Somalia
Somalia’s long-running armed conflict has been characterized by extremism, sectarian political violence, complex humanitarian crises, and piracy, and women have been disproportionately at risk of death and as targets of sexual and gender-based violence and displacement.
Based on the work of NGOWG members and their partners, the NGOWG advocates for women’s political participation, women’s meaningful and active participation in design and implementation of humanitarian responses, and strengthened mechanisms to prevent and respond to sexual and gender based violence.
Somalia
Somalia’s long-running armed conflict has been characterized by extremism, sectarian political violence, complex humanitarian crises, and piracy. Women have been disproportionately at risk of death, and as targets of sexual and gender-based violence and displacement.
Based on the work of NGOWG members and their partners, the NGOWG advocates for women’s political participation, women’s meaningful and active participation in design and implementation of humanitarian responses, and strengthened mechanisms to prevent and respond to sexual and gender based violence.
Current and Past Recommendations to the UN Security Council (Monthly Action Points)
Somalia (June 2013)
In discussing the expected reports from the African Union on the mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the Secretary-General on the new UN presence in Somalia, the Council should inquire into women’s full participation in all efforts to find a political solution to the ongoing armed violence, and in preparations for upcoming elections, and the specific steps the UN presence will take to support such activities. The Council should urge the Secretary-General to proceed with the full deployment of UNSOM as determined in resolution 2102 (2013), including compliance with its mandate to help prevent, monitor, investigate, and report on abuses and violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, including those committed against women such as all forms of sexual and gender-based violence in armed conflict. Deployment of dedicated and resourced senior gender advisers, human rights monitors, and women protection advisers is central to this compliance.
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