Gender

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UN Security Council Resolution 1325 addresses the disproportionate and unique impact of armed conflict on women. It also recognises the undervalued and under-utilised contributions women make to conflict prevention, peacekeeping, conflict resolution and peace-building, and stresses the importance of their equal and full participation as active agents in peace and security. NATO should work on and implement an Action Plan 1325 to mainstream gender perspectives and training into its Peacekeeping Operations, Peace Support Operations and Reconstruction and Rehabilitation programmes. NATO forces need to become more gender aware in order to protect the victims of gender-based sexual violence and to pursue and prosecute the perpetrators. This is a summary list of all the content in the site categorised within the Gender policy area.