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Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security.


Answered by
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Mark Field
This question was answered on 29th December 2017

​In January next year the UK will launch the fourth iteration of its National Action Plan (NAP) on Women Peace and Security (WPS), a high level strategy that guides our cross- Whitehall work on WPS, and the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325.
Through practical support, diplomatic action, defence, and development assistance, the UK is contributing to the four pillars of WPS in a number of ways.
The government is committed to promoting the participation of women in political processes, for example supporting women's participation in the Syrian, Somalian and Colombian peace processes. The Foreign & Commonwealth Office's first Special Envoy for Gender Equality, Joanna Roper is prioritising girls' education and women's empowerment, ensuring women and girls' fundamental rights are protected. The UK remains committed to improving peacekeeping efforts, to prevent conflict, and to prevent all forms of violence against women and girls if it breaks out; UK Peacekeepers are now given pre-deployment training on gender, and efforts are in place to get more women into peacekeeping missions. The UK's ambition is for gender to be mainstreamed throughout all International relief and recovery efforts, which are designed to meet the specific needs of women and girls. This will be reflected in DfID's upcoming Strategic Vision.
The FCO, MOD and DfID, with support from the cross- government Stabilisation Unit, work closely and collaboratively to implement UNSCR 1325, and to deliver the above. The WPS working group also works transparently with civil society and the UK Parliament.

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