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The Permanent Forum urges States to intensify efforts at the national level to implement Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) of 31 October 2000 on women, peace and security, including through national action plans that pay special attention to indigenous women.
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UNITAR seeks referrals of indigenous women for each training programme to enhance conflict prevention and peacebuilding capacities of indigenous peoples’ representatives, both as resource persons and as participants. That women compose 40% of training participants furthers the aim of building on their capacity to analyse sources of conflict, identify the interests and concerns of the various parties involved and affected, and engage in dialogue and negotiation to improve the condition of life for their communities in all sectors. The Participants’ Forum session of the training is normally chaired by an indigenous woman and invites representatives working in different sectors, and reflecting a gender and regional balance, to provide a presentation on initiatives that they are undertaking in the areas of environment, development, education, gender, culture, promotion of human rights, peacebuilding, and dialogue with Governments and the private sector on land and resource issues in order that strategies and remaining challenges may be shared. The programme invites indigenous women involved in peacebuilding initiatives to share their experiences and challenges with other representatives, and to further enhance the capacity of indigenous women in conflict analysis, negotiation and peacebuilding. More information is available in the document E/C.19/2007/3/Add.5.
Final Report of UNPFII Session 5 (2006)
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