Leveraging the women, peace and security plan

In: http://apo.org.au/node/56229

Abstract

This year New Zealand will become the 49th country to adopt a National Action Plan (NAP) on women, peace and security. New Zealand's draft NAP was released in May 2015. It focuses on five areas: (1) ensuring women's involvement in decision-making within conflict and post-conflict situations; (2) promoting New Zealand women as mediators and negotiators in international forums; (3) increasing the number of New Zealand women deployed in police and military roles in UN-mandated peacekeeping missions; (4) ensuring that gender analysis informs NZ's peace support responses, and development assistance to conflict-affected countries; and (5) promoting efforts to combat sexual violence, intimate partner violence and violence against women in conflict affected countries where New Zealand has a development programme or post. See related draft NAP report below in Related Content.