1325 Petition

UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) and its Implementation in Cyprus

PETITION

This year we celebrated the 100 years of International Women's Day and we are still  both locally and internationally struggling for the need to promote  Women’s Full Participation in All Areas of Peace and Security, to Enhance Conflict Prevention and Ensure Sustainable Peace and development. .Hands Across the Divide  believes that  Cypriot women’s voices ,needs and different  perspectives  must be heard.It is a matter of equity that they should be heard. And what  women say can be fresh and new and complementary to that of men’s.

So Hands Across the Divide wishes to draw  the attention of Cypriots to the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325  which calls for the integration of a gender perspective in the peace process as well as  for the participation of women at the negotiating table.  We, therefore,  call upon the Cypriot negotiators, their teams and the third parties involved as facilitators to integrate a gender perspective  the soonest possible in the  Cypriot  peace talks because women have a different experience of conflict, of security , of property issues, of peace and development.  The presence of women at the negotiating table  will not only be in line with UNSC Resolution 1325, which Cyprus has signed, but  will also be in accordance with the basic democratic principles of equal participation and civil society development.

If you agree with this urgent need, you can add you name to the petition electronically here.