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Women and girls at risk of setbacks - Security Council Briefing | United Nations
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Briefing by Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee , Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs - Department of Peace Operations, on the Women and peace and security.
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Martha Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, told the Council that “rushing through a transition process against a background of tense political climate, compounded by persisting security threats and protection concerns, can jeopardize hard won peace gains, including progress on gender equality.”
She continued, “Indeed, national stakeholders could be unprepared to shoulder additional responsibilities, while needed support from international partners may not be readily available.”
Pobee added, “Unless transitions are well-structured, adequately-resourced, and gender-responsive, women and girls will be at risk of setbacks. These could include losing access to essential services, being excluded from new decision-making processes, and becoming vulnerable to waves of fresh violence and insecurity, including conflict related sexual violence.”
Giving examples, the Assistant Secretary-General said, “The drawdown of MINUSMA however, has negatively impacted peace building programs focusing on women and girls and on sustaining the gains made in the political sphere. The recent departures of peace operations from key hot spots in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have led to security vacuums, leaving women and girls exposed to attacks by armed actors.”
“These drawdowns have also diminished the capacity of the United Nations to support stakeholders in addressing conflict related sexual violence altogether in specific areas, including investigation, reporting and assistance to survivors,” she concluded.
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Martha Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, told the Council that “rushing through a transition process against a background of tense political climate, compounded by persisting security threats and protection concerns, can jeopardize hard won peace gains, including progress on gender equality.”
She continued, “Indeed, national stakeholders could be unprepared to shoulder additional responsibilities, while needed support from international partners may not be readily available.”
Pobee added, “Unless transitions are well-structured, adequately-resourced, and gender-responsive, women and girls will be at risk of setbacks. These could include losing access to essential services, being excluded from new decision-making processes, and becoming vulnerable to waves of fresh violence and insecurity, including conflict related sexual violence.”
Giving examples, the Assistant Secretary-General said, “The drawdown of MINUSMA however, has negatively impacted peace building programs focusing on women and girls and on sustaining the gains made in the political sphere. The recent departures of peace operations from key hot spots in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have led to security vacuums, leaving women and girls exposed to attacks by armed actors.”
“These drawdowns have also diminished the capacity of the United Nations to support stakeholders in addressing conflict related sexual violence altogether in specific areas, including investigation, reporting and assistance to survivors,” she concluded.
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