The Swedish International Development Agency’s (SIDA) International Training Programme (ITP) is organizing the training on ‘UN Resolution 1325: Women, Peace and Security.’ The Part 1 of this training will be held from 18 November to 6 December in Stockholm, Sweden and the Part 2 training is yet to be decided.
The issues of UNSCR 1325 have long been on the International Community’s agenda. Much of UNSCR 1325 focuses on opening access for women’s influence and to participate in peace processes. It is also important to empower women (and concerned men) to participate and directly contribute to the implementation of UNSCR 1325. Another issue that highlights the complexity of the implementation is the coordination and accountability to promote and ensure knowledge awareness and action on UNSCR 1325 issues of local institutions. In that respect the work with conducting National Action Plans has now started and should be supported as well as the implementation
Objectives
Please note that this program targets only: Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Georgia, Liberia and South Sudan.
The principle aim of the training is
- to contribute to the understanding of the need for increasing women’s influence and participation in the conflict management and postconflict reconstruction;
- to increase the recognition of the special needs of girls and women in peace processes.
- to enable organisational and professional change where participants will be able to use the knowledge and tools provided by the programme to contribute to the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325.
Target Group
The programme admits 25 participants from the following countries: Colombia, DRC, Georgia, Liberia and South Sudan
It is primarily designed for participants with senior and middle level positions in government, civil society and private sector working with human rights, women’s rights and in the security sector. Participants should represent one of the following:
- Government, e.g. relevant ministries, judiciary, military, police authority, human rights commissions or similar.
- Civil society and NGOs, e.g. human rights or women’s rights organisations
- Academic institutions
- Media and the private sector
Closing date for applications: June 5, 2013
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