NCLW supports the UN Resolution 1325

The National Commission for Lebanese Women in cooperation with the United Nations Population Fund organized yesterday a national conference on the Security Council Resolution 1325 pertaining to women, security and peace with the participation of representatives from governmental and nongovernmental organizations. This conference aimed at deepening knowledge about the resolution and examining requirements for its implementation in Lebanon, in addition to developing basic interventions that need to be adopted to take women's issues into consideration when addressing topics related to security and peace. This covers the four levels of the resolutions namely participation, prevention, protection and rescue or relief.   Also this conference came within the frame of follow-up by the National Commission on the implementation of the recommendations of the CEDAW Committee. Commission member lawyer Mirna Azar discussed the role of the national mechanism in the implementation of the resolution 1325 while the director of the Arab Center for Human Rights - Lebanon branch, Jumana Merhi, addressed the role of the civil society organizations in the implementation of the resolution. Ms. Miriam Sfeir of the Center for Women's Studies at the Lebanese American University underscored the importance of the Call of Beirut which seeks to place the priorities of women, peace and security on the Arab agenda, while Maggy Grabontizia - Director of the project of Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment project in Lebanon funded by European Union, presented some perspectives of a study on a national plan to implement resolution 1325. (Al Moustaqbal, January 12, 2017)