II NATIONAL PLAN OF

ACTION ON
WOMEN, PEACE AND
SECURITY: STAGE 1
FOREWORD BY THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE
FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL

In October 2000, the historic United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSC) 1325
(2000) launched the Agenda on Women, Peace and Security, which now completes
twenty-three years. In 2015, the UNSC adopted Resolution 2242 (2015), which
recommended that UN member states design national strategies for domestic
implementation of the Women, Peace and Security agenda. Today, more than 100
member states and 11 regional organizations have adopted plans of action that seek to
promote gender equality and women's empowerment in areas related to peace and
security.

In light of the United Nation's call, Brazil launched its I National Plan of Action (NAP) on 8
March 2017, with an initial duration of two years, which was later extended for another four
years. The first Brazilian NAP was the result of the collaboration of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs with the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, the Ministry of Defense and the
former Secretariat of Policies for Women.

On the initiative of the current Administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a new
plan was formulated, based on a transversal and cross-sectional perspective of gender
issues, and a more ambitious one, in that it foresees objectives not only for Brazilian
foreign policy, but also for domestic public policies. In addition to the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, seven other ministries are involved in its elaboration and future implementation:
the Ministries of Women; Defense; Justice and Public Security; Human Rights and
Citizenship; Racial Equality; Indigenous Peoples; and Social Development and
Assistance, Family and Fight against Hunger. Representatives of the Presidency of the
Republic; the Federal Senate Women Caucus; civil society; think tanks and specialists
focused on studying and discussing the Women, Peace and Security agenda also
contributed to this work. The support of experts and consultants from UN Women has
been equally valuable.

The internal mobilization in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was led by the Secretary-
General for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Maria Laura da Rocha. Brazilian women
diplomats at various career levels have worked enthusiastically to promote this
increasingly relevant agenda since the elaboration of the I NAP.

It is a fortunate coincidence that it will be up to Brazil to organize, during its chairmanship

of the United Nations Security Council, the open debate on Women, Peace and Security.
This happens at a time of reinvigorated national debate on the Brazilian Government's
commitments to the promotion of women's rights and empowerment at the international
and domestic levels. This trend is illustrated by the restoration, in this first year of President
Lula's Government, of the Ministry of Women.

This document constitutes the foundation for the further detailing of the specific actions,
goals and indicators necessary for the implementation and monitoring of the I NAP. Its
elaboration process showed the need for a comprehensive exercise of reflection with
Brazilian society, in all its diversity, on the priorities for the promotion of women's rights
and the extension of their participation in decision-making and mediation and negotiation
processes. The scope of the plan therefore goes beyond the limits of the relevant United
Nations Security Council resolutions and addresses many issues that are outside their
scope.

The next stage will require the continuation of the collaborative effort between government
agencies and society. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is sure to continue to count on the
partners who have accompanied us to this point, and with increasing social participation
towards this common goal.

MAURO VIEIRA
Minister of Foreign Affairs
INTRODUCTION

As a founding member of the United Nations, a supporter of multilateralism and the

peaceful settlement of disputes, as well as a country with both the capacity and willingness
to assume greater responsibilities in peacekeeping and international security efforts, Brazil
has the international obligation and the national interest in promoting the effective
implementation of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions.
In accordance with the constitutional principles of the defense of peace and the
peaceful settlement of international disputes, Brazil's involvement in international peace
and security includes conflict prevention through preventive diplomacy and attention to the
structural causes of conflict, such as poverty, exclusion and all forms of discrimination; it
involves mediation and various other tools for peacemaking, peacekeeping and
peacebuilding after conflict; and it includes humanitarian cooperation at all stages, where
necessary.
In 1995, the final declaration of the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing
recognized that peace is “indissolubly linked to the advancement of women, who represent
an essential force for leadership, conflict resolution and the promotion of lasting peace at
all levels.” The Beijing Platform for Action included the theme “women and armed conflicts”
as one of the twelve critical areas of concern.
Five years later, the historic Resolution 1325 (2000), proposed by Namibia,
introduced the subject of Women, Peace and Security (WPS) on the UNSC agenda,
confirmed the relevance of women's role in international peace and security and
recognized the disproportionate impact of armed conflict on women and girls. The conflicts
of the post-Cold War, for example, highlighted this disproportionate impact. According to
UN data, about 60,000 women were victims of rape in the Bosnian War (1992-1995) and
between 100,000 and 250,000 in the context of the genocide in Rwanda (1994).
Through Resolution 1325 (2000), the UNSC sought to give concrete meaning to the
principle of equal rights for men and women enshrined in the preamble to the United
Nations Charter. The firm and constructive position of the Brazilian delegation at the San
Francisco Conference in 1945 contributed to the recognition of this principle, in particular
the performance of one of the six women among the plenipotentiary delegates: scientist
Bertha Lutz, who believed that the goal of avoiding a new global conflict with nuclear
outcome could not be achieved without women’s cooperation. Thus, with the Brazilian
participation, the seeds that would bear fruit were launched, more than half a century later,
through the agenda on Women, Peace and Security (WPS).
Since 2000, the UNSC has adopted other resolutions aimed at promoting the full,
equal and significant participation of women in conflict prevention and resolution, as well
as in peace building and consolidation. Since 2015, the incentive to increase the
participation of military, police and civilian women in UN peacekeeping operations has
gained momentum. UNSC Resolution 2242 (2015) set a target for member states to
double the percentage of female participation in peacekeeping operations (that year, on
average 3.7% of military personnel and 9.5% of police officers) by 2020. In 2017, UN
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres set more ambitious targets by urging all countries that
contribute with troops to ensure immediate representation of 15% military and 20% female
police in peacekeeping operations. Resolution 2242 (2015) also recommended member
states to formulate domestic strategies for implementing the WPS agenda, which initiated
the elaboration of the National Action Plans (NAPs).
In the last 23 years, the WPS agenda has introduced the subject of gender into the
daily life of the Security Council. It has reported strong data on the positive impact of
women's participation in the durability of peace agreements. It enabled the identification
of sexual violence as an unacceptable tactic of war and crime against humanity. It has
raised awareness of the needs of refugee women and former combatants, among others.
It raised awareness of gender equality as a factor of stability in countries.
For Brazil, which is included among the more than 100 countries that have passed
NAPs, this is the time to renew its commitment to the implementation of the Women, Peace
and Security Agenda. Taking into account the lessons learned from the I NAP, which was
launched in 2017 and expired last March, the opportunity has opened to formulate new
national strategies in this regard. The beginning of this debate was marked by the seminar
“Women, Peace and Security Agenda: renewal of the Brazilian commitment”, organized
by Itamaraty and the Alexandre de Gusmão Foundation, on April 25th, 2023, in Brasília.
Brazil has a solid trajectory as a country that promotes peace in the international
sphere. In spite of its limited resources and internal public security challenges, Brazil has
a history of relevant contributions to the field of peace maintenance and peacebuilding and
has applied a gender perspective in the cooperation offered to countries in conflict or post-
armed conflict. Domestically, Brazilian women help build and consolidate peace by playing
their roles as parliamentarians, members of the Judicial Power, diplomats, mediators,
community leaders, defenders of human rights and the environment, professionals from
the most diverse areas, academic, civilian peacekeepers, military and police. On the other
hand, they face systemic challenges, which are evidenced not only in the rates of
feminicide and sexual violence, but also in the low representation of this group in the
decision-making spaces of political and economic power and in the reproduction of
stereotypes, which still convey, in the popular imagination, a sexualized and inferiorized
image of women.
In this sense, the agenda for promoting peace and security must be seen as an
inseparable commitment to address violence against women. This must be understood as
a structural phenomenon, because it is reproduced by the structuring inequalities in society
and is not restricted to direct, clear, visible and circumscribed violence. In other words,
violence against women reflects the normalization of a certain conception of social
relationships. The National Action Plans for the adoption of the WPS Agenda are therefore
an opportunity to translate the global standards adopted by the UNSC into our reality,
addressing structural inequalities and revealing their respective connections with gender
and security.
Brazil has chosen the “Promotion of the Agenda on Women, Peace and Security”
as one of the priorities of its current mandate in the Security Council (2022-2023). In
October 2023, Brazil marks its return to the presidency of the UNSC by playing a leading
role in the Women, Peace and Security agenda and chairing for the first time the open
debate on this subject. It intends to take advantage of this valuable opportunity to promote
the WPS agenda in the multilateral framework and to launch its II National Plan of Action
on Women, Peace and Security, which embodies the vision of diverse Brazilian women
on how to achieve security and design more efficient systems for peace maintenance and
consolidation.
The Brazilian II NAP is characterized by its inclusive process of elaboration, the
result of the collaborative work of representatives of government partner bodies and civil
society, including UN Women and experts on the subject, with the support of political
leaders, in particular the Women's Caucus of the Federal Senate. The II NAP covers both
the external and internal dimensions of the WPS agenda and places the diversity of
Brazilian women in a central position. It also adopts an intersectional approach and gender
mainstreaming, in line with the most recent NAPs.
With the launch of its II National Plan of Action on Women, Peace and Security, the
Brazilian Government aims not only to comply with the provisions of the relevant Security
Council Resolutions and other national and international standards in the field, but also to
mark its return to the UNSC presidency with the significant contribution of Brazilian
women, in all their diversity, to strengthening peace and security in the framework of the
United Nations Organization.

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY

AGENDA AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL

In 2023, we celebrate the twenty-third anniversary of United Nations Security

Council Resolution 1325 (2000), which introduced the theme Women, Peace and Security
(WPS) on the agenda of that body. Over these twenty-three years, the UNSC has adopted
a series of resolutions with the aim of strengthening UN action to promote sustainable
peace through gender-based strategies. The so-called WPS agenda includes these
resolutions, the annual reports commissioned from the UN Secretary-General, the
uniformed personnel Gender Parity Strategy 2018-2028 and the national action plans for
implementing resolutions on the subject.
Resolution 1325 (2000), which was unanimously adopted, promoted for the first time
gender equality in actions related to international peace and security; fostered gender
balance by recognizing the role women can and should play in the effective search for
peace; and introduced the mainstreaming of a gender perspective into conflict prevention
and resolution, as well as into the stages of violence prevention and peace consolidation,
by observing the different impacts armed conflicts have upon each gender group,
especially women and girls.
The adoption of Resolution 1325 (2000) resulted from the convergence of three
factors: (1) the strengthening of the protection and the promotion of women's rights at the
UN, especially after the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing, 1995), which
included the theme of "Women and Armed Conflicts" amongst its areas of concern; (2) the
recognition of the harmful impacts of armed conflicts on civilians, especially on women
and girls; and (3) the work of civil society organizations, in particular women's and human
rights organizations, which influenced the decision to adopt it and contributed to its writing.
In Resolution 1820 (2008), the UNSC condemned the use of sexual violence as a
war tactic, demanded that all parties in conflict end such violations and took into
consideration preventive and corrective measures to be adopted by the UN peacekeeping
operations.
In support of these norms, Resolution 1889 (2009) emphasized measures to end
sexual violence in conflicts; created the Office of the Special Representative of the
Secretary-General and a staff of experts in rule of law and sexual violence in conflicts;
provided for the adoption of progress indicators in an attempt to facilitate overseeing of
the implementation of Resolution 1325 (2000) on a global scale. It also strengthened the
promotion of equal and full participation of women and the consideration of particular
needs of women and girls amid post-conflict peace-building situations.
By means of Resolution 1960 (2010), the Security Council requested the Secretary-
General of the United Nations to include in his reports on sexual violence in armed conflicts
lists of parties in conflicts, which find themselves on the UNSC’s agenda, against which
there are reasonable suspicions of such violations. The UNSC urged all parts to shoulder
specific responsibilities, with well-defined timelines in an effort to combat sexual violence.
With the adoption of Resolution 2106 (2013), the UNSC sought to strengthen the
fulfillment of all its previous resolutions regarding sexual violence in armed conflicts.
Among other measures, it drew special attention to improved measures in the fight against
impunity.
By means of Resolution 2122 (2013), the Security Council took upon itself the role
of ensuring the consistent implementation of Resolution 1325 (2000). To this end, the
Resolution provided for greater Council interaction with civil society and women's
organizations, and the mainstreaming of the WPS agenda into all thematic areas that the
Council oversees, and in the regular reports received from the Secretariat and the
Sanctions Committees. It assigned to the UN Secretary-General the task of establishing a
Commission with the purpose of undertaking a global study on the first 15 years of
fulfillment of Resolution 1325 (2000).
Published in 2015 and elaborated by a group of independent experts coordinated
by UN Women, on the occasion of the celebrations of the 15th anniversary of the Women,
Peace and Security agenda, the Global Study on Implementation of Resolution 1325
(2000) recommended the expansion of women’s participation and leadership in all peace
processes, as well as the creation of strategies to demilitarize societies and prevent
conflicts. It is worth noting that the study mentioned Brazil as a positive example of training
blue helmets to prevent sexual abuse.
Resolution 2242 (2015) was the first adopted by the UNSC after the release of the
Global Study, the High-Level Independent Panel on Peacekeeping Operations and the
Review of the UN Peacebuilding Architecture. By means of this resolution, the UNSC
declared its intention to convene a group of experts on Women, Peace and Security; to
integrate the WPS agenda into all situations of specific countries of which it oversees; and
to invite civil society, including women's organizations, to deliver regular reports.
The UNSC then approved Resolution 2272 (2016), which took on board proposed
measures in a 2016 report on the prevention of abuse and sexual exploitation in the
context of UN peacekeeping operations.
Resolution 2467 (2019) included sexual violence in conflicts as part of the broader
agenda of Women, Peace and Security. It ascribed member states primary responsibility
for overcoming the root causes of this violence, such as structural inequality and
discrimination against women. It proposed the need for a survivor-centered approach,
called for support and protection for women's organizations in civil society, called for
attention to be paid to children born of rape and demanded that the parties undertake and
implement specific commitments and with specific deadlines to combat sexual violence.
Shortly afterwards, Resolution 2493 (2019), which called for the full implementation
of all previous resolutions on Women, Peace and Security, was adopted. It called on
member states to support peace processes that would facilitate the full, egalitarian, and
meaningful inclusion and participation of women at all stages and to make financial
contributions to programs to support the economic empowerment of women living in
countries in conflict or post-conflict countries. It also requested the Secretary-General to
continue his work on the Gender Parity Strategy in the Secretariat and UN agencies.
Resolution 2538 (2020) is the first dedicated exclusively to increasing participation
at all levels, but especially in leadership positions of military women, police officers and
civilian experts in peacekeeping operations and special political missions. It urged member
states to implement the Uniformed Gender Parity Strategy 2018-2028, which defined goals
for the participation of uniformed women in peace missions, including training. Resolution
2538 (2020) stimulated the establishment of gender-sensitive work environments in
missions and supported the UN zero-tolerance policy on countering sexual violence in
conflicts.

THE WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY AGENDA IN LATIN AMERICA

 Although traditionally viewed as a peaceful region - a “peace zone” - owing to the
absence of international armed conflicts, Latin America and the Caribbean is home to around
8% of the world’s population, but to 28.5% of all intentional homicides around the globe
(UNODC Database, 20231). Brazil is the country where the highest number of deaths caused
by firearms is recorded in the world2. Of the 20 countries with the highest homicide rates per
100,000 inhabitants, 18 are in the region of Latin America and the Caribbean.

When these data are disaggregated by gender, it can be noted that Latin American
women and girls are disproportionately affected by violence and insecurity in relation to
other regions of the world, since 14 of the 25 countries with the highest rates of feminicide
in the world are located in Latin American and the Caribbean3. This region also sustains

1
Data available at: https://dataunodc.un.org/dp-intentional-homicide-victims-est
2
Igarapé Institute. Methodological note of the Ranking of Transparency of Arms and Fire Data in the States. Rio de
Janeiro, 2023. Available at: https://igarape.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Nota-metodologica-ranking-transparencia-de-
dados-sobre-armas-de-fogo.pdf
3
UN Women, Spotlight on Femicide in Latin America, (New York: UN Women, 2018). See also for data from 2023:
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/femicide-rates-by-country
the highest global rate of sexual violence against women4. According to the Pan-American
Health Organization, one in four women or girls aged 15 or over in the Americas has
already suffered physical and/or sexual violence by a partner5. In Brazil, the Public Security
Yearbook of 20236 registered the highest number of rapes in history in 2022, with growth
of 8.2% in relation to 2021, 88.7% of the victims being female and 61.4% of them children
between 0 and 13 years of age. Around 68.3% of the rapes took place in the victim's
residence. As for feminicides, there was also a 6.1% growth in relation to 20217 8, which
indicates that gender-based violence patterns can be historically intertwined with other
systems of exclusion such as race, class and ethnicity. 9 Indigenous women, traditional
peoples and communities from rural populations in Brazil also face alarming rates of
violence, with one in three indigenous women10. Latin America is also a region of origin,
transit and destination of people trafficked for sexual exploitation and domestic servitude,
with most victims being women and girls.
The current state of insecurity that women experience in Latin America and the
Caribbean is not always explicitly related to what is traditionally defined as an “international
armed conflict”; however, our regional legal framework demonstrates that, since the
1990s, violence against women is a matter of common interest to the members of the
Organization of American States (OAS), whose Charter states as its first objective “to
ensure the peace and security of the continent” (article 2.a.). The Inter-American
Convention for the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence Against Women
(Convention of Belém do Pará - 1994) defines what violence against women is and what
forms it can take and has inspired national laws to cope with domestic violence, such as
the Maria da Penha Law in Brazil, which is considered one of the most advanced in the
world. The fact that the Convention of Belém do Pará has been ratified by all 32 Latin
American countries of the OAS is a clear sign that violence against women and the root
causes that produce insecurity, not only for them, but for the whole region, is an issue that
deserves the attention of international bodies and the cooperation of the Member States.

The resumption of regional political cooperation could provide an opportunity to

deepen the WPS agenda among the countries of the region, as well as point to the
possibility of a future Regional Plan of Action (RPA), such as the RPAs drawn up within
the framework of the African Union (2018 – 2028), the European Union (2019 – 2024), the

4
United Nations Development Program (UNDP), From Commitment to Action: Policies to End Violence Against Women in Latin
America and the Caribbean (Panama City: UNDP, 2017).
5
Pan American Health Organization. Violence against women. Washington D.C.: Pan American Health Organization, [s.d.].
Available at: https://www.paho.org/pt/topics/violence-against-women
6
Brazilian Public Security Forum. 17° Brazilian Public Security Directory. São Paulo: Brazilian Public Security Forum, 2023.
Available at: https://forumseguranca.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/anuario-2023.pdf
7
In addition,UN data (2022), in 2021, of the 18 countries and territories of Latin America that shared the statistics on this subject,
11 had a rate equal to or higher than one female victim per 100,000 women.
8
Ibid.
9
Institute of Applied Economic Research. Atlas da Violência 2021. Brasília: Institute of Applied Economic Research, 2021.
Available at: https://www.ipea.gov.br/atlasviolencia/arquivos/artigos/5141-atlasdaviolencia2021completo.pdf
10
Ana Beatriz Rosa, “Why is violence against Indigenous Women so difficult to fight in Brazil?” Huffpost (November 26th, 2016).
Economic Community of West African States (2020), NATO (2018), the Pacific Islands
Forum (2012 – 2015), the League of Arab States (2015 – 2030) and the Southern African
Development Community (2018 – 2022), among others11.

In the case of Latin-American and Caribbean women, the agenda on Women, Peace
and Security12 must be seen broadly, so that violence can be understood as a continuum
of practices and actions that are not necessarily limited to the war and peace dichotomy,
but encompass other forms of violence which permeate the daily life of women, such as
illicit trafficking in light weapons, human trafficking, symbolic and patrimonial violence,
taking into account the diversity of this group (black women, indigenous, coastal women,
migrants, and women from traditional communities, LGBTQIA+, etc.)
Currently, nine Latin American countries have adopted national action plans to
implement the WPS agenda: Chile (2009), Argentina (2015), Paraguay (2015), Brazil
(2017), El Salvador (2017), Guatemala (2017), Peru (2021), Uruguay (2021) and Mexico
(2021). Of a total of 33 countries that make up the region, only 9% adopted plans until July
202313. Chile, Argentina, and Paraguay involved their Ministries of Health, Education and
Interior in the elaboration of their plans and assigned them a role in the implementation
phase, which shows that the security agenda is broad, cross-sectional, and connected
with social rights.

NETWORKS OF WOMEN MEDIATORS

In the framework of Resolution 1325 (2000), several networks of women mediators

were created at the national, regional and global levels. These networks provide a roster
of experts who can contribute to the different stages of peace processes and be
designated by Member states, regional organizations and the UN. Among the networks of
women mediators are: the Nordic Women Mediators - NWM (2015); the Network of African
Women in Conflict Prevention and Mediation - FemWise Africa (2017); the Mediterranean
Women Mediators Network - MWMN (2017); the Women Mediators across the
Commonwealth - WMC (2018); the Arab Women Mediators Network – AWMN (2019); and
the Southeast Asian Network of Women Peace Negotiators and Mediators – SEANWPNM
(2019). The Global Alliance of Regional Women Mediator Networks Women, launched in
2019, was created to expand common goals and strengthen coordination and cooperation
between networks. Networks of mediators contribute to strengthening efforts to support
women's participation and leadership in conflict prevention and peacekeeping.
In our region, the Regional Network of Mediators of the Southern Cone (RNMSC)
was created in 2021 with the objective of “increasing the participation of peace mediators
and peace builders in the prevention, transformation of conflicts and peace processes at
11
A complete list of Regional Plans is available at: https://wpsfocalpointsnetwork.org/regional-action-plans/
12
DRUMMOND et al. 2002; DRUMMOND AND REBELO, 2020; DAVIES and TRUE (org.), 2018
13
https://1325naps.peacewomen.org
all levels of decision - local, regional and global –, promoting the exchange of experiences
and strengthening capabilities.” Brazil is part of this network together with Argentina, Chile,
Paraguay and Uruguay.
The creation of the Ibero-American Network of Women Mediators, on the initiative
of the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs and the National Institute of Women in Mexico, should
also me mentioned. With a focus on capacity building, this network was launched in June
2023 by the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB), which supports it based on the
mandate issued by the XXVII Summit of Heads of State and Government. Its objective is
to integrate the Ibero-American region into the movement of regional networks and to take
advantage of its cooperation instances to advance the Women, Peace and Security
agenda, to contribute to women´s effective participation in mediation and peace
processes. In addition to Brazil, the network includes Andorra, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador,
Spain, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Dominican Republic and Uruguay.

HISTORY OF BRAZILIAN ENGAGEMENT

Brazil's efforts to achieve progress in the equal participation of women in the
political, social, economic and cultural spheres, as well as in the fight against violence and
all forms of discrimination against women, have resulted in the recognition of the
importance of greater attention to promoting equality in matters of international peace and
security.
Even before drafting the I NAP in 2016-2017, Brazil had developed cooperation
projects to address sexual violence in countries that had recently emerged from conflicts,
such as Haiti, Guinea-Bissau, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. In Haiti, the United
Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) deployed women to carry out patrols
and offer medical and dental services to civilian/military operations in Bel Air and Cité
Soleil. There was moreover an effort to allocate female interpreters to patrols and "quick
impact projects" with the objective of empowering the female community in that country.
Despite the challenges to achieving the goals of the Uniformed Personnel Gender
Equality Strategy 2018-2028, as requested by Resolution 2538 (2020), Brazil’s
commitment to advancing the WPS agenda was recognized by UN awards in 2019 and
2020 to commanders Márcia Braga and Carla Araújo for their performance in the United
Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic
(MINUSCA).
Among the international commitments made by Brazil specifically related to the
agenda on Women, Peace and Security, one can mention: the Convention on the
Elimination of All forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW); the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development; and the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT).
During its mandate as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security
Council in 2022-2023, Brazil adhered to the Declaration of Shared Commitments on
Women, Peace and Security, which seeks to ensure the complete and meaningful
integration of the agenda on WPS with all aspects of the Security Council work, including
in the discussions on country-specific situations, and support and recognize the crucial
work of women who build peace and defend human rights in conflict prevention,
peacebuilding and peacekeeping.
In March 2023, the I National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security expired.
Brazil´s first plan, the I NAP, was formulated and adopted in 2017, without there having
been measures by the previous administration to begin the elaboration of a new document
capable of reflecting the evolution of WPS issues both at the national and international
levels. The Brazilian government believes it is crucial for Brazil to occupy again a privileged
place in the global discussion on topics related to the Women, Peace and Security agenda.

EVOLUTION OF THE GENDER AGENDA AT THE DOMESTIC LEVEL

Brazil has achieved significant progress in legal and institutional frameworks related
to improving the status of women and girls in all their diversity, guaranteeing their rights
and addressing all forms of violence and discrimination.
The first steps toward strengthening the action of the Brazilian State in favor of full
equality of rights and opportunities between men and women were taken in 1985, which
coincided with the conclusion of the United Nations Women's Decade (1975-1985).
Through Law number 7.353 of August 29, 1985, the National Council for Women's Rights
(CNDM) was established. Integrated by representatives of the Federal Government and
civil society and then linked to the Ministry of Justice, the CNDM was established with the
objective of advising the Federal Administration on the adoption and supervision of
legislative, political and administrative measures to promote women's participation in
political activities, the country's economy and culture and the elimination of all forms of
discrimination.
Also in August 1985, the first Women's Defense Police Station was created in the
State of São Paulo (State Decree number 23.769/1985). The first in all of Latin America,
the police station is composed of female police officers and specializes in addressing
crimes against women and was a fundamental step in strengthening state action to counter
violence against women.
The Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil (1988) included gender
equality and the protection of women's rights among the clauses of the democratic rule of
law in Brazil14. After the Constitution of 1988, legislative and institutional advances in
gender equality and policies for women have intensified15.
In 2003, during the first term of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the Secretariat
of Policies for Women (SPM) was created, which consolidated the institutionalization of
gender policies and their mainstreaming in all spheres of the federal government. In July
2004, the SPM organized the 1st National Conference on Policies for Women (1st CNPM),
with 1,787 delegates who discussed their agendas and elaborated the 1st National Policy
Plan for Women (PNPM). The process involved more than 120,000 women in all regions
of the country.
The III PNPM (2013-2015) considered further gender mainstreaming on several
fronts of the government. Its guiding principles were autonomy of women in all dimensions
of life; pursuit of effective equality between women and men in all areas; respect for
diversity and combat all forms of discrimination; secular character of the State; universality
of services and benefits offered by the State; active participation of women in all phases
of public policies; and mainstreaming as a guiding principle of all public policies.
The III PNPM introduced the paradigm of shared responsibility: it is not only up to
the policy body for women to promote gender equality, but to agencies in all three levels
of government. Its implementation was based on mainstreaming, both from the horizontal
(among ministries) and vertical (at the state, district and municipal levels) points of view.
Law number 11.340 of August 7, 2006, also known as the Maria da Penha Law,
regulated the constitutional mechanism for the creation of mechanisms to prevent
domestic and family violence against women. By tightening the typification and penalties
for such crimes, and by providing for preventive and protective measures and assistance
to victims, including the establishment of Special Courts of Domestic and Family Violence
against Women, the Maria da Penha Law was recognized by the United Nations as one
of the most advanced in the matter. 
In recent years, efforts have been made within the Legislative Power to promote
gender equality and women's empowerment in domestic policy. In this context, the
installation of the Women's Caucus in March in 2021, which has the structure and
prerogatives of party leaders or parliamentary block, stands out.
In the field of legislation, we highlight the adoption of various laws that favor women's
rights. These include: The Law on the inclusion of content on preventing violence against

14
In article 5th equality of men and women in rights and obligations was recognized (item I). Article 7 provided for
the adoption of specific incentives to protect the women's labor market (item XX) and prohibited discrimination in
respect of salaries, functions and admission criteria for reasons, among others, of sex or marital status (item XXX).
Article 226, which provided for the family, reaffirmed the equality of men and women in the exercise of the rights
and duties of conjugal society and provided for the creation of mechanisms to curate intra-family violence
(paragraphs 5th and 8th).
15
Law 9.029 of April 12th, 1995 prohibited the requirement of pregnancy and sterilization certificates and other
discriminatory practices in the labor market. Law 9.504, dated from September 30th, 1997, defined the minimum
percentage of 30% of women candidates in the possible places of registration for each party in the legislative
proportional representation bodies. Law 10.224 of May 15th, 2001, amended the Brazilian Penal Code to include
the crime of sexual harassment.
women in basic education curricula (Law number 14.164/2021); the Law on the Red Light
(Law number 14.188/2021), which instituted the Red Light Program against domestic
violence as a measure to deal with domestic and family violence against women; the Law
on Combating Political Violence Against Women (Law Number 14.192/2021), which
criminalizes electoral defamation and provides for aggravating circumstances when a
crime is motivated by gender discrimination; the Law on Menstrual Health (Law number
14.214/2021), which instituted the Program for the Protection and Promotion of Menstrual
Health and provides for the distribution of menstrual products; the Mariana Ferrer Law
(Law number 14.245/2021), which seeks to prevent acts against the dignity of victims and
witnesses during trial proceedings; the Emergency Protective Measures Act (Law number
14.550/2023), which permits the immediate issuing of protective measures, regardless of
the type of violence suffered; and the Equal Pay Act (Law number 14.611/2023), which
guarantees equal pay for women and men in the exercise of the same function.
With the beginning of a new Administration in 2023, the Brazilian Government has
given renewed priority to the Women, Peace and Security agenda, since it considers that
it is impossible to overcome wars and build peace without the full participation of women,
who play a key role as agents of sustainable development. Women represent 52% of
Brazilian society, but they are underrepresented in the spaces of power. In the Brazilian
Congress, women parliamentarians occupy only 17% of the seats. Women account for
about 40% of active public servants, but they do not even occupy 26% of management
and leadership positions. In view of this, the Brazilian Government seeks to strengthen
policies and programs aimed at the greater insertion of women in the spaces of power and
decision and that promote gender equality in the workplace.
In 2023, the Brazilian Government brought back into existence the Ministry of
Women and is working to increase substantially the number of women in leadership
positions in the Executive Branch. The Government is also committed to actions to
promote the inclusion of women in the labor market, on equal terms and with equal pay
for the same functions performed by men. It has sought, moreover, to promote the
economic autonomy of women in conjunction with actions aimed at ending hunger and
poverty and fostering care policies.
The list of measures prioritized by the Government also highlights the strengthening
of programs and actions for the prevention and attention to gender violence. In this context,
the Brazilian Government is committed to extending the attention network to women in
situations of violence and their children, as well as to support the effective implementation
of measures to protect women victims of violence and to the prosecution of offenders. It is
committed to responding, through comprehensive public policies, to various forms of
violence against women, including political violence, online violence, trafficking of women,
and feminicide, among others.
BACKGROUND

Through Resolution 2242 (2015), the UNSC recommended member states to

develop domestic strategies for implementing the WPS agenda, known as national action
plans. NAPs have proved to be an important tool for governments to define priorities and
coordinate the implementation of this agenda domestically, with the support of civil society.
By 2023, more than 100 countries and 11 regional organizations have adopted their
national plans.
Even before elaborating its I National Plan of Action (I NAP), Brazil had already
demonstrated progress towards the WPS agenda both on the external and domestic
fronts. On the external front, during its previous mandate as an elected member of the
UNSC, Brazil co-sponsored Resolution 1960 (2010) on sexual violence during conflict and
supported the presidential statement on the issue (2011). Furthermore, under the Brazilian
chairmanship, the Sanctions Committee concerning the Democratic Republic of Congo
(DRC) began to target individuals responsible for grave episodes of sexual violence.
In the wake of the development of the WPS agenda and the strengthening of Brazil's
participation in the United Nations peacekeeping operations, the “Sérgio Vieira de Mello”
Brazilian Joint Training Center for Peacekeeping Operations (CCOPAB) started to include
contents related to Women, Peace and Security in the training of military and police that
are to be deployed in UN missions. The Brazilian Government carried out cooperation
projects for addressing sexual violence in post-conflict countries, such as Haiti, Guinea-
Bissau and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
On the domestic front, the WPS agenda also began to be incorporated in the
strategic planning instruments of the Brazilian Government. The 2012-2015 Multiannual
Plan provided, within the thematic program of foreign policy, for a specific initiative to
increase women´s participation, both as civilians and uniformed personnel, in
peacekeeping operations.16 The National Plan of Policies for Women 2013-2015 included
four actions related to the agenda: assessing the skills women are required to participate
in peacekeeping missions; enabling and training peacekeeping missions from the gender
perspective; establishing partnerships to prevent HIV/AIDS and fighting against sexual
violence as a weapon of war; and designing strategies against gender-based sexual
violence in the context of the provision of humanitarian assistance.17
In the Armed Forces, since the 1990s, women began to be admitted to military
academies and have since stood out professionally in all their roles. In 1992, the Brazilian
Army included women in the Army’s School of Administration, allowing them to integrate
the Complementary Board Officials (CBO) and contribute to the progress of the Armed

16
Cf. BRAZIL. Law number 12.593 of January 18th of 2012 - establishing the Federal Government's Multi-annual Plan for the
period 2012 to 2015. Available at: <https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2011-2014/2012/lei/Anexos/anl12593.pdf> Anexos.
Program: 2057 – Foreign Policy, Goal 0902, Initiative 03R0.
17
Cf. BRAZIL. PRESIDENCY OF THE REPUBLIC. SECRETARIAT OF POLICIES FOR WOMEN. National Policy Plan for
Women. Brasília: Secretary of Policies for Women, 2013. Available at: <http://www.spm.gov.br/assuntos/pnpm/publicacoes/pnpm-
2013-2015-em-22ago13.pdf> p. 48, ações 4.3.28, 4.3.29, 4.3.31 e 4.3.32.
Forces. In that same year, forty-nine women were enrolled in the Training Course for
School Officials. The pioneer class, made up of men and women, was named after Maria
Quitéria, in honor of the heroine of Brazilian independence from the state of Bahia, who
stood out for her acts of bravery and is celebrated as the patroness of the CBO.
In the Armed Forces, the Air Force registered the greatest female participation in its
staff, including in front-line combat roles as fighter pilots: in 1996, the Air Force Academy
received the first women for the quartermasters and, from 2003, also as aviators. The
Navy School received its first class of women in 2014 for quartermasters. Beginning in
2017, the Agulhas Negras Military Academy also started receiving women in its logistics
board (quartermasters and weaponry).
Events that brought together government institutions, civil society organizations and
academic specialists contributed to ripen the debate on the need to develop a Brazilian
plan on the WPS agenda, such as "Women, Peace and Security in Brazil – Building
Bridges and Overcoming Challenges" Seminar (Brasília, March 13, 2014), organized by
the Igarapé Institute with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Pandiá
Calógeras Institute and UN Women; the "Protection of Women in Peace Operations"
workshop (Itaipava, November 24-28, 2014), promoted by the Brazilian Joint Training
Center for Peacekeeping Operations, linked to the Ministry of Defense; and the
"Pandialogue" organized by the Pandiá Calógeras Institute on "Brazil and UNSC
Resolution 1325” (Brasília, May 7, 2015).
On the occasion of the Global Study on the Implementation of Resolution 1325
(2000), Brazilian institutions resumed the discussion on how to better implement the WPS
agenda. In a meeting on August 18, 2015, representatives of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, the Ministry of Defense and the Special Secretariat for Policies for Women agreed
upon the convenience of drafting a National Action Plan. It was noted that the inclusion of
gender issues and armed conflicts in the Pluriannual Plan and the National Plan of Policies
for Women did not sufficiently address the international peace and security aspects of the
WPS agenda in a comprehensive and detailed manner. The Brazilian decision was
formally announced to the UNSC on October 31, 2015, during the open debate celebrating
the fifteen years of the WPS agenda and took place in the context of consistent progress
in the regulatory framework and domestic public policies for gender equality since the
country’s redemocratization.
The I NAP was drafted by a Working Group (WG) coordinated by the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and integrated by representatives of the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry
of Justice and Public Security and the Special Secretariat for Policies for Women and
counted on the support of UN Women and members of civil society (Igarapé Institute).
Starting in early 2016, the WG promoted monthly plenary meetings to discuss the
elaboration of the NAP, and the drafting committee began to meet during the period
between sessions. The WG also promoted events to expand the discussions on the
Brazilian NAP and receive inputs from other relevant institutions and actors. On March 18,
2016, it organized the workshop on "Consolidating Brazil's Strategy on Women, Peace
and Security: from the global agenda to the national context", in collaboration with the
Alexandre de Gusmão Foundation, the Igarapé Institute and UN Women. Brazil´s I NAP
was launched on March 8, 2017, International Women's Day, with an initial duration of two
years. In 2019, the Brazilian government announced the decision to extend its duration
for another four years, until March 2023.

EVALUATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE I NAP: BRAZIL'S

PERFORMANCE IN MEETING THE WPS AGENDA TO DATE

In the "participation" pillar, the I NAP emphasized the objective of increasing the
participation of Brazilian women, including civilians, military and police, in activities related
to peace and international security, focusing on UN peace missions. To this end, specific
training activities were designed to enable the participation of women in peace operations,
and to identify the challenges and requirements to improve the conditions for career
resilience for female diplomats, military and police, who are directly involved in issues
related to international peace and security.
In 2018 and 2019, the Brazilian Navy and the Brazilian Army created specific
courses to enable women to take part in peace missions. In addition, over the last few
years, the armed forces have reduced the barriers to women's entry and increased their
access to weapons and services in the Brazilian Army (communication, stewardship and
war material); in the Brazilian Navy (access to all bodies, including the Navy College) and
in the Brazilian Air Force (possibility of joining the School of Cadet Aviators of the Air Force
Academy). Despite the reduction in the overall number of women participating in peace
operations, since Brazil no longer has quotas of deployed troops, there has been an
increase in the number of Brazilian women acting on individual missions. Consequently,
Brazil has surpassed in recent years the minimum targets set by the UN Secretariat for
the participation of military and police women in peace missions. Two of these women won
international recognition by receiving the "Military advocate for gender equality" award.
The scope of the I NAP did not detail actions to achieve its goals, such as the
elaboration of an appropriate normative framework for dealing with cases related to sexual
abuse and exploitation, in line with the UN's zero tolerance policy; transparent
mechanisms for the selection and deployment of police and military women on individual
missions; and support for the participation of civilian women, diplomats or not, in peace
and security-related activities. Although the plan mentions the need for family support to
enable women’s greater participation, initiatives in this regard were not identified while the
plan was in force.
In the "prevention and protection" pillar, Brazil has made international commitments
related to the protection of the human rights of women and girls, with a focus on the
prevention of gender-based violence. Although a cross-sectional perspective could be
identified, which included, for example, attention to the specific needs of women and girls
in conflict and post-conflict situations, no progress was achieved. On the other hand, it is
possible to point to progress in the promotion of a policy aimed at guaranteeing the specific
gender needs of refugees and asylum-seeking people in Brazil, even if this advance
cannot be attributed directly to the I NAP. The Operation Welcome, created to host male
and female Venezuelans who crossed the border towards Brazil, sought to implement a
gender perspective with regard to the shelter facilities, with attention to the layout of the
camping, location of bathrooms and lighting. It is also worth mentioning that Brazil
welcomed Afghan judges who sought Brazil for gender-based persecution. In addition, the
decision taken in March 2023 by the National Refugee Committee (Conare) implemented
prima facie recognition of the status of refugees for girls and women belonging to countries
with high prevalence of the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
In the "consolidation of peace and humanitarian cooperation" pillar, the objectives
and actions envisaged included aspects for women's empowerment and economic
autonomy and the construction of urban spaces and safe women's infrastructure, which
are fundamental for the prevention of gender-based violence. Among the pillars of the I
NAP, however, perhaps this was the most affected by the economic crisis in Brazil, during
which there was a significant reduction in cooperation projects, and no initiatives related
to this pillar were identified. Direct funding of women's organizations could have
contributed to achieving goals and aims of the pillars of participation and prevention and
protection.
The "awareness, engagement and deepening" pillar dealt with a series of initiatives
related to the expansion and deepening of knowledge about the WPS agenda in Brazilian
society. Content about refuge was included in the Rio Branco Institute syllabus and training
modules were created in the instruction centers for peace operations of the Armed Forces.
Numerous lectures and events were also held by the academy and civil society, with the
participation of official bodies that dealt with this issue in Brazil.

THE II NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION (2023)

October 2023 marks the anniversary of the adoption of Resolution 1325 (2000),
which incorporated the theme Women, Peace and Security into the UNSC agenda. Since
then, the Council has approved ten additional resolutions on the relationship between
women and armed conflicts. Brazil has been committed to the Women, Peace and Security
agenda since the adoption of Resolution 1325 (2000). Six years after the launch of its I
NAP, Brazil was elected a as member of the Security Council for the 2022-2023 term.
With the expiry of the I NAP in March 2023, the Administration of President Luiz
Inácio Lula da Silva determined the renewal of Brazil's commitment to the WPS agenda,
in line with the values and principles of the Brazilian Constitution on equal rights, in a new
national and international context. The Brazilian Government has thus decided to draw up
a new plan that reflects recent normative advances in NAPs.
 In April 2023 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil organized an informative
seminar with the objective of raising awareness among key partners, such as the relevant
Ministries and the National Congress, and initiating discussions on the elaboration of the
II National Action Plan. Entitled “The Women, Peace and Security Agenda: Renewal of
the Brazilian Commitment,” the seminar was attended by the Secretary General of Foreign
Affairs, Ambassador Maria Laura da Rocha; the leader of the Senate Women Caucus,
Senator Daniella Ribeiro; and the Representative of UN Women in Brazil, Anastasia
Divinskaya.
Experts who have been following the development of the WPS agenda in Brazil
were invited. In their presentations, they shared normative innovations with an impact on
the WPS agenda over recent years, such as the entry into force in 2018 of the Arms Trade
Treaty (ATT), which requires signatory countries, among which Brazil, to develop export
controls on conventional weapons in order to prevent them from being used to commit or
facilitate serious acts of gender-based violence. The seminar also presented an
opportunity for the experts to discuss the transformative dimension of the agenda because
of the political participation of women, whether in elected positions or in leadership
positions in executive bodies, with particular interest in the areas of foreign policy, defense
and security.
On June 16, 2023, the first meeting of the Informal Interministerial Group (IIG) took
place to begin discussions on the drafting of the II NAP and thus continue the elaboration
of implementation strategies in Brazil of the WPS agenda, in line with UNSC Resolution
2242 (2015).
In order to prepare the II NAP, the Federal Government opted for a multisectoral
perspective, which resulted in the increase from four to eight in the number of Ministries
that had participated in the interministerial group that formulated the I NAP: Ministry of
Foreign Affairs; Ministry of Defense; Ministry of Justice and Public Security; Ministry of
Women; Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship; Ministry of Racial Equality; Ministry of
Indigenous Peoples; and Ministry of Development and Social Assistance, Family and Fight
against Hunger. In addition, representatives of the Presidency of the Republic, the Senate
Women Caucus, and civil society advisory offices were included, which contributed to
incorporating a strategic vision of the WPS agenda on the domestic front.

BRAZIL'S STRATEGIC PRIORITIES IN IMPLEMENTING THE WOMEN, PEACE

AND SECURITY AGENDA

Brazil is aligned with the United Nations understanding - corroborated by evidence

- that the inclusion of women in all spheres of conflict prevention and resolution processes,
as well as peace maintenance and consolidation, contributes to the sustainability of peace
processes. To this end, women must be included as agents of transformation and partners
on an equal footing with men.
 The regulatory framework of the Women, Peace and Security agenda covers, in
addition to the ten resolutions of the United Nations Security Council, recommendations
adopted by the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against
Women (CEDAW) and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Using this
normative framework as reference, one can see a clear relationship between equality,
stability, prosperity, development and women´s roles in promoting and maintaining peace.
The I NAP had been developed according to the traditional structure of four pillars
(participation; prevention and protection; consolidation of peace and humanitarian
cooperation; and deepening, awareness and engagement), with a view to two strategic
objectives: mainstreaming and empowerment.
In addition to being results-oriented, the II NAP addresses contemporary security
challenges with a strong impact on women. The number of participating Ministries was
increased from four to eight, and the plan incorporates aspects related to the leading role
of Brazilian women in the field of peace and security, including at the domestic level. The
II PNA was designed based on three fundamental principles: (I) gender mainstreaming;
(ii) empowerment of women and girls; and (iii) intersectionality.
Gender mainstreaming in all actions undertaken by Brazil in the field of international
peace and security aims to recognize both the important contribution of women to peace
processes, including conflict prevention, mediation and resolution, and the maintenance
and consolidation of peace – and the different impacts of armed conflicts on men, women,
boys and girls, in order to prevent the perpetuation or deepening of inequalities. These
actions should consider the different perceptions, experiences, knowledge and interests
of all genders in the conception, planning and execution of policies, legislation and
programs in the political, economic and social spheres.
Empowerment of women and girls has been increasingly recognized as
fundamental to the success of actions aimed at poverty reduction; democratic governance;
crisis prevention; post-conflict recovery; and lasting peace and sustainable development
promotion. Empowering women means ensuring that they have an active voice in all
governance institutions so that they can participate, on equal terms with men, in the public
dialogue and decision-making that will determine the future of their families and their
countries.
Intersectionality was included as a strategic objective of the II NAP since Brazilian
women belonging to minorities or historically vulnerable or marginalized groups suffer
different and disproportionate impacts in different risk situations, such as violence resulting
from transnational crimes; human trafficking and sexual exploitation; political violence;
pandemics and environmental catastrophes.
For this reason, the II NAP considered specificities such as age, ethnicity,
nationality, geographical location and socioeconomic origin, in order to incorporate into
the proposed actions an approach adapted to the situations of women from vulnerable or
marginalized groups, including rural women; ethnic minorities; LGBTQIA+; migrants,
refugees and asylum seekers; elderly women, women affected by poverty, women with
disabilities or those caring for disabled or older family members, as well as other women
who face multiple and cross-sectional forms of discrimination.
Intersectionality also contributes to aligning Brazil’s II NAP with efforts to integrate
the gender perspective in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and its respective
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially SDG 5, which deals with gender
equality.
In the process of elaboration of the II NAP, it was recognized that the complex
challenges faced by Brazil, characterized by dynamics of violence with disproportionate
impact on women and girls, make it necessary to carry out a broader exercise of reflection
on the objectives and priorities for promoting women's rights in Brazil, in addition to the
field of peace and international security. In this sense, the scope of the plan goes beyond
the limits of the United Nations Security Council resolutions and its competences, including
issues that are outside its field of action.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

The objectives of the II NAP are:

1. To mainstream a gender perspective in foreign policy based on the respect

for human rights as a means of advancing international and regional
peacekeeping efforts.

2. To promote the participation and leadership of women in all their diversity

in mediation processes, in public life, and in the Brazilian State, at the local,
municipal, state and federal levels.

3. To promote gender and racial equality as a strategy to eliminate oppression

and discrimination against women and historically marginalized populations
as well as ensure greater effectiveness of related public policies.

4. To prevent and work to eradicate all forms of violence that affect the
stability and security of the Brazilian population, with disproportionate impact
on women, girls and historically marginalized groups such as persons with
disability, black populations, migrants, riverside and Quilombola
communities and indigenous peoples, among others.

5. To promote the agenda on Women, Peace and Security in national territory,

ensuring that women, in all their diversity, including regional diversity, have
their role and leadership in building peace and stability recognized and their
specific needs met.

Guidelines for the Implementation of the Strategic Objectives

The guidelines detail the five strategic objectives and the impacts to be achieved in
the long term, as well as the medium-term impacts and the results to be obtained after the
implementation of the proposed activities.
 STRATEGIC OBJETIVE 1: To mainstream gender perspective in foreign policy based on the respect for human rights as a means of advancing international and
regional peacekeeping efforts.

STRATEGIC IMPACT 1: Brazil's international performance, through participation in peace operations and special political missions, cooperation projects, and conflict
mediation, is based on gender and racial equality. This commitment strengthens Brazil's credentials as a relevant player in the field of international peace and security.

Impact 1.1: Increased participation of civil, police and military

Expected impact 1.2: Promotion of the objectives of the WPS agenda in Expected impact 1.3: Brazil reaffirms its
women in peace operations, special political missions, peace
international and regional cooperation and in the activities related to commitment to the WPS agenda in its
processes, mediation and other international missions, and
the maintenance and consolidation of peace carried out by Brazil. international activity.
the consequent strengthening of their performance capacity.
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1.1.1: result 1.1.2: result 1.1.3: 1.1.4: 1.2.1: More 1.2.2: 1.2.3: Greater 1.2.4: Strengthening Brazil's Proactive action on
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the capacity of of a qualified adequacy to of strategies cooperation projects will local women's gender-sensitive promote gender mediation and promotion
civilian women, women's allow and that recognize projects focused devote part of organizations in actions in the equality and race. of the WPS agenda.
police officers in database encourage the the work of on the WPS the budget to all their diversity context of conflict
international participation of care, which agenda, activities focused in conflict and and post-conflict
actions, including women tends to fall on promoting gender on the WPS post-conflict situations in which
in the fields of (civilian, police women and that and racial agenda, activities, as well Brazil operates.
prevention, and military) in reduce and equality. promoting as in international
conflict and post- international redistribute this gender and cooperation
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women.
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 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE 2: To promote the participation and leadership of women in all their diversity in mediation processes, in public life, and in the Brazilian State, at the local,
municipal, state and federal levels.

STRATEGIC IMPACT 2: Consolidation of democratic governance in Brazil from civic participation and decision-making processes based on an intersectional gender perspective.

Impact 2.1: Incorporation of an intersectional gender perspective into the Impact 2.2: Strengthening community engagement and Impact 2.3: Extension of civic Impact 2.4:
processes of political participation. social dialogue from an intersectional gender participation and digital literacy. Empowerment of
perspective. human rights
defenders,
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public life of the care work. communities, expectations. protection of Environmentalists.
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women.
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workshops prevent, punish, courses on with international program focused campaigns to fight explaining women from and local the Protection of Human
addressing gender- and eradicate domestic work, and regional on improving the harmful gender international and historically organizations Rights Defenders,
specific challenges, episodes of paid care and the standards, skills of stereotypes and regional human marginalized to create online communicators and
rights of domestic
race, and other political violence identifying marginalized promote respect rights instruments, populations, including resources, environmentalists to
workers, with the
historically against women disparities and communities, and equality for adapted to local black populations, video tutorials, identify gaps and
objective of
marginalized candidates and aligning policies providing training in women throughout contexts and migrants, riverside and implement an
promoting a new
identities. agents, ensuring culture based on accordingly. practical areas their diversity. languages, and Quilombola personalized intersectional gender
their full and the idea of care such as vocational including communities and digital literacy perspective.
effective as collective skills, digital literacy indigenous indigenous peoples in learning
participation in the responsibility, as and languages. the participation guides.
public life of the a strategy to entrepreneurship, councils.
State. emphasize the with the objective of
importance of the empowering
care economy for individuals with
the expansion of valuable skills for
women's political economic
participation and
independence,
economic
including from
autonomy.
adequate funding.
Activity 2.1.1.2: Activity 2.1.2.2: Activity 2.1.3.2: Activity 2.1.4.2: Activity 2.2.1.2: Activity 2.2.2.2: Activity 2.2.3.2: Activity 2.3.1.2: Activity 2.3.2.2: Activity 2.4.1.2: To
To facilitate To organize To develop To develop public Leadership Training To establish To organize To establish To partner collaborate with gender
guidance programs activities with mechanisms to server training Initiative. This partnerships with seminars (in community with community experts and women's
that provide space experienced and support flexible programs to initiative aims to schools, person and online) engagement forums, centers, rights organizations to
for interaction emerging women working improve cultivate leadership universities and to empower bringing together training integrate an
between leaders to raise arrangements understanding and qualities in community centers community leaders, representatives from institutions, intersectional gender
experienced awareness of that enable effective marginalized to conduct civil servants, and diverse backgrounds and schools to perspective into the
women and existing reconciliation of implementation of communities interactive stakeholders, with and marginalized create Program's policies and
emerging leaders. mechanisms and family international and through workshops sessions on a focus on the groups to discuss accessible strategies.
strategies responsibilities, regional and mentoring gender sensitivity, importance of pertinent social digital learning
addressing personal and instrument sessions, intersectional normative issues, share centers,
political violence, professional life provisions. empowering approach, and structures for the perspectives, and offering
thereby and promote a individuals to take respectful promotion of develop solutions in a resources and
strengthening their culture of co- active roles in behaviors. gender equality collaborative manner. training for a
capacity to act. responsibility decision-making and race. variety of age
between men and community groups.
and women, and development.
between family,
community, state,
market and
business.
Activity 2.1.2.3: Activity 2.1.3.3: Activity 2.3.1.3: To
To organize To form collaborate with
community events, partnerships with marginalized
including local communities and
awareness-raising organizations to under-represented
discussions and establish groups to develop a
walks, to involve accessible structured feedback
local populations services to mechanism that
in the treatment support women's brings together
and prevention of care work in the comments and
gender-based humanitarian recommendations
political violence. context and in expressed during
international community
missions. engagement forums
and training
workshops.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE 3: To promote gender and racial equality as a strategy to eliminate all forms of oppression and discrimination against women and historically
marginalized populations as well as ensure greater effectiveness of related public policies.
 STRATEGIC IMPACT 3: Strengthening social justice and environmental action based on the promotion of the diversity of Brazilian women

Impact 3.1: Promotion of Impact 3.2: Empowerment and Impact 3.3: Impact 3.4: Promotion of Impact 3.5: Impact 3.6: Greater role for women in
inclusive public policies, political engagement of Monitoring of policies for refugees and Promotion of environmental action and environmental
considering the diversity of the historically marginalized women, public policies asylum seekers based on an redistributive policies sensitive to the differentiated impact
Brazilian population and its such as black women, riverside in different intersectional gender policies and on women.
cultural specificities. women, quilombola, indigenous areas from the perspective, promoting promotion of the
women and migrants. point of view of community integration and solidarity
disaggregated empowerment. economy, which
data and focuses on the
participatory economic
assessments. inclusion of black
women.
Result 3.1.1: Result 3.1.2: Result 3.2.1: Result 3.2.2: Result 3.3.1: Result 3.4.1: Result 3.4.2: Result 3.5.1: Result 3.6.1: Result 3.6.2: Result 3.6.3:
Implementation Strengthening Implementation Empowerment Implementation Inclusion of an Involvement of Greater autonomy Strengthening Increased Inclusive
of an community of affirmative through of monitoring intersectional refugees and for black women, women's participation of environmental
intersectional engagement actions and improving skills and evaluation gender asylum seekers so that they can capacities, in women in actions that
gender and proposals for and networking. practices based perspective in in free themselves particular from conservation take into
perspective in collaboration in legislation on evidence, policies and empowerment from situations of historically actions, account the
the elaboration of public policies. concerning the with community programs initiatives. violence and marginalized sustainability specific needs
public policies. political involvement. focused on the exploitation. groups, to act management of different
participation of care and in mitigating of natural groups and
women and resettlement of the effects of resources contributions
historically refugee and natural from traditional
marginalized asylum-seeking disasters and knowledge.
populations. persons. climate
change.
Activity 3.1.1.1: Activity 3.1.2.1: Activity 3.2.1.1: Activity 3.2.2.1: Activity 3.3.1.1: Activity 3.4.1.1: Activity 3.4.2.1: Activity 3.5.1.1: Activity 3.6.1.1: Activity 3.6.2.1: Activity
To conduct a To facilitate To review and To facilitate To establish data To implement To develop To foster the To organize To develop 3.6.3.1:
comprehensive community propose, as regular events collection cross-sectional skills training creation of training community-led To promote
analysis of workshops to appropriate, the to create mechanisms that gender and education cooperatives and activities that projects that community-
existing policies, educate amendment of support allow for perspective in programs other forms of empower emphasize based projects
identifying areas marginalized legislation to communities for demographic the care of adapted to the integration in the women to women's active that empower
where diversity groups of ensure the active marginalized disaggregation. refugee and needs of creative economy, become role in women to
and vulnerability women about participation of women in asylum-seeking refugee and led by black actively managing local participate in
are not their rights, roles women and political circles. persons. asylum-seeking women. involved in natural building
adequately and marginalized people, sustainable resources and resilience
addressed. responsibilities groups. promoting self- management educational initiatives.
in political sufficiency and of natural campaigns to
processes. integration. resources. promote
women's
engagement in
sustainable
farming and
conservation
practices.
Activity 3.1.1.2: Activity 3.1.2.2: Activity 3.2.1.2: Activity 3.2.2.2. Activity 3.3.1.2: Activity 3.4.1.2: Activity 3.4.2.2: Activity 3.6.1.2: Activity 3.6.2.2: Activity
To formulate a To implement To promote To establish To develop To develop To facilitate To facilitate To collaborate 3.7.3.2:
proposal for a feedback affirmative action mentoring monitoring public reception, community forums for with To collaborate
gender-sensitive mechanisms mechanisms to programs structures to welcome and strengthening dialogue indigenous with local
policy review ensuring that increase connecting evaluate the shelter actions activities, such among leading peoples to women's
mechanism and marginalized representation marginalized impacts of and equipment as exchange of women, integrate organizations
an intersectional voices influence and engagement. women with policies on that consider the languages and policymakers, traditional to design and
perspective in policy experienced various specific cultural and climate ecological implement
the context of development leaders in demographic protection needs exchange experts to knowledge into climate
new and ongoing and politics and civil groups, involving of all women and events, to promote contemporary adaptation
policies, ensuring implementation. society. community girls seeking encourage inclusive resource strategies that
sustained members to refuge. integration and political management meet their
inclusion. assess policy social discussions efforts and specific needs.
outcomes from interaction. and shape climate
their perspective. gender- resilience
sensitive strategies
climate action through
plans and other increased
historically participation of
marginalized indigenous
identities. women in their
debates.
Activity 3.3.1.3: Activity 3.4.1.3: Activity 3.4.2.3:
To establish To strengthen To develop
platforms for dialogue with strategies to
regular civil society ensure access
dialogues organizations to care services
between working with the by refugee and
policymakers, rights of all refugee
communities, women and girls personnel.
and stakeholders to formulate and
to discuss policy implement
impacts. refugee policies.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE 4: To prevent and work to eradicate all forms of violence that affect the stability and security of the Brazilian population, with disproportionate impact on women,
girls and historically marginalized groups such as women with disability, black women, women migrants, riverside women and Quilombola women and indigenous women, among others.

STRATEGIC IMPACT 4: Generation of a safer and less violent environment

Impact 4.1: Impact 4.2: Addressing organized crime-related violence in urban Impact 4.3: Training to reduce Impact 4.4: Impact 4.5: Impact 4.6: Implementation
Reduction of and rural environments. police violence are carried Reduction in Greater of actions to address online
gender- out. the attention to violence and the
based circulation of institutional dissemination of hate
violence. weapons and violence. speech.
ammunitions
in Brazil.
Expected result Expected Expected Expected result Expected result Result 4.2.5: Expected result Expected result Expected result Expected result Expected result Expected result
4.1.1: result 4.2.1: result 4.2.2: 4.2.3: 4.2.4: Drug Policy 4.3.1: 4.3.2. Promotion 4.4.1: 4.5.1: 4.6.1: To 4.6.2: To
Actions to Coping Actions of Actions to Conflict centered on the Intersectional of dialogue Formulation of Implementation implement contribute to the
prevent and actions social address mediation individual. training in human between police an effective of actions to actions to formulation of
respond to against reintegration environmental initiatives, rights and gender and community, policy of arms address address online regulatory
gender-based organized and and related particularly and race involving women and ammunition institutional hate speech, framework to
violence and to crime count imprisonment crime. related to land perspectives to police officers control based violence. focusing on address
reduce rates of on a holistic for long-term disputes. professionals in and female on an those targeting violence in the
feminicide and and security. the public security leaders. intersectional gender virtual
sexual multisectoral system. gender stereotypes and environment, so
violence. approach. perspective. gender that it
violence. incorporates an
intersectional
gender
perspective
Activity 4.1.1.1: Activity Activity Activity 4.2.3.1: Activity 4.2.4.1: Activity 4.2.5.1: Activity 4.3.1.1: To Activity 4.3.2.1: Activity 4.4.1.1. Activity 4.5.1.1: Activity 4.6.1.1: Activity 4.6.2.1:
To develop and 4.2.1.1: To 4.2.2.1: To To implement To conduct To review and offer To create open To implement To conduct To implement To contribute to
implement analyze create and measures to deal conflict adapt drug comprehensive dialogue actions to basic studies to strategies to the formulation
policies that organized implement with resolution policy to training to strategies control the understand address online of a normative
prevent and crime from an integration environmental activities with emphasize professionals in between public possession and institutional hate speech, framework to
respond to intersectional programs for crimes, including the participation harm reduction, the public security security possession of violence and cultivating address
gender gender women with a community-led of relevant addressing the system, professionals weapons and how it affects digital spaces violence in the
violence, perspective, focus on conservation players social emphasizing and community ammunition. different groups based on virtual
ensuring which takes skills, as well initiatives, including consequences human rights and representatives in society, respect and environment, so
comprehensive into account as on quality particularly farmers, of drug abuse, cross-sectional to build trust and especially understanding, that it
support for specific work. women across landowners, particularly on gender cooperation. women from focusing on incorporates an
survivors. impacts and their diversity, local women and perspectives. historically those directed intersectional
 vulnerabilities and sustainable authorities, girls. marginalized at gender gender
based on the resource community populations. stereotypes and perspective.
diversity of management. leaders, gender
Brazilian traditional and violence.
women. indigenous
peoples,
among others
to learn conflict
resolution
techniques,
improve
communication
skills and
establish a
negotiating
platform,
addressing
agrarian
conflicts
through
mediation,
focusing on the
participation of
women in these
initiatives.
Activity 4.1.1.2: Activity Activity Activity 4.2.3.2: Activity 4.2.5.2: Activity 4.3.1.2: Activity 4.4.1.2. Activity 4.5.1.2 Activity 4.6.1.2: Activity 4.6.2.2:
To conduct 4.2.1.2: To 4.2.2.2: To To address To develop To develop To conduct To develop an To collaborate To collaborate
community develop promote biodiversity accessible training modules basic studies to appropriate with social with legal
workshops to community detention trafficking, rehabilitation that address understand the regulatory media platforms experts,
increase intervention policies including the and treatment conflict resolution impact of framework to to develop and technology
awareness of programs sensitive to promotion of an centers, and community weapons and address enforce companies,
gender based on gender understanding of focusing on involvement ammunitions institutional community social media
violence and youth specificities the rehabilitation promotion policy on violence guidelines that platforms, and
promote direct participation and disproportionate and techniques and, in women in all prohibit hate civil society to
participation of to prevent the alternatives impact on local reintegration, particular, women. their diversity. speech and draft and defend
people in involvement to communities, incorporating harmful content. legislation that
situations of of young imprisonment especially concerns about addresses
violence. women in for women women. gender online violence
organized deprived of adequacy. and hate
crime. non-violent speech,
freedom particularly as it
affects women
disproportionate
ly.
Activity 4.1.1.3: Activity Activity Activity 4.2.3.3: Activity 4.2.5.3: 4.4.1.3. To Activity 4.5.1.3. Activity 4.6.1.3: Activity 4.6.2.3:
To establish 4.2.1.3. To 4.2.2.3: To to promote To establish identify gaps To conduct To promote To establish
safe spaces for develop establish ecologically community- and promote training with digital literacy mechanisms to
women in appropriate networks of sustainable centered appropriate professionals among social report and
situations of strategies to drop-out livelihoods support legislation for working in the media users to investigate
violence, tackle women and through training networks for effective control main services enable critical violence online,
offering advice, trafficking of mentoring and microfinance women who of weapons and offered by the evaluation of with the
legal people, programs. programs, recover from ammunitions State. online participation of
assistance and focusing on reducing reliance substance from a gender information and women, to
rehabilitation, historically on illegal abuse perspective. responsible provide victims
considering the marginalized activities, disorders. digital with effective
specific needs women. focusing on communication. channels to
linked to their women. seek redress
identities. and justice.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE 5: To promote the agenda on Women, Peace and Security on national territory, ensuring that women, in all their diversity, including regional diversity, have
their role and leadership in building peace and stability recognized and their specific needs met.

STRATEGIC IMPACT 5: Promotion of a secure, stable and prosperous environment in Brazil based on the inclusion and diversity of Brazilian women.

Impact 5.1 - Disclosure and strengthening of mediation actions implemented at Impact 5.2 - To disseminate the Women, Peace and Security agenda to women's
community and local level by women in all their diversity. organizations so that it can be used to enhance their actions.

Result 5.1.1 Disclosure of local women-led mediation and conflict resolution initiatives. Result 5.2.1: Awareness-raising regarding the Women, Peace and Security agenda, and
how it can be used.

Activity 5.1.1.1: To identify mediation exercises led by women or with female participation and keep Activity 5.2.1.1: To develop and implement educational campaigns to inform women's organizations
systematic record of them. about the principles and importance of the women, peace and security agenda.

Activity 5.1.1.2: To establish platforms to share successful mediation practices in different communities. Activity 5.2.1.2: To strengthen cooperation between government institutions (civilian and military),
civil society organizations and academia, in the exchange of information and dissemination of the
WPS agenda.
IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY

The II NAP was designed based on the assumption that the monitoring and the evaluation
of the actions implemented are fundamental to achieving its objectives. The full realization
of the Women, Peace and Security agenda depends on the commitment of the
participating government agencies in translating the goals proposed into concrete
activities, with a view to achieving the expected results.

This document, therefore, constitutes the first stage of the Federal Government's actions
to effectively implement the Women, Peace and Security agenda over the next 4 years.
The discussion of the next stage, which will detail the implementation of the II NAP's
objectives, will begin later in 2023.

The implementation strategies, social indicators and mechanisms will be designed to

monitor compliance with the objectives of the II NAP through additional consultations with
the Ministries of Foreign Affairs; Defense; Justice and Public Security; Women; Human
Rights and Citizenship; Racial Equality; Indigenous Peoples; Development and Social
Assistance, Family and the Fight against Hunger, and other broad consultations.

To implement the second stage of the II NAP, it is proposed that the Interministerial Group
responsible for the elaboration of the plan´s objectives and guidelines be converted into
an Interministerial Working Group (IWG) for the Implementation and Monitoring of the II
NAP, formalized by means of a ministerial order.

It will be up to the IWG, based on the objectives and actions outlined in this document, to
coordinate the detailed implementation of the plan through specific actions and concrete
activities, with measurable social indicators and monitoring mechanisms which should
retain adherence with the respective areas of competence of the participating Ministries of
the II NAP.

In addition to promoting meetings and planning activities to increase the involvement of

the participating Ministries, the IWG should hold broad consultations with civil society. The
second stage of the II NAP must be developed within eight months of the release of this
document.

BUDGET
In order to finance the actions provided for in the II NAP, it is necessary for the participating
Ministries to: (1) identify the actions foreseen which align with programs currently being
implemented; and (2) include in their respective annual strategic plans, to the extent of
budget availability, those actions that are not yet covered by current programs. In this
context, the Legislative Branch is invited to monitor the implementation of the II NAP,
including with the aim of contributing to the adequate allocation of budgetary resources.

MONITORING AND EVALUATION

Monitoring implementation actions and evaluating expected results are essential to ensure
effectiveness of the II NAP. Within the scope of the activities of the Implementation and
Monitoring Interministerial Working Group, the participating Ministries should contribute,
in their areas of competence, with specific actions that provide monitoring and evaluation
tools, including objective indicators that will allow the measurement of results, through
reports to be submitted to the Group.

PARTICIPATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY

The preparation of the II NAP benefited from the participation of civil society through the inclusion
of experts in all discussions carried out by the Interministerial Group, as well as through
consultations carried out by UN Women with organizations and networks representing sectors and
comments sent to the drafting committee of the plan. It is expected that the Interministerial Working
Group will actively involve civil society in the implementation phase of the plan.

After the launch of the II NAP, the participation of civil society may take place through: (1) the
inclusion of experts in the Interministerial Working Group in charge of monitoring the
implementation of the plan; (2) support in the preparation stage of the implementation plans of the
participating Ministries; (3) public consultations throughout the process; and (4) involvement in the
activities of production and dissemination of knowledge, capacity building and training related to
the plan.

For the second stage of the plan, the Federal Government will seek to obtain resources to
strengthen the participation of civil society, in particular women's organizations and centers
dedicated to the Women, Peace and Security agenda, in the implementation, monitoring and
evaluation phases of the II NAP.

DURATION
The II National Plan of Action on Women, Peace and Security will have a duration of four
years.

UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS ON THE WOMEN'S, PEACE AND

SECURITY AGENDA

UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS ON

THE WOMEN’S, PEACE AND SECURITY AGENDA:
Key elements of operating paragraphs
Resolution 1325 (2000) 31 October 2000

OP 1 Urges States to increase the participation of women in conflict prevention, management and resolution.
Encourages the participation of more women as Special Representatives and Special Envoy of the United Nations
OP 3 Secretary General (UNGASS).
OP 4 Urges the UNSG to increase the participation of women as military observers and police officers.
OP 5 Expresses its willingness to incorporate gender perspectives in peacekeeping operations.
OP 9 Called on the parties to respect international humanitarian law, especially in relation to the female population.
Encourages disarmament, demobilization and reintegration efforts to consider the distinct needs of ex-combatants
OP 13 men and women and to take account of the needs of their dependents.
Resolution 1820 (2008) 19 June 2008

OP 1 Condemns sexual violence as a tactic of war and expresses its willingness to consider such situations.
OP 2 Calls for an end to sexual violence against civilians.
OP 3 Requires the adoption of measures to protect civilians against sexual violence.

Considers that rape and sexual violence can constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide, and calls
OP 4 on States to comply with an obligation to prosecute those involved and to end impunity.
OP 5 Provides for sanctions to be applied to cases of sexual violence.
Calls for the UNSG to continue with zero tolerance policy and urges the countries that are the contributors of
OP 7 troops to adopt appropriate preventive and accountability measures.
OP 11 Highlights the role of the Peace Consolidation Commission in combatting sexual violence.
Resolution 1888 (2009) 30 September 2009
OP 4 Requests for the appointment of Special Representatives of UNSG on Sexual violence in conflicts.
Urges States to undertake legislative reforms for the punishment of acts of sexual abuse and exploitation and for
OP 6 the protection of victims, including compensation.
Urges all parties to a conflict to investigate and punish cases of civil and military abuse and sexual exploitation,
OP 7 with punishment of superiors, as applicable.
Calls upon UNSG to identify and take the appropriate measures to deploy rapidly a team of experts to situations of
particular concern for the practice of sexual violence in armed conflicts to assist the authorities in strengthening
OP 8 the rule of law.
OP 12 Decides to include in the mandates of peacekeeping operations protection against sexual violence in conflicts.

OP 17 Urges issues of sexual violence in conflict to be included in all UN-sponsored peace processes.
OP 19 Encourages States to deploy greater numbers of female military and police personnel in peacekeeping operations.
Resolution 1889 (2009) 5 October 2009
 Calls upon the UNSG to develop a strategy to increase women's participation in special political missions,
OP 4 peacekeeping operations and peace-building activities.
OP 5 Requests the UNSG include in all its reports to the UNSC a section on protecting women and girls
OP 9 It urges States to adopt gender perspective in post-conflict assistance cases.
OP 11 Urges for guaranteed access to education for women and girls in a post-conflict situation.
Requests the UNSG to submit a set of global indicators for monitoring the implementation of resolutions on women,
OP 17 peace and security.

OP 19 Requests the UNSG to submit a report on the participation and inclusion of women in peacebuilding processes.
Resolution 1960 (2010) 16 December 2010
Encourages Member States to deploy greater numbers of female military and police personnel in peacekeeping
OP 15 operations, in addition to providing specific training on gender-based violence.
Resolution 2106 (2013) 24 June 2013
Encourages States to include the full range crimes of sexual violence in their national penal legislation to enable
OP 2 prosecutions for such acts.
OP 5 Expresses its intention to ensure women’s participation in all aspects of conflict resolution
Stresses the role of women and civil society in influencing the parties to conflict with respect to addressing sexual
OP 11 violence

Recognizes the role of peacekeeping operations in preventing sexual violence and calls States to ensure training in
OP 14 this area, as well as encouraging an increase in the number of women deployed in these operations.
OP 19 Encourages the States to support victims of sexual violence.

OP 19 Underlines the role of civil society in increasing protection against sexual violence at the community level
Resolution 2122 (2013) 18 October 2013
Declares its intention to focus more attention to ensure greater participation of women in conflict resolution and
OP 1 peacebuilding.
OP 3 Expresses its intention to increase its attention to women's, peace and security agenda in all the thematic areas.
Encourages countries that are the contributors of troops to increase the percentage of women in peacekeeping
OP 9 operations.

OP 12 Calls upon Member States to ensure the trial of persons responsible for international crimes against women.
Resolution 2242 (2015) 18 October 2015
Urges the Member States to assess their strategies for implementing the women's, peace and security agenda in the
light of the review process; calls for increased participation of women at all levels of decision-making; encourages
OP 1 significant participation by civil society.
Welcomes the efforts to implement the women's, peace and security agenda, including the adoption of national
action plans; calls upon Member States to further integrate the agenda into their strategic plans; it calls upon the
OP 2 countries that have plans to present their results
OP 4 Reiterates the importance of gender perspectives in the United Nations.
Recognizes the need for greater integration of the women's, peace and security agenda in its own work; expresses
the intention to bring together an informal Expert Group on Women, Peace and Security; decides to integrate the
issue into all situations in specific countries on its agenda; expresses the intention to invite civil society, including
OP 5 women's organizations, to present reports on country situations and relevant thematic issues.
Resolution 2272 (2016) 11 March 2016
Endorses the UNSG decision to repatriate a particular military unit or formed police unit from a contingent when
OP 1 there is credible evidence of sexual exploitation and abuse
Stresses the importance of protecting civilians, women and children, internally displaced persons or refugees from
OP 12 any form of abuse or exploitation and calls on the UNSG to improve measures in peace operations against abuse.
 Encourages the UN mechanisms to continue to include allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse in their reports
OP 13 to the UNSG and calls upon the UNSG to inform the Member State immediately of such allegations.
Resolution 2331 (2016) of December 20th , 2016
Urges those Member States which have not yet ratified or acceded to the United Nations Convention against
Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocol to prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially
Women and Children, to consider as a matter of priority the implementation of these and all relevant international
OP 2 instruments.
Encourages Member States to build partnerships with the private sector and civil society, including local women's
organizations, to obtain information that helps to identify, stop, dismantle and bring to justice individuals and
OP 3 networks involved in trafficking of people in areas affected by armed conflicts, including through employee training.
Stresses that acts of trafficking in persons in armed conflict and sexual and gender violence in conflicts, including
when associated with trafficking in persons in armed conflict, can be part of the strategic objectives and ideology of
certain terrorist groups and can be used as a tactic, and therefore, it encourages all relevant actors at national,
regional and international level to ensure that these considerations are taken into account in accordance with their
OP 8 obligations under international law and national laws.
Affirms that victims of trafficking in persons in all its forms and of sexual violence committed by terrorist groups
should be classified as victims of terrorism.
It emphasizes that survivors should benefit from assistance and recovery programs, and that services should include
provision for women with children born as a result of rape in times of war, as well as for men and boys who may
OP 10 have been victims of sexual violence in conflicts, even when associated with trafficking of people in armed conflicts.
Encourages Member States to ensure that existing national strategic structures, national action plans against
trafficking of persons, as well as other planning structures on women, peace and security, and comprehensive and
OP 15 integrated national counter-terrorism strategies are complementary and mutually reinforcing.
Requests UNSG to follow up the implementation of this resolution and to present a report to prevent and combat
OP 23 trafficking of persons.
Resolution 2467 (2019) 23 April 2019
Reiterates its demand for the complete cessation with immediate effect by
all parties to armed conflict of all acts of sexual violence and its call for these parties
OP 1 to make and implement specific time-bound commitments to combat sexual violence,
Encourages national authorities to strengthen legislation to promote accountability for acts of sexual violence. It
emphasizes the fundamental role of Member States' internal judicial and investigative systems to prevent and
eliminate sexual violence in conflicts and to ensure accountability of perpetrators and calls on relevant UN bodies to
OP 3 aid Member States.
OP 4 Recognizes the work of the Informal Group of Experts on Women, Peace and Security.
Encourages relevant UN bodies, as appropriate, in the establishment inter alia of commissions of inquiry
independent investigative entities to ensure that considerations of sexual violence in armed conflict and post-conflict
OP 8 situations are included in their mandates or terms of reference.
Recalls the applicable provisions of international law as an effective resource for human rights violations and calls
on the Member States to make this effective resource and assistance available to victims of sexual violence in conflict
OP 17 and post-conflict situations.
Recognizes that women and girls who become pregnant as a result of sexual violence in armed conflicts, including
those who choose to become mothers, may have different and specific needs, and urges States to recognize the
equal rights of all individuals affected by sexual violence in armed conflicts, including women, girls and children born
OP 18 of sexual violence in armed conflicts, in national legislation.
Requests UNSG to ensure the timely deployment of Women's Protection Advisers to relevant UN peace operations,
especially at the senior level, ensuring that they have direct access to senior leadership of these peace operations
OP 22 and to the offices of the UN's Resident and Humanitarian Coordinators.
Calls upon the parties to conflict to ensure that the cease-fire and peace agreements contain provisions that
OP 30 stipulates sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict situations as a prohibited act.
 Recognizes that men and boys are also targets of sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict environments and urges
Member States to protect them by strengthening policies that offer appropriate responses to survivors and challenge
OP 32 cultural assumptions about male invulnerability to this violence.

Resolution 2493 (2016) 29 October 2019

Urges the Member States to fully implement the provisions of all previous Security Council resolutions on the
OP 1 women's, peace and security agenda.
Urges the Member States to commit themselves to implementing the Women’s, Peace and Security Agenda to
OP 2 ensure and promote the full, egalitarian and significant participation of women in all stages of peace processes.
OP 3 Urges the Member States to facilitate the equal inclusion and participation of women in peace negotiations.
Encourages the Peace Building Commission to continue supporting the participation of women-led peacebuilding
OP 4 organizations in planning and stabilization efforts in post-conflict reconstruction and recovery.
Urges the Member States to increase funding for women, peace and security, including through further assistance
in conflict and post-conflict situations for programs promoting gender equality and economic empowerment and the
security of women, as well as supporting civil society, and supporting countries in situations of armed conflict and
OP 5 post-conflict.
Encourages regional organizations to consider convening meetings prior to the 20th commemoration of Resolution
1325 with the participation of governments, relevant stakeholders and civil society to review the implementation of
OP 6 the women’s, peace and security agenda in their respective regions.
Requests the Secretary-General to ensure full implementation of the women's, peace and security agenda; calls on
OP 8 all UN Heads of State to give the Secretary-General every possible support in this matter.
Resolution 2538 (2020) 28 August 2020
Encourages Member States to develop strategies and measures to increase the deployment of uniformed women
for peace operations by including the dissemination of information about and providing opportunities, access to
training, developing a national of trained women personnel interested in deployment, and identifying and
OP 2 overcoming obstacles to women's participation.
Calls on the UNSG to follow up on the implementation of the Gender Equality Strategy for Standardized Personnel
(2018-2028), as well as to monitor and evaluate progress and challenges, taking into account the best practices and
OP 3 lessons learned from Member States and others involved.
Calls upon Member States and the UN to ensure safe, enabling and gender-sensitive working environments for
OP 6 women in peace operations and provide adequate infrastructure.
Expresses support for the UNSG "Zero Tolerance" policy for all forms of sexual harassment in peace operations and
OP 7 requests the UNSG to strengthen efforts to prevent and address sexual harassment in peace operations