Statement by H.E. Mr. KIMURA Tetsuya, Ambassador, Economic, Social and United Nations Management Affairs, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations Security Council Open Arria-formula Meeting, Call to Lead by Example: Ensuring the Full, Equal and Meaningful Participation of Women in UN-led Peace Processes
2021/3/8
Madame President,
I would like to begin by thanking you and the co-sponsors for convening this Arria-formula Meeting on International Women’s Day and ahead of the upcoming Commission on the Status of Women.
Madame President,
Peace will never be achieved while excluding a certain group of people, which is why full, equal and meaningful participation of women is an indispensable component of peace process. For all individuals to be protected and reap the dividends of peace, people-centered, comprehensive, context-specific and prevention-oriented responses are required. This is why looking at leading examples matters, and I would like to share with you the ways in which Japan has been engaged in areas where the UN is currently facilitating active peace processes.
I would like to highlight a UN Women project in Yemen. Japan supports capacity building of women to engage effectively at all levels of the peace process including negotiations, conflict resolution and peacebuilding. This is done through capacity development of civil society organizations to address needs and challenges within their crisis-affected communities, especially those of refugees, IDPs and returnees, and creating spaces to leverage women’s potential as community mediators. In Yemen, Japan has been providing humanitarian assistance and support for women and girl’s empowerment and protection from GBV through UNFPA and IOM as well.
In Libya, Japan supports training for women and CSOs on mediation and peacebuilding to enhance their capabilities for active participation in these efforts. Through this UN Women project, women municipal councilors are also trained on WPS and peacebuilding with the aim of amending policies and plans at local levels to promote women’s participation in peacebuilding.
These projects promote diverse representation of women, including young women, women from marginalized groups and women working at the grassroots level. Japan prioritizes this agenda in our WPS National Action Plan, both globally and domestically, by creating an environment that fosters women’s participation in peace processes, thus building a foundation for equal participation of women in their communities.
Let me conclude by reaffirming Japan’s continued commitment to ensuring the full, equal and meaningful participation of women in peace processes.
Thank you.
I would like to begin by thanking you and the co-sponsors for convening this Arria-formula Meeting on International Women’s Day and ahead of the upcoming Commission on the Status of Women.
Madame President,
Peace will never be achieved while excluding a certain group of people, which is why full, equal and meaningful participation of women is an indispensable component of peace process. For all individuals to be protected and reap the dividends of peace, people-centered, comprehensive, context-specific and prevention-oriented responses are required. This is why looking at leading examples matters, and I would like to share with you the ways in which Japan has been engaged in areas where the UN is currently facilitating active peace processes.
I would like to highlight a UN Women project in Yemen. Japan supports capacity building of women to engage effectively at all levels of the peace process including negotiations, conflict resolution and peacebuilding. This is done through capacity development of civil society organizations to address needs and challenges within their crisis-affected communities, especially those of refugees, IDPs and returnees, and creating spaces to leverage women’s potential as community mediators. In Yemen, Japan has been providing humanitarian assistance and support for women and girl’s empowerment and protection from GBV through UNFPA and IOM as well.
In Libya, Japan supports training for women and CSOs on mediation and peacebuilding to enhance their capabilities for active participation in these efforts. Through this UN Women project, women municipal councilors are also trained on WPS and peacebuilding with the aim of amending policies and plans at local levels to promote women’s participation in peacebuilding.
These projects promote diverse representation of women, including young women, women from marginalized groups and women working at the grassroots level. Japan prioritizes this agenda in our WPS National Action Plan, both globally and domestically, by creating an environment that fosters women’s participation in peace processes, thus building a foundation for equal participation of women in their communities.
Let me conclude by reaffirming Japan’s continued commitment to ensuring the full, equal and meaningful participation of women in peace processes.
Thank you.