{"id":116547,"date":"2017-09-28T14:55:40","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T14:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=116547"},"modified":"2017-10-13T14:53:20","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T14:53:20","slug":"uns-open-day-event-puts-women-in-the-center-of-peace-and-security-agenda-in-palestine-un-women-article","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/uns-open-day-event-puts-women-in-the-center-of-peace-and-security-agenda-in-palestine-un-women-article\/","title":{"rendered":"Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ\u2019s Open Day Event Puts Women in the Center of Peace and Security Agenda in Palestine – Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Women Article"},"content":{"rendered":"
Date:\u00a0<\/strong>Thursday, September 28, 2017<\/h6>\n

\"Open-Day-1\"<\/p>\n

Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for Middle East Peace Process, is commending the resilience of Palestinian women at the Open Day Event\u00a0in Ramallah (Photo: Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Women\/Eunjin Jeong)<\/h6>\n

Ramallah, Palestine<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Open Day, a major United Nations event to strengthen the national implementation of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security in Palestine, took place on 27 September in Ramallah, bringing together leading women\u2019s civil society organizations in Gaza and the West Bank, heads of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ agencies, politicians, development partners, and key decision-makers from the Government.<\/p>\n

The event, organized by Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Women Palestine Office in support of the European Union, aimed to identify progresses related to the results of the previous Open Day in 2016 and set a clear direction in achieving Palestinian women\u2019s priority areas of the National Action Plans (NAPs) for the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵSCR 1325 until the end of 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cÄ¢¹½ÊÓƵSCR 1325 is a landmark international agreement that recognized women\u2019s significant contribution to peace and security for the first time,\u201d said Ms. Ulziisuren Jamsran, Special Representative at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Women Palestine, explaining the rationale behind organizing the Open Day annually to promote the local ownership of the resolution.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year\u2019s Open Day will not only revisit the recommendations of last year\u2019s Open Day event but also engage all stakeholders to propose effective and actionable solutions to further enhance Palestinian women\u2019s participation in peace and security agenda in the upcoming years,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Participants from the civil society organizations welcomed the Open Day saying that the event provides a space for Palestinian women to share their situations and needs with senior Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ representation, European Union, and key decision makers to reflect during decision making process.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe long-standing national gender equality struggle proves Palestinian women\u2019s resilience and tenacity. However, it is the responsibility of local, regional, and global actors to enforce and engage in a system of accountability to end occupation and protect Palestinian people,” said Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.<\/p>\n

The four-hour event generated sets of strategic questions to facilitate women\u2019s participation in Peace and Security in Palestine as well as innovative ideas for joint advocacy interventions and lobbying solutions between the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ and Civil Society Organizations. It also raised awareness of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, key decision makers, and donors about the gendered impact of the Israeli occupation, while specifically highlighting its effects on various issues involving women, such as political and economic participation, education and health, and protection and security especially for most marginalized women and girls.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor generations Palestinian women have been paying the highest price for the lack of peace and security. In Gaza, where people live under the control of Hamas and struggle with the Israeli closures, the situation of women has deteriorated substantially,\u201d said Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for Middle East Peace Process, emphasizing the need for a collective responsibility to speak up and uphold rights of Palestinian women.<\/p>\n

\u201cI commend the incredible resilience of Palestinian women to deal with the hardships of occupation,\u201d he added concluding his remarks.<\/p>\n

\"Open-Day-2\"<\/p>\n

The Open Day event brought together women\u2019s organizations, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ agencies, politicians, development partners, and key decision-makers to facilitate women\u2019s participation in Peace and Security and raise awareness about the gendered impact of the Israeli occupation. (Photo: Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Women\/Eunjin Jeong)<\/h6>\n

The Open Day event in Palestine has been supported by the European Union since 2015, as part of its three-year programme \u201cEnhancing the Implementation of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵSCR 1325 in the occupied Palestinian territory,\u201d implemented by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Women Palestine in collaboration with the General Union of Palestinian Women (GUPW), Culture and Free Thought Association (CFTA).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Date:\u00a0Thursday, September 28, 2017 Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for Middle East Peace Process, is commending the resilience of Palestinian women at the Open Day Event\u00a0in Ramallah (Photo: Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Women\/Eunjin Jeong) Ramallah, Palestine\u00a0\u2013 Open Day, a major United Nations event to strengthen the national implementation of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[2453],"document-source":[2481],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1841],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[6542],"class_list":["post-116547","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-article","document-source-un-women","document-subject-women","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/116547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/116547\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=116547"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=116547"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=116547"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=116547"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=116547"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=116547"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=116547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}