{"id":76206,"date":"2022-10-31T12:00:48","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T01:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=76206"},"modified":"2022-10-31T11:55:38","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T00:55:38","slug":"advancing-the-women-peace-and-security-agenda-in-the-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/advancing-the-women-peace-and-security-agenda-in-the-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"Advancing the women, peace and security agenda in the Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-76207\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10663775365_557a100ffd_c.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10663775365_557a100ffd_c.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10663775365_557a100ffd_c-205x137.jpg 205w, https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10663775365_557a100ffd_c-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10663775365_557a100ffd_c-332x221.jpg 332w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>On this day 22 years ago, the United Nations Security Council adopted <a href=\"http:\/\/unscr.com\/en\/resolutions\/doc\/1325\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resolution 1325<\/a> in recognition of the fact that women experience and are affected by conflict in different ways to men. Since then, a further <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peacewomen.org\/why-WPS\/solutions\/resolutions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nine resolutions<\/a> relating to women, peace and security (WPS) have been adopted to promote gender equality and strengthen women\u2019s participation, protection and rights in conflict situations and peacekeeping operations and to acknowledge the changing global context of peace and security. Together these 10 resolutions are known as the WPS agenda.<\/p>\n<p>The WPS agenda goes beyond recognised situations of armed conflict. Its fundamental purpose is to \u2018prevent insecurity and violence by <a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacific.unwomen.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Field%20Office%20ESEAsia\/Docs\/Publications\/2020\/10\/UNN_WPS_REPORT_004.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">harnessing the potentials of both women and men<\/a>, and addressing structural gender inequality and discriminatory gender norms that are barriers to sustainable peace\u2019. Increasingly, natural disasters, poverty, climate change, health epidemics and gender inequality are being viewed as drivers of insecurity and barriers to peacebuilding.<\/p>\n<p>Nowhere can this be seen more clearly than in the Pacific. Consultations by the Asia-Pacific Development, Diplomacy &amp; Defence Dialogue (AP4D) earlier this year explained how Pacific people <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiapacific4d.com\/shared-future\/pacific\/synthesis-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">experience insecurity at multiple levels<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">globally, as a warming planet presents ecological and civilisational threats<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">regionally, as players and relationships change<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nationally, as countries respond to the effects of Covid-19, natural disasters, illegal fishing, transnational crime and other threats, compounded by gender inequality<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">locally, where community leaders and security agencies struggle to control violence and subnational conflicts in several countries. In some areas, law and order challenges and the proliferation of firearms mean that risks to individual safety and tribal and political violence are extremely real.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An expanded concept of security is articulated in the Pacific Islands Forum <a href=\"https:\/\/pacificsecurity.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Boe-Declaration-on-Regional-Security.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boe Declaration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Against this backdrop, progressing the WPS agenda in the Pacific is a crucial part of ensuring a peaceful and prosperous region. While a commitment to gender equality and increased participation of women in security and peacebuilding efforts is highlighted in key regional documents such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forumsec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/PIFS-2050-Strategy-Blue-Pacific-Continent-WEB-5Aug2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2050 Strategy for a Blue Pacific Continent<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forumsec.org\/2012\/08\/30\/plged\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2012 Pacific Leaders Gender Equality Declaration,<\/a> this is yet to translate into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowyinstitute.org\/the-interpreter\/wrong-balance-power-pacific\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">women\u2019s increased political participation<\/a> or reduced levels of violence against women. The Pacific has the lowest levels of women\u2019s political representation in the world <a href=\"https:\/\/data.ipu.org\/women-averages?month=5&amp;year=2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with just 6% of seats held by women<\/a>. Rates of gender-based violence in the region are <a href=\"https:\/\/pacificwomen.org\/our-work\/focus-areas\/ending-violence-against-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">among the highest in the world<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Momentum for the WPS agenda is growing, with Pacific women pursuing policy change through <a href=\"https:\/\/iwda.org.au\/we-rise-coalition-announces-new-partners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">civil society alliances<\/a> and local women\u2019s organisations. The nexus between climate change and conflict is better recognised, as well as the gendered impacts of both. The <a href=\"https:\/\/apo.org.au\/node\/259001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2019 WPS Pacific summit<\/a> recognised how the changing security environment in the Pacific demands a strengthened role of women in the peace and security sector.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiapacific4d.com\/shared-future\/pacific\/synthesis-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">For Australia<\/a>, stability and peace in the Pacific goes to the heart of the country\u2019s security, prosperity and national interest. Australia and Pacific island countries agree on a human security approach and the importance of women\u2019s participation and leadership in peace, security and decision-making. However, more attention is needed to put this approach into action.<\/p>\n<p>Putting the Boe Declaration into practice means implementing a human security approach that reaches out to subnational and non-state groups, women\u2019s groups and youth groups to help create peaceful and cohesive societies. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiapacific4d.com\/shared-future\/pacific\/a-secure-and-peaceful-pacific\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">includes<\/a> supporting feminist approaches and highlighting the perspectives of women in decision-making through programs such as Pacific Women Lead that are led and staffed by Pacific women. A shared feminist foreign policy agenda should be developed for the region that centres on Indigenous people, approaches and worldviews; recognises the gendered drivers of insecurity; and applies locally owned solutions. Other imperatives are social inclusion\u2014 in particular, acknowledging the large youth populations in the Pacific and the need to respond to their economic and political imperatives\u2014and a focus on the impact of extractive industry on human security.<\/p>\n<p>Both Australian and Pacific leaders have long stressed their shared desire for peace and security. But what has maintained peace in the region in the past cannot be assumed to be sufficient in the face of the climate crisis and a deteriorating strategic environment. Australia needs to work harder with the Pacific to respond to drivers of instability to support a peaceful and secure region. This means developing a common framework for security that responds to the full set of peace and security challenges in the Pacific. The WPS agenda provides a framework for working towards a peaceful and prosperous region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this day 22 years ago, the United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 1325 in recognition of the fact that women experience and are affected by conflict in different ways to men. 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