Amb. Bonnie ​Jenkins Continues to Ask "Where is the Diversity" in Peace and Security Policies
Channel: United States Institute of Peace
Date: 2020-10-28

“So many of the areas of peace and security affect women of color predominantly around the world and yet we were not at the table,” says Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins. This was the catalyst that led her to found the NGO Women of Color Advancing Peace, Security and Conflict Transformation.

She spoke at an online event hosted by the U.S. Institute of Peace and the U.S. Civil Society Working Group on Women, Peace and Security (U.S. CSWG) on October 20. The event marked the 20th anniversary of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325. The resolution, adopted on October 31, 2000, represented the first time that the Security Council had addressed the disproportionate and unique impact of armed conflict on women and girls. The resolution also recognized the critical role women can, and do, play in peacebuilding.

Learn more about the event: https://www.usip.org/publications/2020/10/twenty-years-after-resolution-1325-women-remain-undervalued-peacebuilding 

Watch the entire discussion: https://youtu.be/27A37j0tvD0 

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