ASEAN INSTITUTE FOR PEACE AND RECONCILIATION (AIPR) WORKSHOP ON STRENGTHENING WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN PEACE PROCESSES AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION 18-19 March 2015 CEBU CITY, THE PHILIPPINES TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Foreword by Ambassador ELIZABETH P. BUENSUCESO 1 Message of Secretary of Foreign Affairs 5 H.E. ALBERT DEL ROSARIO Message of Secretary General of ASEAN 7 H.E. LE LUONG MINH Opening Ceremony 9 Welcome Remarks of Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs 11 HON. EVAN P. GARCIA Message of Ambassador DATO’ HASNUDIN HAMZAH 15 Message of Ambassador STIG INGEMAR TRAAVIK 19 Message of Ambassador KOICHI AIBOSHI 21 Keynote Speech of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process 23 H.E. TERESITA QUINTOS-DELES Session I: Overview of Women’s Participation in Peace Processes and 29 Conflict Resolution among Asean Member States Strengthening Women’s Participation In Peace Processes 31 Presentation of Ms. SHADIA MARHABAN Myanmar Peace Centre 37 Presentation of Dr. NAW REBECCA HTIN Women in Southern Thailand Conflict: Included While Being Excluded 41 Presentation of Dr. SOMBATPOONSIRI JANJIRA Open Forum 47 Session II: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 as an 67 ANNEX I: Summary Report of the AIPR Workshop on Strengthening 175 Instrument for Developing and Consolidating Women, Women’s Participation in Peace Processes and Conflict Peace and Security Initiatives for UN Member States Prevention Security Council 1325: Consolidating Peace and Security 69 Presentation of Ms. JANET WONG ANNEX II: List of Speakers and Moderators 193 Framing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda: Seven Security 77 ANNEX III: List of Participants 207 Council Resolutions Presentation of Ms. SAKUNTALA KADIRGAMAR-RAJASINGHAM ANNEX IV: Terms of Reference of the AIPR 213 Open Forum 93 ANNEX V: Members of the AIPR Governing Council and Advisory Board 221 Session III: Developing a National and Regional Agenda to Promote 109 Women’s Participation in Peace Processes ANNEX VI: Programme 225 Developing a National and Regional Agenda to Promote Women’s 111 Participation in Peace Processes Presentation of Hon. MARIA CLEOFE GETTIE C. SANDOVAL Beyond National and Regional Action Plans for SC 1325: Issues of 121 Implementation and Accountability Presentation of Dr. SOCORRO REYES Open Forum 125 Session IV: Best Practices on Women, Peace and Security 131 Gender Dimension in the Bangsamoro Basic Law 133 Presentation of Prof. MIRIAM CORONEL-FERRER Lessons Learned and Insights As A Woman In Two Asian 139 Peace Tables Presentation of Dr. EMMA LESLIE Best Practices on Women, Peace and Security 145 Presentation of Ms. ELISABETH SLÅTTUM Open Forum 151 Summary, Recommendations and Closing Remarks 163 Summary and Recommendations 165 By Ambassador ELIZABETH P. BUENSUCESO Closing Remarks by Ambassador DATO’ HASNUDIN HAMZAH 173 FOREWORD The Philippines is privileged to have hosted the ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) Workshop on Strengthening the Role of Women in Peace Processes and Conflict Resolution, which was held at the beautiful province of Cebu, the Philippines on 18-19 March 2015. The Workshop was keynoted by the Honorable Teresita “Ging” Quintos-Deles, Secretary and Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, and included messages from H.E. Evan Garcia, Undersecretary for Policy of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Ambassador Dato Hasnudin Hamzah, Chair of the AIPR Governing Council, as well as the Ambassadors of Japan and Norway to ASEAN, H.E. Koichi Aiboshi and H.E. Stig Traavik. The Workshop investigated the issue of women’s roles in peace processes and reconciliation initiatives from various points of view, including those of a negotiator, facilitator, peace envoy, peace researcher, peace activist, and capacity builder. Specifically, the Workshop aimed to: 1) locate the situation of the different ASEAN Member States along the peace-armed conflict continuum and surface the level of women’s participation in the processes being undertaken by Member States to end violent conflicts internally and/or in the region; 2) raise attention on and appreciation of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 1325 and the National Action Plan (NAP) as an instrument for developing and consolidating Women, Peace and Security (WPS) imperatives for UN member states; 3) provide a venue to explore and learn from some existing good practices in promoting and enhancing women’s participation in peace processes worldwide; and 4) provide a platform for the development of appropriate and timely agenda and the appropriate networks for pursuing such agenda on national and regional levels. The conduct of this Workshop accomplished Action Line B.2.2.vi of the ASEAN Political and Security (APSC) Blueprint which calls for the undertaking of studies to promote gender mainstreaming in peacebuilding, peace processes and conflict resolution. It is also an active response to Action Line B.3.2.vi, which calls on ASEAN to develop cooperation programmes with relevant external parties and 1 financial institutions to promote Human Resources Development and Conflict Studies, and Ms. Elisabeth Slåttum, Norwegian Special Envoy capacity building in post-conflict reconstruction and peacebuilding. It to the Philippine Peace Process with the National Democratic Front. also focused on ASEAN Member States’ efforts at implementing UNSCR 1325, which reaffirms the important role of women in the prevention and The Workshop resulted in many valuable recommendations, which resolution of conflicts, peace negotiations, peacebuilding, peacekeeping, the AIPR Governing Council vowed to pursue in their future meetings. humanitarian response and in post-conflict reconstruction and stresses Notable among these recommendations are the creation of an ASEAN the importance of their equal participation and full involvement in all network of women involved in peace and reconciliation processes, a call efforts for the maintenance and promotion of peace and security. for AIPR to continue providing a platform to discuss issues on women as well as an expression of support by the Meeting for the Bangsamoro The forum was divided into five sessions. Session I provided an Peace Process in the Philippines. overview of women’s participation in peace processes among ASEAN Member States, and was moderated by DFA Assistant Secretary Luis The Organizers and the AIPR thank the Governments of Norway T. Cruz of the Office of ASEAN Affairs. The speakers for this session and Japan for their valuable assistance in making such a milestone were Ms. Shadia Marhaban, International Mediator, Capacity Builder undertaking happen. Finally, we wish to express our deep gratitude to and Activist from Aceh, Indonesia, Dr. Naw Rebecca Htin, Associate the members of the AIPR Governing Council, under the chairmanship Program Director for the Peace Dialogue Program and Peace Building of Malaysia, Ambassadors and distinguished officials and peace Operations Coordination Program of the Myanmar Peace Center, and policymakers from ASEAN Governments, speakers and resource Dr. Sombatpoonsiri Janjira, Co-Secretary-General/Lecturer for the Asia persons, participants from all ASEAN Member States, experts, think- Pacific Peace Research Association of Thammasat University, Kingdom tanks, and lovers of peace who made the conduct of this important of Thailand. workshop a memorable, substantive and productive endeavor. Session II looked at the UNSC Resolution 1325 as an instrument for developing and consolidating WPS imperatives for UN Member States, and was moderated by the Permanent Representative of Singapore to ASEAN, Ambassador Tan Hung Seng. The speakers for this session were Ms. Janet Wong, Country Representative of UN Women in Timor- Leste, and Ms. Sakuntala Kadirgamar-Rajasingham, a Mediation Expert ELIZABETH P. BUENSUCESO on Gender and Social Inclusion for UN Women. Ambassador/Permanent Representative of the Philippines to ASEAN Member of the AIPR Governing Council Session III focused on developing national and regional agendas to promote women’s participation in peace processes, and was moderated Organizer of the Workshop on Strengthening Women’s Participation in by the Acting Coordinator for the ASEAN National Secretariat of Peace Processes and Conflict Resolution Indonesia, H.E. I Gede Ngurah Swajaya. Speakers for this session were Undersecretary Maria Cleofe Gettie C. Sandoval of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, and Dr. Socorro Reyes, Senior Governance Adviser of the Center for Legislative Development International. The fourth and fifth sessions, which I moderated, discussed Best Practices on Women, Peace and Security, and ended with a summary and listing of recommendations from the workshop. Speakers for the fourth session were Prof. Miriam Coronel Ferrer, Panel Chairperson for the GPH Panel for Peace Negotiations with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Dr. Emma Leslie, Executive Director of the Center for Peace and 2 3 MESSAGE Congratulations to the Governing Council of the ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) for their initiative to conduct the Workshop on Strengthening Women’s Participation in Peace Processes and Conflict Resolution in Cebu. Established in 2011, AIPR has already undertaken three major activities in fulfillment of its mandate to become the ASEAN lead institution for research activities on peace, conflict management and conflict resolution. I am pleased to note that these activities support the objectives of the ASEAN Political-Security Community Blueprint. The Philippines is proud