{"id":2709,"date":"2023-11-12T07:12:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T06:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cgeps.org\/?p=2709"},"modified":"2023-11-12T12:17:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T11:17:32","slug":"risques-pendant-les-conflits-et-sous-representativite-des-femmes-dans-les-processus-de-paix-comprendre-le-rapport-2022-du-secretaire-general-des-nations-unies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cgeps.org\/en\/risques-pendant-les-conflits-et-sous-representativite-des-femmes-dans-les-processus-de-paix-comprendre-le-rapport-2022-du-secretaire-general-des-nations-unies\/","title":{"rendered":"Risks during conflict and under-representation of women in peace processes: Understanding the UN Secretary-General\u2019s 2022 report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Center for Gender, Peace and Security (CGEPS).<\/span><\/i><\/h1>\n\n

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More than 600 million women and girls lived in conflict-affected countries in 2022, a 50 per cent increase since 2017. Civilians around the world need greater humanitarian aid than ever before\u2014but countries are instead increasing military spending, which topped USD 2.2 trillion in 2022. \nThat is the picture painted by a new report by UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres on women, peace, and security which UN Women drafted on behalf of the UN system.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The report was issued 23 years after Security Council resolution 1325, which called for all parties to conflicts to ensure the safety of women and girls, and for women\u2019s full involvement in peace processes. Its key findings include:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Marinelly Hernandez, known as Ruby among the FARC guerrillas, is now a leader in Pondores (Colombia), a community where ex-combatants settled down to begin a new lives as civilians after the Peace Agreement with the Colombian Government was signed in 2016. UN Women supports leadership of women ex-combatants. Photo: UN Women\/Pedro Pio.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Women\u2019s participation in peace processes has plateaued<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Out of 18 peace agreements reached in 2022, only six included provisions specifically relating to women, girls, or gender. This is a similar figure to recent years, which saw the number of such provisions range from about 20 to 35 per cent.<\/span><\/p>

Of those 18 agreements, only one\u2014that of South Sudan\u2014was signed or witnessed by a local women\u2019s organization.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

At the local level, women led many successful negotiations to secure access to water and humanitarian aid, broker the release of political prisoners, prevent and resolve tribal conflicts, or mediate local ceasefires.<\/span><\/p>

However, at the national level, they remain sidelined from the main negotiations. While women participated in 80 per cent of UN-led or co-led peace processes, their actual numbers remained low, at only about 16 per cent of total participants\u2014a proportion that has decreased for two years in a row.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Women were almost completely absent from many other peace processes and political talks on situations on the agenda of the Security Council, including in Ethiopia, Kosovo1, Sudan, Myanmar, and Libya.1<\/sup>, au Soudan, au Myanmar, et \u00e0 la Libye.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The global security humanitarian situation has become more dire, with a disparate impact on women and girls<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) estimates that 117.2 million people will be forcibly displaced or stateless by the end of 2023.<\/span><\/p>

Such displacement and conflict can turn back the clock on women\u2019s rights. For example, when fighting broke out in Sudan earlier this year, widespread sexual violence returned to Darfur, reminiscent of the conflict in the region two decades ago.<\/span><\/p>

A growing share of the world\u2019s population lives under autocratic rule, after many years of democratic backsliding. Misogyny is a common thread in the rise of authoritarianism, as well as the spread of conflict and violent extremism.<\/span><\/p>

In Afghanistan, for example, the Taliban have issued more than 50 edicts to suppress women\u2019s and girls\u2019 rights, returning to the oppression of the 1990s.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

According to one study cited in the report, incidents of political violence targeting women increased by 50 per cent in conflict-affected countries between 2020 and 2022.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

The number of people in need of humanitarian aid increased by 25 per cent over the last year, and at the same time the world is undergoing the largest global food crisis in modern history. Much of this increase in need has been driven by nearly 200 armed conflicts and organized violence, as well as by the climate crisis and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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This dire picture is not inevitable or irreversible. Women\u2019s participation in peace processes makes agreements more durable and sustainable. The report calls for $300 million in new funding pledges for women\u2019s organizations in crisis settings over the next three years, and for at least one-third of all participants in mediation and peace processes to be women.\u00a0<\/p>

Additional recommendations for governments and negotiating delegations include:<\/p>