Call for Sign-On – UN WG Meeting on Development, Conflict, Peace

Date: January 27, 2014

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Dear
Colleagues,

In preparation for the GA Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) 8th and final meeting next week on the theme of conflict
prevention/ peace, WILPF, CWGL, GNWP, and the Global Justice Center have
drafted an open advocacy letter asking Co-Chairs and UN Missions involved to
push to to strengthen the link between the development agenda and the conflict
prevention and peace-building agenda from a gender perspective.

Given
the gap in this area, we would appreciate your support and organizational sign
on.

If you would like to sign on on, please contact me, Abigail Ruane at Peacewomen
– abigail@peacewomen.org, by
Wednesday 5th February.

__________________________________________________

TO:
Co-Chairs of the Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals and
all UN Missions in the GA OWG on SDG regional groups

DATE:
31 January 2014

RE:
GA Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
consideration of the theme of conflict prevention, post-conflict peacebuilding
and the promotion of durable peace, rule of law and governance

Excellences:

As the Open Working Group (OWG)
on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) concludes its eighth and final thematic
session this week and prepares to draft a proposal on the SDGs, it is critical
to strengthen the link between development agenda and the conflict prevention
and peacebuilding agenda from a gender perspective.

In SDG negotiations addressing
the theme of conflict prevention, post-conflict peacebuilding, and the
promotion of durable peace:

1. We remind you of the
existing commitments, indicators, and targets already in place and urge you to
use and build on them

Build on international human
rights and international humanitarian law, CEDAW General Recommendation 30 on
women in conflict prevention, conflict and post-conflict situations; Beijing
Platform Area E on Women in Armed Conflict; the UN’s 7 Point Action Plan for
Gender Responsive Peacebuilding, and the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda
including SCR 1325, 1820, 1888, 1889, 1960, 2106, and 2122, as well as the
(2010) WPS Global Indicators, selections of which are
here attached for your ease of reference.

Prioritize investments strengthening human rights
commitments including Critical Area E of the Beijing Platform for Action which
links gender equality and the call for the control of excessive arms
expenditure, and Article 26 of the UN Charter which calls for armaments to
divert the least of the world’s human and economic resources. Reducing military
spending and redirecting funding to development and gender equality is an
investment in conflict prevention and peace.

2. We urge you to ensure
gender sensitive discussion on all goals, targets and indicators

Ensure a comprehensive human
rights framework to the SDGs which addresses obligations to empower women
socially and economically and respect, protect, and fulfil women’s human rights
progressively, using maximum available resources including in conflict
prevention, conflict, and post conflict situations. Apply this framework to all
women, including those most at risk such as refugees and forcibly displaced.

3. We call on you to
strengthen accountability of both state and non-state actors to end impunity
and uphold women’s human rights

Scale up success by
strengthening accountability of state and non-state actors for gender equality
and women’s human rights, including through gender budgeting, ensuring women’s
full and equal participation in all decision-making, governance and peace
negotiations, and strengthening of women led civil society.

As you develop a proposal on
SDGs, we ask that you build on existing agreements rather than reinvent the
wheel, and take action to ensure that goals move from words to implementation
and impact.

SIGNED

Center for Women’s Global
Leadership

Global JusticeCenter

Global Network of Women Peacebuilders

Women’s International League
for Peace and Freedom

Illustrative
Targets
(Beijing
Platform for Action Area E “Women and Armed Conflict” Objectives):

Increase
the participation of women in conflict resolution at decision-making
levels and protect women living in situations of armed and other conflicts
or under foreign occupation
Reduce
excessive military expenditures and control the availability of armaments
Promote
non-violent forms of conflict resolution and reduce the incidence of human
rights abuse in conflict situations
Promote
women’s contribution to fostering a culture of peace
Provide
protection, assistance and training to refugee women, other displaced
women in need of international protection and internally displaced women
Provide
assistance to the women of the colonies and non-self-governing territories

Illustrative
Indicators

(WPS Global
Indicators, listed in the 2010 Secretary General Report)

Number

Indicator

Prevention

Prevalence
of Sexual Violence

Patterns
of sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict situations
Text of recommendations section to report on:
• Types of measures (proposed vs. implemented)
• Types of violations
• Type of perpetrator
• Specific groups affected (ethnicity, geographical location, age)

Extent
to which United Nations Peacekeeping and Special Political Missions include
information on violations of women and girls’ human rights in their periodic
reporting to the Security Council

Extent
to which violations of women’s and girls’ human rights are reported, referred
and investigated by human rights bodies
Report on:
• Number and types of cases reported, referred and investigated
• Account of actions taken / recommended to address violations

Number
and percentage share of women in governance bodies of National Human Right
Bodies (NHRB)

Percentage
of reported cases of sexual exploitation and abuse allegedly perpetrated by
uniformed, civilian peacekeepers and/or humanitarian workers that are acted
upon out of the total number of referred cases

Extent
to which measures to protect women’s and girls’ human rights are included in
Peacekeeper Heads of Military Components and Heads of Police Components
Directives

Extent
to which measures to protect women’s and girls’ human rights are included in
national security policy frameworks. Existing and new gender-specific
language to report on:
• Type of document
• Context analysis of security threats to women and girls
• Types of measures

Number
and type of actions taken by the Security Council related to resolution 1325
(2000) Report on:
• Count of actions
• Types of actions: request inquiry, setup a specific mechanism, mandate
peace
keeping operations, impose sanctions, authorize the use of force, establish
an
international tribunal, refer a situation to ICC
• Type of document (i.e. resolution, PRST)

Number
and percentage share of women in the Executive leadership of relevant
regional and sub-regional organizations involved in preventing conflict
Regional and sub-regional organizations will include those identified in
A/RES/55/285.

Participation

Percentage
of peace agreements with specific provisions to improve the
security and status of women and girls

Women’s
share of senior UN positions in field missions

Percentage
of field missions with senior level gender experts

11a

Representation
of women among mediators, negotiators and technical experts in formal peace
negotiations

11b

Women’s
participation in an official observer status at the beginning and the end of
formal peace negotiations

12a

Women’s
political participation in parliaments and ministerial positions. Report on
women’s share of:
• Seats in parliament
• Ministerial positions

12b

Women’s
political participation as voters and candidates. Report on women’s share of:
• Persons registered to vote
• Persons who actually vote
• Parliamentary candidates

Extent
to which Security Council missions address specific issues affecting women
and girls in the Terms of Reference and Mission Reports

Protection

Index
of women’s and girls’ physical security. Survey-based indicator to measure
three dimensions:
• Perceptions of physical security of women and girls (by location, time of
day)
• Proxy variables measuring how women’s and girls’ ability to participate in
public
life has been affected
• Proxy variables measuring how women’s and girls’ regular activities have
been
affected

Extent
to which national laws to protect women’s and girls’ human rights are in line
with international standards

Level
of women’s participation in the justice and security sector

Existence
of national mechanisms for control of illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons
(SA/LW). This indicator reports on:
• Existence of a national coordination agency on SA/LW or National Focal
Point
(paragraphs 4 and 5 of Section II of the POA)
• Record keeping on holdings and transfers of SA/LW (para 9 in section II of
the
POA)

Percentage
of (monetary equivalent, estimate) benefits from temporary employment in the
context of early economic recovery programmes received by women and girls

Percentage
of referred cases of sexual and gender-based violence against women and girls
that are reported, investigated and sentenced

Hours
of training per capita of decision-making personnel in security and justice
sector institutions to address SGBV cases

Relief and Recovery

21a

Maternal
mortality rate

21b

Net
Primary and secondary education enrolment rates, by sex

22a

Proportion
of budget related to indicators that address gender equality issues in
strategic planning frameworks

22b

Proportion
of budget related to targets that address gender equality issues in strategic
planning framework

23a

Proportion
of total disbursed funding to Civil Society organizations that is allocated
to address gender equality issues

23b

Proportion
of total disbursed funding to support gender equality issues that is
allocated to Civil Society organizations

24a

Proportion
of disbursed Multi Donor Trust Funds (MDTFs) used to address gender equality
issues

24b

Proportion
of total spending of UN system used to support gender equality issues

Extent
to which Truth and Reconciliation Commissions include provisions to address
the rights and participation of women and girls

26a

Percentage
of (monetary equivalent, estimate) benefits from DDR programmes received by
women and girls

26b

Percentage
of (monetary equivalent, estimate) benefits from DDR programmes received by
women and girls

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