Women, Peace and Security
ANJP plays a critical role in conflict prevention and where there are conflicts in seeking just peace that addresses the root causes.
Women too often are absent from high-level international peace negotiations and from peace talks. Meanwhile, women typically bear the brunt of all wars. We seek to change that.
The obligations to include women in all aspects of a peace process is mandated by international human rights and law [UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000), 1889 (2010), 1960 (2010), Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women, and the Beijing Platform for Women.]
Women have a vested interest to see all backroom conversations brought into the limelight. Women are concerned about the issues of disenfranchisement and disempowerment and must work hard in the equalization of power and power dynamics around issues of war and peace.
Women are peacebuilding, we can facilitate difficult conversation and build consensus on difficult issue.