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UN SCR 1325: the 50.50 debate

In 2000 UN Security Council Resolution 1325 gave women decision-making power in preventing conflict and building peace. As the 10th anniversary of 1325 approaches read recent openDemocracy articles examining the role of women in working for peace.

By Jane Gabriel
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Lyric Thompson is writing a series of articles covering the tenth anniversary of SCR 1325. Read her first report The politics of peace

Recent articles in the 5050 debate:

In 2005, five years after UN Resolution 1325 gave women decision-making power to resolve conflict and build peace, openDemocracy asked what it had achieved. Read articles by women around the world here. Read the multi authored blog here.

 

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Jane Gabriel

Jane Gabriel founded and edited the openDemocracy project 50.50 in 2006, publishing critical perspectives on social justice, gender and pluralism. She retired in 2016.

Prior to joining openDemocracy, Jane produced and directed more than 30 documentaries for Channel 4 Television and the BBC international current affairs series 'Correspondent', winning the Royal Television Society and One World Media awards for documentaries filmed in Greece and India. In 1980s she was a member of the UK's first all-women television production company, Broadside. In the 1970s she worked at Granada TV in the UK, and at Pacifica radio KPFA in the US. She is a qualified advocate for children in care and a trustee of the IF Project.

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