UN’s 25-Year Pledge on Women in Peace Talks Falters Amid Rising Conflict and Sexual Violence
Despite a landmark UN resolution 25 years ago promising equal participation for women in peace efforts, the reality is grim: women remain sidelined while violence and sexual abuse surge near conflict zones. How long will global elites ignore these failures—and what does this mean for US national security?
Twenty-five years after the United Nations adopted a landmark resolution demanding equal participation of women in peace processes, the grim truth remains: women are still too often absent from the negotiating tables where peace and stability are decided. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres did not mince words during a recent Security Council meeting marking this anniversary. While acknowledging some progress—increased numbers of female U.N. peacekeepers, local mediation led by women, and advances in justice for survivors of gender-based violence—he warned that these gains are fragile and, disturbingly, reversing. Why should Americans care? Because conflicts around the world do not just stay confined...
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