and needs. However, she believed it was another document out in the world that have 50% of working or 50% of not working. At least it’s another document add it to the list that might help in the future. The Resolution 1325 was structure by three steps. First, the ideas and language in this document were passed through the UN system, which means that it directly occurs to the US system. Second, the international and grassroots and nongovernmental provided historically effects, information and analysis to the Security Council. Third, the DAW, UNIFEM, and NGO was possible and there was success due to the synergistic relationship that had taken many decades to establish. These steps were what helped the elements identify the experiences and expertise of women into the Security Council. In conclusion, in order to have results from the Resolution 1325 actions needs to be taken, not just words. The international community must ensure that women are included in every level of peace and security from all points of views. In the 2000, the doors were open enough to help women and put them into a Security Council debate for the first time. The resolution 1325 has to ensure the door remains open permanently.

In the article “ Role in the buildup and Implementation of Security Council Resolution 1325 by Felicity Hill, Aboitiz ad Sara Poehlman, the security council resolution 1325 ensured that women were included at every level of peace and security and protect them from conflict. The security council protected women and children from rape and other gender base of violence. They also recognized women’s roles as agents of peace and involved them in peace building in war zones. This provided a tour for women to become equal parts of the fence for the protection of women and girls during conflict in United Nations missions.

The resolution 1325 lies in the United Nations system. It was built on a document passed through the United Nations. Non-government so efforts have provided information to the United Nations. The security council and DAW, UNIFEM, and NGO cooperated with one another to create a relationship. This helped to bring women into the security council. The CSW debated the implication of the Beijing platform for action. This document resulted in the world conference on women and devoted it to women and conflict. The ambassador of Bangladesh presided over the security council and encouraged women to gather you need for their involvement in all matters. Women were brought into the Security Council to discuss the roles of women in conflict and peace and to help gather support from the other security council members on the issue.

Women’s participation in the peace agreement pushed a special session in the security and women peace and security. Meetings were initiated to focus on gender issues and advancement of women. The protection of responsibilities increase the knowledge of women’s response to violent conflict and peace building. And provided lessons about Roles of women in proconflict and reconstruction for women initiatives.

The reading of “Nongovernmental Organizations’ Role in the Buildup and Implementation of Security Council Resolution 1325” brings into light Resolution 1325, which was passed on October 31, 2000.  A resolution decision that was place by the United Nations to tackle upon specific matters of importance that consisted on the preservation from injury of children (girls) and women during an ambient usage of mass weaponry; along with safety from the characterized negativity portrayed in times of conflict carried on by force of weapons, there also was an insistence in seeking cessation of violence and a deep urgency in requiring precautions taken during struggles of aggression.

Prior to the Resolution 1325, there weren’t positions given to women who could be taken into account for arranging terms of protection during periods of time where hostility and struggle was at its highest.  Despite of not having a formal female representation sounding out the points of trouble during difficult combative conditions of which worried many women, the opportunity did not cease from hearing revealing instances of whom women endured particular wicked behavior.

From voices of women whom shared their affected hardships vocally, emerged a collective perception from the NGO’s to bring into existence a set of detailed writings of which suggested to have a safe plan of action that would protect women and girls locally and nationally and internationally as well. Not only that, but to also have women engaged in cooperating in the makings of an arrangement that could end hostility, setting forth a state of tranquility, and sitting in meetings where they can assemble to dialogue the guards against guerrilla warfare.

The intentions of NGO’s effort in producing a result that meant a safeguard for women during the agonizing occasions of carnage, agitated the means of communications to publicize diligently in order for all NGO’s to work collaboratively in achieving the goal. It’s as if for once, after several ground proofing personal presences having expressed their accounts of the cruel condemned actions, that not-for-profit organizations have transformed it to be more obvious and a manifestation of which should be reckoned upon.

Once the independent institutions began to role the issues at hand, the following year of October 31, 2001, the openness of allowing women in being part of written agreements was a persistent movement. It allowed women to even further attain a voice in coming up with strategies for future events that pertained about aftermaths of unfortunate conflicts where females were the subjects of cruel inhumanity.

After reading the article of Non governmental organizations ‘Role in the Build up and Implementation of Security council Resolution 1325 by Felicity Hill, Mikele Aboitz and Sara Poehlman, I understood that the reason behind the Resolution that was pass on October 31, 2000, was due to the stress of the importance on issue on the gender condition towards women, especially towards women, peace and security during war time and prevention towards women and girls suffering in armed conflict especially from rape and other form of gender based violence. Because women issue had not been mixed in the Security Council activities, nor did the council recognize women’s roles as agents (representative) of peace, all of that would change with the Resolution 1325. The resolution was a tool that allowed women to become equal participants in the meetings and negotiations towards the topic of protection of women and girls during armed conflict and gender sensitivity in all UN mission including peacekeeping.

During the CSW(Commission of the Status of Women) the ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury of Bangladesh leaded towards the Security Council, he would state on March 8, 2000 in his gathering discussing the issues on women, the inclusion of women in ‘all level’ of decision making, the process of gender and age specific measures in conflict situations especially for refugees and a displaced person and resource to empower women and the necessities for peace keeping. He would also inform for sessions of the security council to discuss these roles of women in armed conflict and peace, requesting support from the fourteen other security councils. The Women and Armed Conflict Caucus would also make suggestions/recommendations to the Security Council, such as command a report or document on the requirements for the protection of women and girls in armed conflict and to “increase the participation of women of all ages in conflict prevention, peace keeping, peace king, and peace build” (p.1257), and more that would included equality with men.

Yet still many task had to be implemented and put into operation, in 2001 the security council would gather once again with the women’s NGO in the Arria Formula meeting, there it was stressed that “women still account for the largest number of victims in situations of armed conflict and the smallest decision makers” (p. 1261), for the instance the U.S attack own Afghanistan, and the limited role women had been able to act in that region. Prior to that meeting the security council would issue a presidential statement for its strong support for increasing women’s role in decision making towards to conflict prevention and resolution. when it came towards the issue on empowerment, the security council would “urge” (instead of demanding) state members to double their efforts on nominating women candidates as special representative towards to peace missions.

It just still seems that words in this article are based more on urging, and suggesting, and reconsidered towards the importance of women’s needs in such conflict, gender based condition.