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To date, 104 countries have adopted National Action Plans. More information can be found at PeaceWomen.org.
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Foundational Documents - Overview Resources
- What makes for an effective WPS national action plan?March 2019. Australian Strategic Policy Institute: The Strategist.
- What Is a National Action Plan and Why Do They Matter?August 2016. Melody Hood (Inclusive Security).
- Designing Inclusive Strategies for Sustainable Security: Results-Oriented National Action Plans on Women, Peace and SecurityJanuary 2017. OSCE. This publication focuses on the lessons learned during the September 2016 OSCE National Action Plan (NAP) Academy held in Vienna, Austria and is a result of the participants’ request for realistic examples of high-impact NAP designs on WPS.
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United Nations
Reports, Documents, and Articles on the state of UNSCR 1325
- Logics of empowerment in the women, peace and security agendaNDU access.
Boer Cueva, A. R., Griffin, P., & Shepherd, L. J. (2023). Journal of International Relations and Development, 26(3), 453-480. - Follow the Money: Assessing Women, Peace, and Security through Financing for Gender-Inclusive PeaceDavies, Sara E. and Jacqui True. 2022. Review of International Studies 48 (4) (10): 668-688.
NDU access. - Peace is On the Line: The Women, Peace and Security Agenda Must Be FulfilledApril 5, 2021. Last month, the U.S. Civil Society Working Group for WPS convened legislators, practitioners and peacebuilding organizations—including the Alliance for Peacebuilding, Council on Foreign Relations, One Earth Future Foundation, the U.S. Institute of Peace, the Wilson Center and Women’s Action for New Directions—to discuss how the pandemic has affected peacebuilding efforts, how we can institute the principles of WPS within the U.S. context, and what we can learn from peacebuilders past and present to help solve the unique challenges of this era.
- The Women, Peace, and Security Agenda: Cross-Regional Challenges and OpportunitiesMarch 2021. CNA.
This conference proceeding summarizes a virtual, on-the-record event organized by CNA’s Strategy and Policy Analysis program on December 2, 2020. Exploring issues across Africa, Asia, and Europe, the event examined the implementation of the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda ofthe United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 that was passed 20 years ago. - The Global Pushback on Women’s Rights: The State of the Women, Peace, and Security AgendaTaylor, Sarah and Baldwin, Gretchen. International Peace Institute, 2019.