This report was prepared under the framework of the G7 Deauville Partnership MENA Transition Fund project on “Promoting women’s participation in parliaments and policy making” (“Project” thereafter), with a view to identifying targeted policy recommendations that can be implemented to accelerate progress towards gender equality and women’s political empowerment in Egypt
This document presents an updated strategy: action against sexual and gender-based violence. This strategy provides a structure to assist UNHCR's operations in SGBV interventions through a multisectoral and inter-agency approach. This book provides instructions for UNHCR's operations to develop their own multi-year SGBV strategy across the country. Developed from a matrix, these strategies will reflect the needs of different populations at risk and can be adapted to either stable or emergency contexts, and to urban or rural / camp environments. Action against SGBV stresses that it is at the highest levels of management that responsibility for the development and implementation of SGBV control programs lies. Based on an independent evaluation carried out in 2008 on UNHCR's efforts to prevent and respond to SGBV, Action against SGBV was prepared in consultation with UNHCR staff, partners, persons of concern, governments and experts. The book includes recommendations for action in three major institutional areas to strengthen UNHCR's capacity and expertise in addressing SGBV, and aims to improve the quality of protection by promoting six areas of concern. often neglected and integrating them into a comprehensive protection strategy, as appropriate.
The paper presents an overview of the Somali conflict and peace process from the perspective of Somali women, considering especially the implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (Resolution 1325) in Somalia. It gives a short introduction to Resolution 1325 and to the UNINSTRAW/ADEP project, followed by a context specific analysis of women's roles in Somali culture and society. Section three gives a historical background of the conflict and of the participation of women's organisations in ongoing peace and state-building processes. Section four looks at the roles of men and women in the Somali Diaspora, and the relations between Somali women of the Diaspora and women still living in Somalia, and concludes with a brief discussion of the International Conference.
