UNSCR 1325 RELOAD: ANALYZING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A GENDER PERSPECTIVE IN NATO

Since its passage, United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR)1325 has been advocated and adopted by a range of actors-includinginternational Non-Profit Organizations, International Organizations,United Nations agencies, and some national governments, showing theimportance of integrating a gender perspective into the process ofmaintaining international peace and security. Due to theimplementation of gender mainstreaming in national and internationalpeace and security operations, women?s presence in the armed forces,or other decision positions, is increasing but at a very slow pace and still with lots of operational and strategic actions needed. There is a great need of women?s participation in Armed Forces, from aquantitative and qualitative point of view, for efficiency purposes.Consequently, this book presents the main analyses and results of theUNSCR 1325 Reload Project, developed by the Rey Juan Carlos University (Spain), the Australian Human Rights Commission and the AustralianDefense Force, with the support of the NATO Science for Peace andSecurity. A quantitative evaluation of the number of women in NATOmember?s Armed Forces, as well as of the specific legislation,policies and actions is presented along with detailed recommendationsto improve the participation of women in order to have more efficientand effective Armed Forces.