Gender Peace and Security Programme 2015-2020
In furtherance of the Peace and Security Council’s recommendation of its 223rd meeting on 30 March 2010 requesting the Commission to take the necessary steps to ensure the mainstreaming of gender aspects into the AU efforts aimed at promoting peace and security , the Gender Peace and Security programme (GPSP) was launched in June 2015 with the objective to develop and implement effective strategies and mechanisms for women’s increased participation in peace and security and enhanced protection in conflict and post conflict situations.
More precisely, the programme overall goal will be to strengthen women’s participation in peace, security and post-conflict reconstruction in Africa and to improve the quality and effectiveness of mechanisms and institutions in charge of addressing issues of protection of women in conflict and post conflict settings by mainstreaming gender issue into the continental peace and security architecture.
- Enhancing the capacities of African Institutions working in the areas of peace & security and Human rights to mainstream gender into the Continental Peace and Security Agenda
- Strengthening Advocacy, Partnership and promoting research and dialogue on Gender, Peace and Security;
- Strengthening Women’s roles in peace and security in Africa;
- Preventing and Responding to Women, men, & children vulnerabilities in time of conflict and post-conflict & ending impunity;
- Promote continental, regional and national accountability frameworks and systematic monitoring on the implementation of Security Council Resolutions 1325 (2000) and subsequent resolutions.
- Increased AU leadership at the strategic level in defining, coordinating the gender, peace and security agenda at the continental level ;
- Increased level of RECs/RMs effectiveness and leadership in coordinating and monitoring the gender agenda in the region;
- Increased dialogue on effective measures to prevent violence against civilians and ensure the protection of women and children from conflict related sexual violence;
- Increased number of women in formal peace processes and in AU led peace support operations;
- Greater interaction between regional CSOs and the AU on gender, peace and security including conflict prevention, peace building and post-conflict reconstruction;
- Increased number of African institutions with enhanced expertise on use of gender sensitive analyses and tools to mainstream gender in policies, programming and operations and capacity building programme on gender, peace and security.
