Joint Working Groups 4 on Gender Equality, Development and Peacebuilding and Working Group 5 on Integrated and Comprehensive Crisis Management
Chairs: Dr Pirjo Jukarainen (pirjo.jukarainen[at]uta.fi) and Kirsi Henriksson (kirsi.henriksson[at]cmcfinland.fi)
Coordinators: Ville-Veikko Pitkänen (ville-veikko.pitkanen[at]cmcfinland.fi) and Jari Mustonen (jari.mustonen[at]cmcfinland.fi)
The working group discussed the implementation of UNSCR 1325, particularly regarding the training of peacekeeping and peacebuilding personnel. Another major point of discussion was the narrow interpretation of UNSCR 1325 and the official UN discourse having a narrow approach to gender (from the point of view of women alone).
The working group also discussed reconciliation (with Rwanda and Columbia as examples) as a precondition to building sustainable peace, as well as the different roles played by regional actors (in this case the ASEAN) in conflict management.
The major outcome of the discussions was the identification of parallel discourses and practices in the field of peacebuilding. The discourses given by politicians, academics as well practioners on UNSCR 1325 and its implementation do not meet. It is of utmost importance that the gender issue be taken into account as a major opportunity to enhance development while using different peacebuilding instruments, such as peacekeeping, civilian crisis management and reconciliation.
- Proceedings by Kirsi Henriksson