Parliaments as Partners Supporting the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda

Parliaments as Partners Supporting the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda

April 30, 2022

This parliamentary handbook was developed as part of the Global Project on Parliaments as Partners Supporting the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and supported by the Government of Norway.

This Handbook seeks to provide guidance to parliamentarians on their role in supporting the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325) agenda. The objectives of this Handbook are three-fold, namely to:

  • Provide information to parliamentarians on the global women, peace, and security agenda as it applies domestically.
  • Provide guidance on how parliaments and parliamentarians can help implement the women, peace and security agenda. This guidance is for use not only by Members of Parliament and parliamentary staff, but also by development practitioners who work with parliaments.
  • Share examples of good practice from other parliaments and projects.

UNDP in Viet Nam has made this Handbook available in Vietnamese language so it could be useful for members of the National Assembly to apply in the country’s context to support the implementation of the women, peace and security agenda.