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Feb. 6, 2025, 7:27 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

"The Committee welcomes the State party’s efforts to improve its institutional and policy framework...such as the adoption or establishment of the following...The national action plan on women and peace and security for implementing Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) for the period 2021–2024, in March 2022" (2).
Feb. 6, 2025, 7:05 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

"In 2012, Morocco adopted a national policy on gender equality called the Government Plan for Equality 2012-2016… The Government launched the second version of the plan for the 2017-2021 period after a series of consultations with Government sectors, associations, trade unions, professional associations, national institutions and international partners" (5,6). "United Nations agencies, bilateral cooperation, the European Union and international non-governmental organizations have supported various policies aimed at women. The European Union has allocated 45 million euros to implement several components of the 2012-2016 ICRAM Government Plan for Equality, and 2 million euros to support associations working for the advancement of women’s rights. The partnership was based on four main themes:...more
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

"[T]he Committee notes with concern... (c) Delays in the promulgation of the women and peace and security national action plan" (7).
Jan. 28, 2025, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

"The foreign policy of Costa Rica is aimed at ensuring that issues related to human rights, gender and climate change are discussed in spaces for international dialogue. For example, Costa Rica spoke on four occasions in the dialogue on sexual orientation and gender identity, held during the thirty-fifth regular session of the Human Rights Council in 2017, and presented an omnibus resolution at the forty-seventh General Assembly of the Organization of American States, also held in 2017, entitled 'Gender balance and equitable geographical distribution and representation of different legal systems in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights'. Costa Rica has promoted gender equality...more
Jan. 9, 2025, 3:57 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

"The decade-long plan, labelled the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032, was unveiled by the federal government on Monday at Monash University in Melbourne" (para 5).
Jan. 8, 2025, 3:34 p.m.
Countries: Tajikistan
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

"On 8 May 2019, the Government Commission on ensuring compliance with international human rights obligations adopted a second national plan of action for the implementation of the recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women concerning the sixth periodic report of Tajikistan (hereinafter — the national plan of action), which was successfully implemented during the reporting period" (p. 4). "In accordance with the national plan of action, during the period 2019–2022 the Committee on Women and the Family under the Government of Tajikistan organized 12 conferences, 220 round tables and 190 meetings for civil servants and law enforcement agencies at which it circulated the text of the...more
Dec. 5, 2024, 4:37 p.m.
Countries: Norway
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

"The Committee welcomes the work and commitment of the State party to ensure equality between women and men in law and in practice at the national and international levels, including with respect to promoting the full spectrum of the women and peace and security agenda of the Security Council pursuant to its resolution 1325 (2000) and subsequent resolutions 1327 (2000), 1366 (2001), 1408 (2002), 1820 (2008), 1888 (2009), 1889 (2009), 1960 (2010), 2106 (2013), 2122 (2013), 2242 (2015), 2272 (2016), 2331 (2016), 2467(2019), 2493 (2019) and the 25 year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. The Committee also notes with appreciation that the State...more
July 18, 2024, 6:38 p.m.
Countries: Guatemala
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

"The Inter-agency Committee on Women and Peace and Security is the mechanism for promoting, supporting, monitoring and evaluating progress on the women and peace and security agenda, in accordance with Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) and related resolutions. It identifies actions, provides guidance and tasks State institutions with duties under their purview. In 2017, the national action plan on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) was adopted. The plan is made up of five pillars, each of which has specific objectives, strategic actions (16) and technical and operational measures (26). Between 2019 and 2020, an annual road map for its implementation was developed. The Presidential Secretariat for Women...more
April 19, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Serbia
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

"[A] National action plan for the implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on women and peace and security for the period 2017–2020[ was adopted or established]" (2). "[T]he second national action plan for the implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on women and peace and security, for the period 2017–2020 [was adopted]... [There is] insufficient budget allocation to implement the second national action plan" (10).
March 30, 2024, 2:46 p.m.
Countries: Lithuania
Variables: GP-DATA-2, ATC-DATA-6

"Lithuania is currently drafting its second national action plan on the implementation of the women and peace and security agenda of the Security Council and 3.5 per cent of Lithuanians participating in peacekeeping operations are women" (10).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

"[A s]econd national action plan for the implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on women and peace and security, for the period 2018–2022, in 2018 [was adopted]" (2). "The new Public Health Law No. 18/035 adopted in 2018 is not in conformity with the provisions of the Maputo Protocol" (12).
Jan. 29, 2024, 5:50 p.m.
Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

"[There are] Action plans for the implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on women and peace and security (2014–2017 and 2018–2022)" (2). "The Committee welcomes the adoption of the third action plan on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on women and peace and security, covering the period 2018–2022" (4). "[There is not] full and meaningful participation of women, including those belonging to disadvantaged groups, at all stages of the peacebuilding process ... [T]he representation of women [needs to increase] in decision-making positions in line with Security Council resolution 1325 (2000)" (5).
Jan. 19, 2024, 12:06 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

"[W]omen [are not involved] in the peace process (resolution 1325 (2000))" (30). "The Government, through the Ministry for the Advancement of Women, the Family and Child Protection, provides its unwavering support to women’s associations working to achieve peace in accordance with Security Council resolution 1325 (2000)" (31).
Jan. 13, 2024, 4:46 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

"[The National Policy of the Central African Republic contains a] 2014–2016 Plan on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000)" (12). "The National Recovery and Peacebuilding Plan presented at [a donor round table in Brussels,] enabled the Central African Republic to obtain $2.28 billion in assistance pledged by donor countries. The World Bank has pledged $500 million in funding; the European Union has pledged 416 million euros, and the African Development Bank has pledged $400 million. The assistance pledged should enable the country to meet the needs of the population in general, and those of women in particular" (21).
Jan. 4, 2024, 10:41 a.m.
Countries: Singapore
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

"[W]omen have led Singapore delegations to international meetings and are appointed Heads of Missions to international organisations... All positions in the Foreign Service are open to women on an equal basis as men... As at October 2021, there are 258 women out of a total of 541 foreign service officers (i.e. 48 per cent, an increase from 44 per cent in 2016). As of November 2021, there are 13 women Ambassadors/Heads of Mission" (20).
Nov. 6, 2023, 11:49 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

"Chinese women have full equal rights with men to participate in various international exchanges and organizations on behalf of their Government… It has strengthened cooperation with relevant United Nations agencies and successfully organized a number of exchange events for women, including the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Women and the Economy Forum, the Women-20 Meeting, the China-Arab Women’s Forum and the first Shanghai Cooperation Organization Women’s Forum" (17).
Oct. 4, 2023, 6:58 a.m.
Countries: Angola
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

"[A p]residential Decree 143/17 of 26 June 2017 approv[ed] the national plan of action for the implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on women and peace and security" (2).
Sept. 30, 2023, 4 p.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

"The Committee notes that the State party has experienced significant economic growth in recent years, that it has taken a leading role in promoting regional stability and cooperation and that it was the first State in Central Asia to be elected to the Security Council. However, the Committee is concerned that the State party has not implemented its commitments to finalizing a national action plan for the implementation of Council resolution 1325 (2000) on women and peace and security and to earmarking 15 per cent of its official development assistance for gender mainstreaming" (p.11).
Aug. 24, 2023, 1:08 a.m.
Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

"[There is] limited representation of women in diplomatic posts, international organizations and the judiciary" (8). "[Cabo Verde does not] use the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action [or implement] the Declaration and Platform in order to achieve substantive equality between women and men" (15).
Aug. 15, 2023, 6:17 a.m.
Countries: Cote D'Ivoire
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

"The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, in 2012" (2). "With reference to its general recommendation No. 30 (2013) on women in conflict prevention, conflict and post-conflict situations, Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on women, peace and security and subsequent resolutions on the subject, the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Ensure that all human rights violations are investigated effectively and perpetrators identified, prosecuted and punished in a manner commensurate with the gravity of the crimes committed, and that redress is provided to the victims, including by allocating adequate human, technical and financial resources to the special investigation unit established...more
Aug. 8, 2023, 8:30 p.m.
Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

"[S]tatutory quotas and a gender parity system in the public and foreign services [are not instilled in Bulgaria]" (8). "The Committee calls upon the State party to use the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and to further evaluate the realization of the rights enshrined in the Convention in the context of the 25-year review of the implementation of the Declaration and Platform in order to achieve substantive equality between women and men" (14).
Aug. 8, 2023, 12:20 p.m.
Countries: Senegal
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

"Senegal also has a national action plan for the eradication of gender-based violence and the promotion of human rights. This multisectoral document, covering the period 2017–2021, is now being implemented and has led, among its initial results, to the formulation of regional action plans. Senegalese legislation has been guided by two concerns: The first is to protect pregnant women from arduous or dangerous working conditions and to give them equal rights with men. Pregnant women have the right to stop work for 14 consecutive weeks, including 8 after childbirth. This period may be extended for a further three weeks in the event of duly certified illness. Full pay is provided...more
July 25, 2023, 10:44 a.m.
Countries: Cambodia
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

"[There is] inadequate implementation of the principles contained in Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on women and peace and security, including the participation of women in peacebuilding, conflict prevention and conflict resolution initiatives and the integration of gender perspectives into peacebuilding and peacekeeping missions" (4).
July 21, 2023, 11:58 a.m.
Countries: Azerbaijan
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

"On 20–21 April 2017, the training was organized for the Working Group (composed of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Milli Majlis, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Defense, the State Committee of Refugees and IDPs’ Affairs, SCFWCA and civil society institutions) to elaborate the National Action Plan for Azerbaijan in line with Resolution 1325 of the UN Security Council" (3). "On September 20, 2018, NATO and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan have organized the conference on Women, Peace and Security in Baku" (4).
July 14, 2023, 4:37 p.m.
Countries: Azerbaijan
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

"Starting from 25 October 2016, SCFWCA and UNFPA have launched the project of Fighting Gender based Violence in Azerbaijan with the support of USAID" (13).
July 14, 2023, 4:29 p.m.
Countries: Azerbaijan
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

"The draft of the National Action Plan to implement the Resolution 1325 is under elaboration. Three public discussions have been already held. It should be presented to the Cabinet of Ministers in fall 2019. Azerbaijan was also represented at training courses related to the Elimination of Gender Stereotypes and Fulfillment of Resolution 1325 of the UN Security Council and held by the Georgian Association of Women IDPs in Tbilisi and Gori on 21–25 November 2017" (4).
July 10, 2023, 9:26 p.m.
Countries: Maldives
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

"Regardless of the remarkable achievements mentioned above, the Government continues to face challenges in ensuring consistent application of laws and regulations. Under all Articles of the CEDAW, some specific, cross-cutting challenges are: Improving but still limited consistent and robust inter-ministerial coordination in the implementation of the rapidly changing national legal and regulatory framework, and ensuring that local authorities across the islands are informed and bought in; Lack of harmonised monitoring and data on the impact of policies; Lack of adequate technical and financial resources to implement the policies; High level of turn-over of civil servants in the Public sector, including among Health personnel, a significant number of which are expatriates;...more
June 20, 2023, 9:30 p.m.
Countries: Nicaragua
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

"For 12 years, the Government of Reconciliation and National Unity (hereinafter 'Government'), led by President Daniel Ortega Saavedra and Vice-President Rosario Murillo, has made equal rights between women and men a priority and has promoted respect for human rights, dignity and integrity. A Christian, socialist and solidarity-based model has been pursued since 2007 and has resulted in the implementation of gender-based demands, recognition of the leading role of women as agents of change and drivers of development, and promotion of their full participation through access to goods and means of production on the basis of equity and equality of rights and opportunities. The will of the Government is reflected in...more
May 2, 2023, 8:19 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

Table 3 titled “National Action Plans- status”, indicates the level of NAPS in these countries. Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Guatemala, and Paraguay are countries with NAPS. Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Trinidad & Tobago, and Uruguay are countries with NAPS under development. Colombia, Dominican Republic, Panama, and Peru are countries without NAPS (9). "[T]he 2018 Colombian Ministry of Defense’s report Public Policy was developed as a requirement of the 2016 peace agreement. It is considered the military’s WPS implementation plan. It calls on the military and the police to make sure that women have equal access and opportunities" (11). " Colombia has a robust civil society network with 57 distinct organizations that...more
May 2, 2023, 8:19 p.m.
Countries: Chile
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

Table 3 titled “National Action Plans- status”, indicates the level of NAPS in these countries. Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Guatemala, and Paraguay are countries with NAPS. Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Trinidad & Tobago, and Uruguay are countries with NAPS under development. Colombia, Dominican Republic, Panama, and Peru are countries without NAPS (9). "Chile—with top scores overall and at this level—[has] developed and implemented WPS NAPs" (10).