The information resources that we have regularly utilized in this website appear in the right column. Below offers some explanation of the sources that have informed particular parts of the website.The Security Council noted the ‘need to consolidate data on the impact of armed conflict on women and girls’ in its October 2000 resolution on Women, Peace and Security.
To try to address the lack of consolidated and accessible information, UNIFEM has created this portal, which is very much a work in progress. We have only begun to create a centralized repository of information from a wide variety of sources, with links to reports and data from the UN system, and also from experts, academics, NGOs and media sources. And we have only begun to do this with resources in English. Our inital aim is to track progress on the implementation of resolution 1325, and ultimately to provide information to encourage researchers, policy makers, analysts and NGOs so they can routinely include, seek and contribute more information and analysis on women, war and peace.
Resolution 1325 provides a comprehensive political framework, within which women’s protection and their role in peace processes can be addressed. However, without adequate information and analysis about the impact of armed conflict on women and women’s role in peace-building, it will be very difficult for the Security Council to mainstream gender into its work, and routinely consider women’s needs and their potential contribution.
Through this portal, UNIFEM strives to provide access to the information and analysis that is currently available on the impact of armed conflict on women and women's role in peace-building. We do our best to ascertain the legitimacy of the sources of that information and analysis. Where there are conflicting perspectives, we strive to present a variety thereof so that users can make their own judgement regarding the accuracy of the information.
