Knowledge Partner
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Diplomatist
Image 36: President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (right) with members of the all-female Indian Formed Police Unit serving with the UN Mission in Liberia in February 2016.
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interna*onal actors on peace processes is crucial. Inclusive processes
challenge established power structures and resistance by powerful elites
is to be expected and the interna*onal community has to be prepared to
stand up to this resistance. Women ac*vists know that their own local
‘elites’ are most ojen the major obstacle to women’s inclusion and that
this has to be challenged. The *me has come to connect ‘the global to the
local’, to make the resolu*ons real for women by showing that
interna*onal solidarity can work and by making women count in conflict
resolu*on.
Direct representa*on at the nego*a*on table
Observer status for selected groups
Consulta*ons
Inclusive commissions
High-level problem-solving workshops
Public decision-making
Mass ac*on
The UN Department of Poli*cal Affairs
(UNDPA) has also published guidelines on
gender inclusion in media*on and
nego*a*on processes that are now being
applied in peace talks in which they are
involved. The influence of regional and
Women ac@vists know
that their own local ‘elites’
are most oien the major
obstacle to women’s
inclusion and that this has
to be challenged.
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