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Women, Peace and Security

This LibGuide is intended to provide a few starting points to assist you with your research on issues related to women, peace and security, in particular within the NATO context.

Disclaimer

All publications in this LibGuide, unless otherwise specified, are not formal NATO documents and do not represent the official opinions or positions of NATO or individual NATO Allies or partner nations. NATO does not endorse and cannot guarantee the accuracy or objectivity of these sources. Neither NATO nor any NATO command, organization, or agency, nor any person acting on their behalf may be held responsible for the use that may be made of the information contained therein.

NATO Reports

Women in the Armed Forces
NATO Science & Technology Organization (2021)
Integration of Women Into Ground Combat Units
NATO Science & Technology Organization (2021)
Advancing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda
NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Committee on the Civil Dimensions of Security (2020)

United Nations Reports

Conflict-related sexual violence Report of the Secretary-General
UN Security Council (2021)
Gender Equality and Women, Peace and Security. Resource Package
United Nations Department of Peace Operations (2021)
Leaders and Changemakers. Women Transforming Peace and Security Amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic. Women, Peace and Security Highlights – UN Peacekeeping in 2020
UN Peacekeeping, Gender Unit, Department of Peace Operations (2021)
Gender & Disarmament Resource Pack
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (2021)
The World’s Women 2020: Trends and Statistics
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2020)
Women, peace and security annual report 2019–2020
UN Women (2020)
UN Women Annual Report 2019–2020
UN Women (2020)
National Action Plans on Women, Peace and Security: Critical Tools in COVID-19 Responses in the Arab States Region
UN Women Regional Office for Arab States (2020)
Women and peace and security Report of the Secretary-General
UN Security Council (2020)
Making Room for Improvement Gender Dimensions of the Life-cycle Management of Ammunition
United Nations (2020)
Monitoring Progress and Looking Ahead: Interactive Stock-Taking on High Level Commitments Made on Women, Peace and Security ahead of the 20th Anniversary of 1325
Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN (2020)

Other Reports

2021: Snapshot of Women, peace and security in peace operations
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security (2021)
The Climate-Gender-Conflict Nexus Amplifying women's contributions at the grassroots
The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (2021)
Women’s Participation in Peace Processes
Council on Foreign Relations
NATO Partnerships for Women, Peace, and Security
Atlantic Council Scowcroft Center (2021)
Malign Activity. How Gender, Sex and Lies are Weaponized against Women Online
Wilson Center Science and Technology Innovation Program (2021)
Quick-read guide: gender and countering disinformation
UK Government (2020)
Advancing Women’s Participation in Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (2020)
Women, Peace and Security Index 2019/2020
Georgetown University’s Institute for Women, Peace and Security (2020)

Reports Archive (2000-2020)

NATO Reports

NATO Guidelines for Gender Mainstreaming in Small Arms & Light Weapons Projects
NATO (2017)
NATO Guidelines for Gender Mainstreaming in Conventional Arms Control
NATO (2017)
NATO Guidelines for Gender Mainstreaming in Mine Action
NATO (2017)
The Role of Women and Gender Policies in Addressing the Military Conflict in Ukraine
IAI Istituto Affari Internazionali (2015)
The 1325 Scorecard. Gender Mainstreaming: Indicators for the implementation of UNSCR 1325 and its related resolutions
NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme (2015)
Review of the Practical Implications of UNSCR 1325 for the Conduct of NATO-led Operations and Missions - Full Report
NATO and Swedish Defence Research Agency (2013)
Women and Gender in Afghanistan
NATO Civil-Military Fusion Centre (February 2012)

United Nations Reports

Policy Brief. Mapping of the Gender Recommendations in the three 2015 Peace and Security Reviews
UN Women: Louise Allen, Global Gender, Peace and Security Consultant (June 2019)
Gender mainstreaming principles, dimensions and priorities for PVE
UN Women (2019)
Gender, Development and Nuclear Weapons: Shared Goals, Shared Concerns
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (2016)
Reparations for Conflict‐Related Sexual Violence: GUIDANCE NOTE OF THE SECRETARY‐GENERAL
United Nations (June 2014)
Cross-Cutting Report on Women, Peace and Security
UN Security Council (April 2014)
Women and Natural Resources: Unlocking the Peacebuilding Potential Report
United Nations Environment Programme, UN Women, UN Development Programme and UN Peacebuilding Support Office (November 2013)
General recommendation No. 30 on women in conflict prevention, conflict and post-conflict situations
United Nations & CEDAW (October 2013)
Frozen words: memory and sexual violence amongst Sudanese refugee women in Cairo
UNHCR (June 2012)
Harmful Traditional Practices and Implementation of the Law on Elimination of Violence against Women in Afghanistan
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) (December 2010)
Women’s Participation in Peace Negotiations: Connections between Presence and Influence
UN Fund Development for Women (August 2010)

Other Reports

Gender and SALW. Gender Aspects of SALW and How to Address Them in Practice
SEESAC (2018)
‘Measuring gender’ in peacebuilding
International Alert (2016)
Women, peace and security in Iraq: report on Iraq’s National Action Plan to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325
LSE Middle East Centre Report, Middle East Centre, LSE (August 2016)
Women in Combat
House of Commons Library (UK) (March 2016)
Women in Combat: Issues for Congress
US Congressional Research Service (December 2015)
UNSCR 1325 Reload
Australian Human Rights Commission and Universidad Rey Juan Carlos I (Madrid) (2015)
WOMEN & WAR: Women & Armed Conflicts and the issue of Sexual Violence
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) (June 2015)
Whose Security? Practical Examples of Gender Perspectives in Military Operations
Nordic Centre for Gender In Military Operations, Swedish Armed Forces (February 2015)
Reimagining Peacemaking: Women’s Roles in Peace Processes
International Peace Institute (2015)
Women Count: Security Council Resolution 1325 - Civil Society Monitoring Report 2013
BCSP (March 2014)
Women, Peace and Security: An Introductory Manual
Australian Civil-Military Centre (2014)
Integrating a Gender Perspective into Internal Oversight within Armed Forces
DCAF (2014)
UN Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security. Summary and Extracts for Military
Nordic Centre for Gender in Military Operations and Swedish Armed Forces (2014)
Assessment of the evidence of links between gender equality, peacebuilding and statebuilding: literature review
Overseas Development Institute, UK (December 2013)
Women, Peace And Security In The Western Balkans
Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (2013)
Involvement of Parliaments in Advancing the ‘Women, Peace and Security’ Agenda in NATO Member Countries
Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) (2013)
Implementing Locally, Inspiring Globally: Localizing UNSCR 1325 in Colombia, Nepal, the Philippines, Sierra Leone and Uganda
Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (October 2013)
Women and Conflict in Afghanistan
International Crisis Group (14 October 2013)
Gender Makes Sense : A Way to Improve Your Mission
Civil-Military Cooperation Centre of Excellence (2013)
Accord Insight: Women building peace
CONCILIATION RESOURCES (March 2013)
Forgotten Heroes: Afghan Women Leaders Killed in Impunity Ignored in Justice
Afghanistan Rights Monitor (December 2012)
From clause to effect: including women’s rights and gender in peace agreements
Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (2012)
Gender in Peacebuilding: Taking Stock
International Alert (October 2012)
From the ground up: women's roles in local peacebuilding in Afghanistan, Liberia, Nepal, Pakistan and Sierra Leone
ActionAid, Institute of Development Studies & Womankind (2012)
Women, Peace and Security
EastWest Institute (September 2012)
Putting Women’s Rights into the Arms Trade Treaty
Gender Action for Peace and Security (June 2012)
The Role of Women and Gender in Conflicts
Spanish Ministry of Defence (June 2012)
The Extent of Restrictions on the Service of Active-Component Military Women
RAND Corporation (2012)
Afghanistan: Pathways to Peace - New Directions for an Inclusive Peace in Afghanistan
CARE Canada, Peacebuild: The Canadian Peacebuilding Network (April 2012)
The Peace Process and Afghanistan's Women (Part II)
Civil-Military Fusion Centre (April 2012)
Lessons from Women’s Programs in Afghanistan and Iraq
United States Institute of Peace (March 2012)
Report to Congress on the Review of Laws, Policies and Regulations Restricting the Service of Female Members in the U.S. Armed Forces
United States. Department of Defense (February 2012)
Report of the Civil Society Consultations on the Development of the United States National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security (UN SCR 1325)
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Afghan Values or Women’s Rights? Gendered Narratives about Continuity and Change in Urban Afghanistan
Institute of Development Studies (January 2012)
Implementing the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda in Afghanistan
Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination (January 2012)
Gender and Security Sector Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina
DCAF (7 December 2011)
Gender and Security in Africa: An Overview
The Nordic Africa Institute (2011)
Towards More Effective Gender Mainstreaming in EU Security and Defence Policy
Geneva Centre for Security Policy (November 2011)
Women in Afghanistan: A Human Rights Tragedy Ten Years after 9/11
US Naval War College (November 2011)
A just peace? The legacy of war for the women of Afghanistan
ActionAid (October 2011)
A Place at the Table: Safeguarding Women's Rights in Afghanistan
OXFAM (October 2011)
Implementing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Peace Operations: Overview of Recent Efforts and Lessons Learned
Peacebuild, Paix Durable & Pearson Peacekeeping Centre (August 2011)
Women, Peace and Security: from Resolution to Action - Ten Years of Security Council Resolution 1325
Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) (2011)
Women, Peace and Security : The European Union in Action
Council of the European Union & General Secretariat of the Council (2011)
A Decade Lost: Locating Gender in U.S. Counter-Terrorism
Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, New York University School of Law (July 2011)
Costing and Financing 1325: Examining the Resources Needed to Implement UN Security Council Resolution 1325 at the National Level as well as the Gains, Gaps and Glitches on Financing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda
Cordaid and ICAN-Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (May 2011)
Women in Religious Peacebuilding
United States Institute of Peace (May 2011)
The Role of Women in Global Security
United States Institute of Peace (December 2010)
What the Women Say : Participation and UNSCR 1325 : A Case Study Assessment
International Civil Society Action Network (October 2010)
From Resolution to Reality : Lessons Learned from Afghanistan, Nepal and Uganda on Women’s Participation in Peacebuilding and Post-Conflict Governance
CARE International (October 2010)
Afghan Women Speak : Enhancing Security and Human Rights in Afghanistan
University of Notre Dame (October 2010)
Building a state that works for women: Integrating gender into post-conflict state building
FRIDE (March 2011)