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4 days ago
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- Maroc
Training Session for Women in UN Peacekeeping Military Operations Kicks Off in Agadir
A training session for women involved in UN peacekeeping military operations kicked off on Monday 04 August at the headquarters of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) Southern Zone in Agadir. This three-week session brings together 23 female military personnel from 14 different countries, mainly from Africa, as well as from France, Germany, Switzerland, and Canada. It is part of a triangular partnership between Morocco, France, and the United Nations. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Major General Mohammed Benlouali, Chief of Staff of the Southern Zone, stated that the training aims to empower female military personnel and prepare them to fully assume leadership roles within UN peacekeeping operations, while also strengthening the triangular cooperation to enhance female leadership in support of international peace and security. This program, he added, reflects the Royal Armed Forces' strong commitment to promoting an inclusive approach based on gender equality, encouraging the integration of female military personnel at all levels and in all branches of the FAR, in accordance with the High Instructions of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, Supreme Commander and Chief of General Staff of the FAR. UN Women's representative in Morocco, Myriem Ouchen Noussairi, expressed her deep appreciation to the FAR for hosting this training "a strategic initiative and for their "steadfast commitment to peace and security in Africa and beyond." This training, held within the framework of multilateral cooperation, is proof of a strong partnership aimed at increasing women's participation in peacekeeping operations and supporting the emergence of a new generation of women leaders in uniform, she added. According to Noussairi, the year 2025 marks a pivotal moment in the UN "Women, Peace, and Security" agenda concerning women's rights, gender equality, and peacebuilding, fully aligned with UN Security Council Resolution 1325, which emphasizes the importance of women's participation and gender perspectives in peace negotiations, peacekeeping missions, and post-conflict peacebuilding. The participation of women in peacekeeping operations is essential to the success of this agenda and the missions themselves, she stressed. In statements to MAP, female military participants from various countries highlighted the significance of this training session at the Southern Zone Headquarters in Agadir for strengthening their skills and leadership capacities to contribute to sustainable and inclusive peace. This training program, which includes several modules, was developed jointly by UN Women, the UN Department of Peace Operations, and the Royal Armed Forces, with the participation of international experts. (MAP: 05 August 2025)
Qatar Tribune
28-07-2025
- Politics
- Qatar Tribune
Shura set to participate in 6th World Conference of Speakers of Parliament
QNA Geneva Speaker of the Shura Council HE Hassan bin Abdullah Al Ghanim is set to lead a delegation representing the Council to the Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament, which will open in Geneva today. Being held under the theme 'The Role of Parliaments in Promoting Pluralism, Ensuring Justice, and Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals 2030', the three-day event is a quinquennial gathering co-organised by the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). It primarily seeks to reinforce the parliamentary dimension in the UN operation and operationalise partnership between parliaments and the UN organisations to address the common global challenges. Participants are poised to deliberate on critical topics, including strengthening justice and equality, reviewing the progress made in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, as well as enhancing youth engagement and advancing the parliaments' role in overcoming multiple crises. Deputy Speaker of the Shura Council HE Dr. Hamda bint Hassan Al Sulaiti took part in the 15th Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament, which took place in Geneva on Monday under the theme 'Leadership for Inclusive and Lasting Peace'. The summit, organised by IPU, convened female Speakers of Parliament from across the globe, and explored a whole raft of foremost issues, particularly the role of parliaments in keeping up with digital transformation, putting out legislative frameworks for emerging technologies, bolstering cybersecurity, in addition to backing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the areas of environment, education, health, and green economy. Addressing the first session titled 'The Women, Peace and Security Agenda 25 Years On: Challenges and the Way Forward', Dr. Al Sulaiti noted that the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security has not achieved the intended change, albeit a quarter of a century has passed since its adoption. She drew attention to the persistent underrepresentation of women in mediation processes, the absence of effective accountability mechanisms, and the profound suffering of women in conflict zones, especially refugees and human rights defenders. She called for transition from promise to implementation through pursuing national and regional mechanisms to hold perpetrators of violations against women to account, engaging women in all phases of peacebuilding, and fostering partnership between parliaments, the UN, and civil society to activate Resolution 1325. This resolution is not merely a document, but rather a moral and human obligation to protect women and foster just and enduring peace, Al Sulaiti underlined. She also addressed the humanitarian tragedy in Gaza, emphasising that Qatar marshals substantial efforts to end this tragedy and spearheads regional and global movements in collaboration with partners to end the blockade and massacres against women, children, and sick people in the occupied territories amid the lack of international protection. Held on the margins of this conference, the summit is a high platform that aims to promote women's role in parliamentary action and enable them to effectively contribute to crafting policies and engaging in the decision-making process.
Qatar Tribune
25-06-2025
- Politics
- Qatar Tribune
NHRC chief urges nations to embed equality in laws
QNA Geneva Chairperson of the National Human Rights Committee HE Maryam bint Abdullah Al Attiyah has called for encouraging countries to incorporate the concept of equality into legislation and public policies and to adopt temporary positive measures to enhance women's participation in all fields. In her remarks during the 59th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Al Attiyah highlighted the progress made by the State of Qatar in this field, as well as in many countries around the world, and pointed out the challenges that continue to hinder women's empowerment. Al Attiyah stated that the forefront of these challenges is climate change, armed conflicts, rising rates of migration and displacement, in addition to the unethical use of emerging technologies that deepen violence, discrimination, and the digital gender divide. As part of the NHRC's efforts in the State of Qatar as well as in monitoring national and international efforts to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women, Al Attiyah said that the Committee recommends supporting conflict-affected countries in implementing national action plans related to the Resolution 1325, to ensure the effective participation of women in peace, security, recovery, and reconstruction efforts, in accordance with the General Recommendation No. 30 of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), in addition to emphasizing the importance of women's participation in policymaking and decision-making processes, in line with the principle of inclusivity and ensuring that women take part in shaping the future of their communities.
Kuwait Times
24-06-2025
- Politics
- Kuwait Times
Kuwait reaffirms commitment to women's rights
Nada Al-Dhubaib GENEVA: The State of Kuwait has reiterated its firm commitment to promoting, empowering, and protecting women's rights, highlighting their central role in achieving the country's New Kuwait 2035 Vision and in fulfilling the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, especially Goal 5 on gender equality. This reaffirmation came in a statement delivered by Nada Al-Dhubaib, Second Secretary at Kuwait's Permanent Mission to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva, during the UN Human Rights Council's 59th session as part of the annual discussion on women's rights, held in observance of the International Day of Women in Diplomacy. Al-Dhubaib emphasized that Kuwait's constitution guarantees equality among citizens without discrimination and has served as the foundation for several tangible measures to boost women's participation in public life. Among these efforts, she noted the establishment of a national committee including representatives from both government bodies and civil society, tasked with implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security. Since its inception, the committee has launched initiatives to increase women's representation in the security and military sectors, in addition to awareness and training programs developed in partnership with international and regional organizations. — KUNA Al-Dhubaib also stressed Kuwait's strong prioritization of combating violence against women and girls. She pointed to the formation of a National Committee for Protection from Domestic Violence, the establishment of a dedicated public prosecution unit, and the rollout of protection centers that offer legal, psychological, and support services for victims. She concluded by reaffirming Kuwait's ongoing dedication to creating an enabling environment that ensures women's full and active participation across all fields. — KUNA
The Wire
13-06-2025
- Politics
- The Wire
Women's Role in War Must Extend to Peace
Support independent journalism. Donate Now Society Peace processes must clearly recognise and directly promote women's agency. This does not mean paying lip service to women's needs and contributions. Illustration: Pariplab Chakraborty. Real journalism holds power accountable Since 2015, The Wire has done just that. But we can continue only with your support. Contribute Now Pretoria: Despite all the progress that has been made toward gender equality globally, many are still tempted to view armed conflict as primarily the domain of men. In fact, women often prove decisive in such settings, including in combat, non-combat, and leadership roles. Nonetheless, they are routinely sidelined in formal peace processes and post-conflict governance. This pattern reflects a moral and practical failure. During armed conflicts, women become more vulnerable to genocide, trafficking, slavery, and sexual violence, with all the associated health risks and psychological trauma. This alone earns them the right to participate in peace processes. But women are not only passive victims of conflict: as we have seen in Ukraine, they make profound wartime contributions on the battlefield, as well as in civil society and as peace advocates. In this sense, women often increase their agency during times of conflict, despite the risks they face. But when they are then excluded from peace negotiations and what follows – as is the case, so far, in Ukraine – these agency gains are reversed, with outdated gender norms reasserting themselves. This is especially true in conflict-affected countries with more entrenched patriarchal structures. Legal frameworks promoting women's inclusion in conflict resolution, peace-building, and post-conflict reconstruction have so far failed to turn the tide, owing partly to implementation and operational challenges. For example, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, adopted in 2000, 'urges all actors' to increase women's participation and 'incorporate gender perspectives in all UN peace and security efforts.' But, as of 2018, the number of women signing peace agreements had not significantly increased. This has important implications for the content – and outcomes – of peace agreements. In a recent study, my co-authors – Matthew Clance, Romuald Meango, and Charl van Schoor – and I used natural language processing to examine the use of gendered language (including words like man, girl, boy, her, his, female, male, wife, and daughter) in peace agreements reached between 1990 and 2023. We created a 'gender bias index' – ranging from -0.6 to 0.6 – with a lower score indicating lower use of gendered language and, thus, a reduced focus on gender-based outcomes. None of the peace agreements we studied had a particularly high gender bias index, but even those that used more gendered language – which reflected a somewhat positive bias toward women – were not necessarily associated with significant improvements in women's agency. In other words, even frameworks that were gender-sensitive (acknowledging gender inequality) did not bring about meaningful change. The problem is that the mentions of gender were not accompanied by concrete requirements, let alone monitoring and enforcement mechanisms. For example, a peace agreement might advocate for increased women's political participation, but include no targets to be met, and thus produce few, if any, results. This approach can even harm gender equality, by giving the impression that action is being taken when it is not. Other studies show that peace agreements with disarmament, demobilisation, and reintegration (DDR) components rarely mention women. This compromises the post-conflict rehabilitation of women combatants, who might be excluded from the kinds of interventions aimed at their male counterparts. Evidence shows that including women in conflict-resolution and peace-building processes leads to better outcomes for everyone. As a 2018 analysis found, there is a 'robust correlation' between the inclusion of female delegates as signatories of peace agreements and the durability of the ensuing peace. Moreover, agreements signed by women tend to include significantly more provisions focused on political reform, and boast higher implementation rates for such provisions. In El Salvador, the 1992 agreement that ended the country's 12-year civil war extended DDR benefits to women fighters, and included non-combatant female members of the opposition movement in reintegration programs. Women went on to play a stabilising role in reintegration processes and to make major contributions to reconstruction efforts. The communities that received more consistent, systematic support through reintegration and reconstruction programs made greater progress on gender equality and, ultimately, on development. Similarly, in Liberia, women were involved in negotiations to end more than a decade of civil war in the early 2000s. Female representation in politics subsequently increased significantly, with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in 2005 becoming the first female elected head of state in Africa. The message is clear: women must be included in all dimensions of any peace process, from designing, negotiating, and signing agreements to implementing post-conflict stabilization and reconstruction plans. They also must have access to all relevant benefit programs, such as those related to DDR, as well as initiatives to address gender-specific needs. More broadly, peace processes must clearly recognise and directly promote women's agency. This does not mean paying lip service to women's needs and contributions, while relying on ambiguous language to minimise accountability. Rather, supporting women's agency in making peace and forging the post-conflict future demands concrete, enforceable measures to uphold women's rights and expand their participation in all forms of decision-making. Carolyn Chisadza is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Pretoria. Copyright, Project Syndicate. The Wire is now on WhatsApp. Follow our channel for sharp analysis and opinions on the latest developments. Society 'Could Not Believe What I Saw, Just Started Running': Sole Known Survivor Aboard Air India Flight 171 View More
