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Women’s participation in peace and security
16-11-2017
UN Women, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the German Agency for International Cooperation jointly organized a conference in Beirut yesterday on ‘Defining challenges and creating solutions for women’s participation in the Middle East’. On the occasion, UN Women Regional Director, Mohamad Nasiri, stressed the role of women in realizing sustainable development and, hence, in building peace, noting that their participation in peace processes is still relatively slow. For his part, the German Ambassador to Beirut, Martin Huth, revealed an action plan set by his government to strengthen the role of women in sustaining peace in the MENA region, and criticized the poor representation of women in official posts and municipalities in Lebanon. Likewise, the Lebanese minister of state for women’s affairs, Jean Ogassapian, cited studies which confirmed that when women share in the peace-building process, chances of reaching a 2-year solution increase by 20% and increase by 35% for reaching peace that lasts 15 years or more. Ogassapian said encouraging the participation of women in decision-making across the political, social and economic areas promotes peace and stability. In turn, NCLW President Claudine Aoun Rukuz, underscored the significance of gender equality as key to bolstering peace, maintaining that the achievement of sustainable peace requires women’s engagement in the economic process. She pointed out that women’s contribution to peace building has evolved, and “we, as women, must seize all opportunities to stand up against challenges that hinder our participation in decision-making.” (Al Mustaqbal, November 16, 2017)
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