EU – Implementation of the Gender Perspective in the EU Civilian & Military Missions
Author: WUNRN
Date: November 6, 2015
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The Implementation of the Gender Perspective in the EU Civilian and Military Missions: Leadership Wanted
Alfredo Pardo Martínez
Fifteen years have passed since the adoption of Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, through which time the EU has grown as a security actor. The keys to produce a change in implementing gender mainstreaming in the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) are well known by member states; the EU and external implementation reports1 are repeated again and again, but real change requires real willingness on the part of member states, and leadership.
Whenever a society, which suffers from underdevelopment or conflict trauma, invests in security of and participation by women, development grows at a fast pace.
It is obvious that activating the other 50% of the population is a catalyst for recovery and development in any post conflict situation. Security Council Resolution 1325 deals with the importance of protecting women, preventing any act of violence or discrimination against them and involving women in the peace and stabilisation process in their countries, in order to promote peace and development.
Crises and conflicts which directly or indirectly affect the interests of the European Union (EU) are increasingly complex and planning the strategies to prevent or to mitigate them is delayed by consensual decision-making. When military and civilian action is taken for conflict prevention and crisis management, in order to prepare the ground for long-term sustainable development, it is no longer enough to interact with civil society through local or international CIMIC activities during the execution phase of an operation; by then it is too late. This is one of the lessons learnt by ISAF in Afghanistan, and now NATO is experimenting how to integrate civilian organisations in its strategic planning from the very genesis of the concept of a mission; something that would have been unthinkable even a few years ago.
In the EU, the approach is broader as there is a wider range of tools apart from the purely military. All CSDP missions, both military and civilian, whether joint, independent or combined with other actions of the CFSP, ECHO, DEVCO, the Instrument for Stability, the EU Delegations, etc., refer in their mandate to a desired end state in which the necessary conditions for the restoration of peace and stability and further development are met……..
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