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Demonstration for the implementation of UNSC resolution 1325

Bedari – a member of Women’s Action for Peace – organized a demonstration for the implementation of an important resolution of the UN Security Council 1325 adopted on October 31, 2000. The demonstration was held near Allied Bank Park in Chkwal City on July 21, 2010.

The resolution 1325 calls upon the member states to:

 

  • Protect women in war and armed conflicts, and
  • Ensure the participation of women in any peace efforts including negotiations, and strategies for the repatriation of displaced people.

 

This demand to implement the resolutions was made in the backdrop of the war on terror, which has displaced millions of people in Pakistan including women and children. The government formulates strategies and policies, has held negotiations with the parties of conflict, and revised its plans and policies on terror, but has seldom included women in the process. It is high time women make a demand to implement this resolution, and make women part of all the consultations and planning for dealing with the war on terror.

WAP is a national network in Pakistan which works on the effective implementation of the United Nation’s Security Council Resolutions 1325 and 180. These resolutions seek from the member states to ensure that women effectively participate in decision making related to peace and are protected from all forms of violence. WAP is a recent initiative taken in Jordan, on January 14-16, 2010, where 20 women from Pakistan, Iran, Sri Lanka, Italy, Canada, Kenya, Uganda, USA and Columbia got together to see how civil society organizations, especially women organizations, can work towards building peace in their respective countries and to push their respective states and governments to implement the said Resolutions.

 

 

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Bedari is a Process

(Bedari means Awakening)

· Bedari is a process; when people join this process, there must be acceptance of where they are. Mutual support of the group will then facilitate their growth.

· All individuals have a personal capability of achieving a positive change in them and Bedari acts as a catalyst and facilitator of this process of change.

· We as an organization aim to achieve empowerment through the individual, the group, and then society.

· Bedari does not believe in a helper/helpee approach. It creates an environment of mutual support.

· A community organization like Bedari should be run by the community and not by some ‘personalities’. The group focus and the process of institutionalizing strategies and efforts are crucial.

· Bedari, which works towards sustainability in every effort, has chosen a gradual process towards change, as opposed to carrying out a lot of activities. We believe in quality above quantity.

· Bedari aims to target all groups irrespective of any class, gender, socio-economic status, etc.

 

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  • Seminar on UN Security Council Resolution 1325
    August 02, 2010 (3:00 PM - 4:00 PM)
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    WAP, Bedari and SDPI invite you in joint seminar

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    UN resolution 1325

     

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    Monday, 2nd August, 2010

    03:00- 05:00pm

    20, Hill Road , F-6/3, Islamabad

     

     


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