UN Security Council Resolution 1889

UN Security Council resolution 1889 was adopted in October 2009 with the aim of strengthening the implementation and monitoring of SCR 1325. It calls for the establishment of global indicators on SCR 1325, reiterates its mandate for increasing women’s participation and reinforces calls for mainstreaming gender perspectives in all decision-making processes, especially in the early stages of post-conflict peacebuilding.

In particular, resolution 1889 calls for:

Development of indicators and reporting

• The UN Secretary-General is requested to develop a set of global indicators to track the implementation of resolution 1325, report on the implementation of resolution 1325 to date, and report on women’s participation and inclusion in peacebuilding and planning in the aftermath of conflict.

Increasing women’s participation

• The Secretary-General is requested to act on his mandate to appoint more women as Special Envoys and Special Representatives and increase the participation of women in other areas of peacekeeping and political missions.
• Member States, regional organizations and international organizations should work to increase women’s participation in all stages of peace processes, including by promoting women’s leadership, supporting women’s organizations, and countering social attitudes that impede the participation of women.

Mainstreaming gender perspectives

• Those involved in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration processes are called on to consider the particular needs of women and girls associated with armed forces and ensure their full access to programmes.
• Member States are called on to consider specific challenges faced by women and girls attempting to access basic services, including in law enforcement, justice, education, health care, and economic empowerment.
• The United Nations and Member States are called on to take gender equality and the equal participation of women in all decision-making processes into account when setting mandates and deploying peace operations.
• The United Nations and Member States are called on to collect data, analyse and systematically assess the particular needs of women and girls in post-conflict situations.

Strengthening law enforcement and ending impunity 

• States play the primary role in calling on actors to respect international law, strengthening security sector response, ending impunity by prosecuting those responsible for perpetrating crimes of sexual violence, and reforming justice and law enforcement mechanisms.