National Plan for Women: Preparation of a National Plan to Promote the Role of Women in Peacemaking and Peacekeeping
The National Council for Women has announced the formation of a working group comprising the Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peace-building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Council and the concerned authorities in the State to prepare the first Egyptian national plan on enhancing the role of women in the field of peacemaking, conservation and peace building. , Which stated the importance of taking further measures to activate the role of women at all levels of decision-making, in the prevention and resolution of conflicts and in the maintenance and building of peace.
In a statement, the council stressed that this comes within the framework of the State's efforts to strengthen the role of Egyptian women in all fields, especially since the 2017 declaration of Egyptian women, the latest of which was the constitutional amendment on the allocation of 25 percent of the seats of parliament to women. With the twentieth anniversary of Security Council resolution 1325 approaching.
This is a development of Egyptian women's efforts in the fields of Arab and African peacemaking, preservation and peace building, both through participation in UN peacekeeping operations and through the role of the Cairo Center in building Arab and African capacities in the implementation of the agenda of women, peace and security, African Union and the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States.
Egypt is one of the most important countries contributing military and police forces to UN peacekeeping operations. It also plays a responsible role in efforts to settle African and Arab conflicts. The Cairo Center is one of the centers of excellence adopted by the African Union in the field of training, Peace and security.
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