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Strategizing Beyond the Women, Peace and Security (Wps) Agenda in Yemen: the Importance of Cedaw STRATEGIZING BEYOND THE WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY (WPS) AGENDA IN YEMEN: THE IMPORTANCE OF CEDAW By JOKE BURINGA August 23, 2021 STRATEGIZING BEYOND THE WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY (WPS) AGENDA IN YEMEN: THE IMPORTANCE OF CEDAW By JOKE BURINGA August 23, 2021 *EDITOR’S NOTE: THE AUTHOR, A YEMENI ANALYST BASED IN TAIZ, IS WRITING UNDER A PSEUDONYM FOR SECURITY REASONS. COVER PHOTO: A woman vender in the Yemeni capital Sana›a on August 13, 2007 // Source: Scott Wallace / World Bank / Flickr This paper was produced by the Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies, as part of the Leveraging Innovative Technology for Ceasefire Monitoring, Civilian Protection and Accountability in Yemen project. It is funded by the German Federal Government, the Government of Canada and the European Union. the European Union Note: This document has been produced with the financial assistance of the German Federal Government, the Government of Canada and the European Union. The content and recommendations expressed within this document are the personal opinions of the author(s) only, and do not represent the views of the Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies or Hala Systems, or any other persons or organizations with whom the participants may be otherwise affiliated. The contents of this document can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the positions of the German Federal Government, the Government of Canada or the European Union. © COPYRIGHT SANA´A CENTER 2021 TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary 4 Background 6 The Women, Peace and Security Framework 6 The UN Security Council on WPS in Yemen 8 OSESGY 11 UN Implementation of the WPS Agenda in Yemen 11 UN Women 14 A View from the Ground 15 Strategizing Beyond the WPS Agenda 18 Sustainable Development Requires Gender Equality 19 Sustainable Peace Requires Gender Equality 20 CEDAW 21 Conclusion 22 Recommendations 23 Strategizing beyond the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda in Yemen: The Importance of CEDAW EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Seven years into the war in Yemen, there is considerable and growing resistance within the internationally recognized Yemeni government, Houthi authorities, the Southern Transitional Council (STC), local authorities and armed groups toward the promotion of gender equality and women’s role in peacebuilding. At the invitation of the UN special envoy for Yemen, women were present in peace negotiations in Kuwait (2016), Geneva (2018) and Stockholm (2018), but their participation was not accepted by the delegations. The text of the Stockholm Agreement was assessed to be “genderblind”, and ignoring women’s rights. There are no women in the current cabinet of Yemen’s internationally recognized government. During Yemen’s National Dialogue Conference (NDC) in 2013-14, Yemeni women negotiated a 30 percent quota in elected bodies and governmental institutions. With reference to the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, women expected support from the international community, especially the United Nations, for their demands to be included in mediation and peacebuilding efforts.[1] The WPS agenda focuses on two themes: the use of sexual and gender-based violence as a war strategy; and women’s participation in peace and security processes. Implementation of the WPS agenda in Yemen by the international community has been haphazard and superficial. In establishing the Yemeni Women’s Pact for Peace and Security (known as “Tawafuq”), the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary General to Yemen (OSESGY) and UN Women bypassed existing Yemeni women’s networks, such as the Yemeni Women’s Union, which had 4 million members nationwide in 2020, and the Women’s National Committee, which has branches in every governorate. Selection criteria for Tawafuq were opaque; the group was later sidelined by the Yemeni women’s Technical Advisory Group (TAG), whose members were handpicked by the OSESGY’s gender advisor, again without transparently communicated processes. 1) “Yemeni women call for their inclusion in peace efforts,” UN Women, October 27, 2015, https://www.unwomen. org/en/news/stories/2015/10/yemeni-women-call-for-their-inclusion-in-peace-efforts; “High Level Virtual Convening on Feminist Peace in Yemen, June 28 - July 2, 2021,” Peace Track Initiative/Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom/Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, https://www.peacetrackinitiative.org/ convening2021 4 Strategizing beyond the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda in Yemen: The Importance of CEDAW In the meantime, women’s needs and inputs on the ground have been overlooked by the international community, for whom it is easier to talk to well-educated, anglophone women in the diaspora. Many women inside Yemen, who do not speak English and lack easy access to the donor community, do not feel heard. In its resolutions and presidential statements, the UN Security Council has addressed WPS issues only sparingly. A narrow interpretation of the WPS agenda in Yemen has limited the focus to women’s participation in the future Track 1 peace process. This has led to competition between UN staff and increased divisions among Yemeni women. As a result, Yemeni women have been unable to define their participation in the UN-led negotiation process on their own terms. Meanwhile, women’s political participation is not a panacea for Yemen’s lack of gender equality: The “add women and stir” approach has serious shortcomings. It fails to address lopsided power relations between men and women and runs a risk of cooptation by the warring parties and status quo actors. A quota approach unsupported by additional safeguards and policies is unlikely to result in transformative change. A key, although so far overlooked, instrument for the implementation of WPS in the Yemeni peace process is the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women[2] (CEDAW), which Yemen ratified in 1984. CEDAW provides a legal basis for implementation of the WPS agenda. In addition, CEDAW presents a normative framework for the realization of gender equality, which is essential for sustainable peace and development. Violence and discrimination against women have a direct link to state security, while gender equality speeds up economic growth and the achievement of other development goals. Yemen’s combined 7th and 8th periodic report will be discussed during the 80th session of the CEDAW Monitoring Committee, scheduled for October 18-November 5, 2021. It provides an excellent opportunity to put gender equality back at the top of the agenda for Yemen’s future. Its importance cannot be underestimated; sustainable peace and the achievement of development goals in Yemen depend on it. 2) Full text of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), United Nations General Assembly, December 18, 1979, https://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/ cedaw.aspx 5 Strategizing beyond the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda in Yemen: The Importance of CEDAW A POLITICALLY SYMBOLIC CABINET THE WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY FRAMEWORK In 2000, the UN Security Council adopted UNSC Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security.[3] It rests on four pillars: prevention; protection; participation; and relief and recovery. Following Resolution 1325, nine other resolutions were BACKGROUND added by the Security Council between 2000 and 2019 to clarify, expand and reiterate the main message of 1325. Together they make up the WPS agenda, with a normative framework, policies and procedures to address the needs and expertise of women before, during and after conflict. The WPS agenda has two recurring themes. The first concerns the use of sexual and gender-based violence as a war strategy.[4] The second focuses on women’s participation in peace and security processes. Women’s full participation in conflict mediation and peacebuilding is important to guarantee their full enjoyment of human rights. Research has shown that women’s participation leads to more sustainable peace agreements.[5] The 10th and latest resolution, 2493, was adopted by the UNSC on October 29, 2019, on the eve of the 20th anniversary of Resolution 1325. In its preamble, the Council referred to obligations of state parties under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), which include the full and equal participation of women in matters of peace and security. This reference was not accidental. CEDAW is the treaty to guarantee women’s rights. In its General Recommendation No. 30 of 2013, the CEDAW Committee outlined how state parties are to implement CEDAW before, during and after conflict, clearly linking CEDAW to the WPS agenda.[6] 3) Full text of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security,” UN Security Council, October 31, 2000, https://undocs.org/en/S/RES/1325(2000) 4) Full text of the ten women, peace and security resolutions can be found here: https://www.peacewomen.org/ resolutions-texts-and-translations 5) Krause J. Krause W., & Bränfors,, “Women’s Participation in Peace Negotiations and the Durability of Peace,” International Interactions”, 2018, 44 (6), 985-1016, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03050629.2 018.1492386 6) “General Recommendation No. 30 on Women in Conflict Prevention, Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations,” Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, October 18, 2013, https://www. ohchr.org/documents/hrbodies/cedaw/gcomments/cedaw.c.cg.30.pdf 6 Strategizing beyond the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda
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