Women Building Peace in an Age of Crises and Armed Conflicts.
How Feminist Approaches to Foreign Policy Can Advance Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding. Thirty years after the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, and twenty-five years after the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security, the role of women in peacekeeping and peacebuilding—and the support provided by Member States in this regard—has never been more vital. In an age of crises and armed conflicts, women continue to play a central role in preventing conflicts, maintaining peace and security, protecting civilians, and strengthening societal resilience and recovery. They do so as political leaders, negotiators, mediators, peacekeepers, humanitarian workers, or civil society representatives—both on the ground and on the international stage. Their contribution is recognised in several mandates that promote the integration of gender perspectives in peacekeeping, as well as in the work of the UN peacebuilding architecture (UNSCR 2...
