Peace and security

Warviolent conflictterrorism and violent extremism have differential and devastating consequences for women and girls. In the face of thiswomen are all over the world are leading movements for peace and to rebuild communitiesand there is strong evidence suggesting that women’s participation in peace processes contributes to longermore resilient peace after conflict. Yetdespite thiswomen remain largely invisible toand excluded frompeace processes and negotiations.

Against this backgroundand in response to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’s call to leave no one behindUN Women works to promote peace by supporting women of all backgrounds and ages to participate in processes to prevent conflict and build and sustain peace.

Our solutions

UN Women supports women’s full and equal representation and participation in all levels of peace processes and security efforts. UN Women’s work on womenpeaceand security is guided by 10 UN Security Council resolutions—132518201888188919602106, 2122, 22422467and 2493—and is  bolstered by a number of related normative frameworkswhich make up the broader womenpeaceand security (WPS) agenda.

UN Women leads on implementing the WPS agenda through research initiativesdata collectionlearning exchangesand documentation of good practices to inform policy and programming. Our resources and publications provide knowledge and guidance for ensuring women’s participation and inclusion in all aspects of peace processes.

We support Member States’ efforts to translate the WPS agenda from policy to practice and work to build capacities and increase opportunities for women at the localnationaland regional levels.

We work on interventions in more than 50 countries. Read about our work in AfricaArab States/North AfricaAsia and the PacificEurope and Central Asiaand Latin America and the Caribbean. Our global presence allows us to provide timely and accurate information to inform policy and guide the expanding normative framework around peace and security.

In the current global peace and security contextwith many new and emerging threats from violent extremismclimate changeprolonged violent conflicthuman traffickingand unprecedented and protracted refugee and humanitarian crisesUN Women’s efforts to implement the womenpeaceand security agenda are more critical now than ever.

Download a two-page thematic brief on UN Women’s work on womenpeaceand security.

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