Women Participation in Conflict Analysis
The Security Council adopted resolution (S/RES/1325) on women and peace security on 31ST October 2000.The resolution reaffirm the important role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, peace-negotiations, peace-building, peace-keeping, humanitarian response and in post conflict reconstruction and stresses the importance of their equal participant and full involvement in all efforts for the maintenance and promotion of peace and security. Resolution 1325 urges all sectors to increase the participation of women and incorporate gender perspective in all United Nation peace and security efforts. It also call on all parties to conflict to take special measures to protect women and girls from gender based violence, particularly rape and other forms of sexual abuse in situations of armed conflict. The resolution provides a number of important operational mandates with implication for member state and entities of the United Nation system.

On 31st October 2000, the United Nation Security Council (UNSC) unanimously adopted Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. Resolution 1325 marks the first time the security council addressed the disproportionate and unique impart of armed conflict on women, recognized the under-value and under-utilized contributions women make to conflict prevention, peace-keeping, conflict resolution and peace-building and stressed the importance of their equal and full participation as active in peace and security. UNSCR 1325 goals can be summarized as follows: Prevention of War Participation of women at all levels of peace process (prevention, handling and settlement of conflict) Protection of women and girls in war and crisis region, especially protection from sexual violence.

UNSCR 1325 offers many suggestions on how to generate a force for changing existing international foreign and security policies. A force for change in the sense that foreign and security policies are no longer to be decided exclusively by men. A force which makes change in crisis, war and post war situations, women should have the chance, with equal rights to participate at all levels and reach positions of leadership.

In many parts of the world, men are attempting to secure their social supremacy and maintain all leading political and social position while marginalizing women to the edges of the society. With resolution 1325 for the first time, a tool is available for stopping this extremely undemocratic intervention.

We urge the African Union Committee to formulate a national action plan for the effective implementation of UNSCR 1325, therefore women political participation in decision making processes will be secured, effective women’s role in peace-building will be achieved, women visibility in peace consolidation and conflict prevention will be attained.