• Gender
• Budgets and the economy
• Citizenship and migration
• Conflict and emergencies
  • Conflict and emergencies
  • Displacement and refugees
  • Peacebuilding and reconstruction
• Empowerment
• Gender-based violence
  • Gender-based violence
  • Genital mutilation
  • Trafficking
• Gender mainstreaming
  • Gender mainstreaming
  • In organisations
  • Mainstreaming in development programmes and policy
• Human rights
  • Human rights
  • Sexuality and reproductive rights
  • Disability
• Masculinity
• Governance and political participation
• Poverty reduction strategies
  • Poverty reduction strategies
  • Gender and the MDGs
• Social movements
• Work and employment
• Also in this guide
• Gender country profiles
• Gender manuals
• Key Issues
  • Key Issues
  • Gender and social protection
• Websites
  • Websites
  • Gender and education
  • Gender and governance websites
  • Gender mainsteaming websites
  • Gender and health
  • Gender and conflict
• Meet the editor
• In other guides
• Gender and agriculture
• Gender and climate change
• Gender and education
• Gender and food security
• Gender and health challenges
• Gender and health systems
• Gender and HIV/AIDS
• Gender and livelihoods
• Gender and trade

Gender

In the realm of women’s rights and gender equality the commitments made at the international and national levels remain far from the day-to-day realities of women’s lives. This guide examines the formulation and implementation of concrete policies and plans. It specifically concentrates on the creation of action plans on the issue of women, peace and security (WPS).

Designed as a resource for governments, United Nations and regional organisations and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) the purpose of this guide is to help facilitate the development of realistic action plans on women, peace and security through the provision of good practices, specific recommendations and a six-step model process.

Conclusions towards implementation include the importance of an inclusive, participatory process for drafting an action plan that includes clear objectives, initiatives, and accountability, monitoring and evaluation mechanisms.

In addition the guide points out the common challenges to the implementation of WPS plans and policies, including lacks of:

• funding
• political will
• capacity
• coordination
• monitoring and evaluation

Therefore awareness raising, capacity-building, coordination, M&E and advocacy initiatives are essential for the successful implementation of WPS action plans.

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