African Union Special Envoy Bineta Diop and Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Deputy Prime Minister of Namibia
Women-Led Landmark Peace Push - 20 Years Later They Want More
No sustainable peace without the peacebuilding skills of women! That's the message of African women working for full participation in peace and security initiatives. From 10-12 November, Bineta Diop, African Union Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security, holds a forum on women's role in peace processes. On 29 October, the United Nations marked the 20th anniversary of Security Council Resolution 1325, which promoted women's "equal participation and full involvement in all efforts for the maintenance and promotion of peace and security". To observe the anniversary, Diop - founder of Femmes Africa Solidarité - discussed the resolution's impact with Liberian Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee and Namibia's Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, who last month launched the International Women's Peace Centre in Windhoek. In part one of the discussions, she talks of the long struggle for women's full inclusion in peacebuilding.
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19 June 2020
Women, Peace and Security: The Agenda at 20
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- Security Council Report
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- Security Council Report
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This is the sixth research report by Security Council Report (SCR) dedicated to the women, peace and security agenda. This report reviews the period ... see more »
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Namibia: Women's Peace Centre Opened in Windhoek
Namibian, 31 October 2020
VICE president Nangolo Mbumba officially opened the Women's Peace Centre in Windhoek on Saturday, on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Security Council's… Read more »
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Namibia: EU-Namibia Political Dialogue Looks At Resolving Global Challenges
Namibia Economist, 22 October 2020
The European Union and Namibia late last month took part in a political dialogue engaging in an in-depth discussion on a number of topics of shared interest, ranging from the… Read more »
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Namibia: Welcoming Remarks at the Launch of the International Women's Peace Centre
Government of Namibia, 31 October 2020
Remarks by the Honourable Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Read more »
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31 October 2000
UN Security Resolution on Women, Peace and Security (S/RES 1325)
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- United Nations
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The Security Council adopted resolution (S/RES/1325) on women and peace and security on 31 October 2000. The resolution reaffirms the important role ... see more »
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12 July 2000
Letter dated 2000/07/12 from the Permanent Representative of Namibia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
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- United Nations
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Transmits the Windhoek Declaration on the 10th Anniversary of the UN Transition Assistance Group and the Namibia Plan of Action on Mainstreaming a ... see more »
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