Project Description :
The awareness of the relevance of women to the making of peace has led to many initiatives on the international level. The first attempt to address the issue came with the Beijing Conference Strategic Objective E.1 which urged governments, international and national organisations to integrate a gender perspective in the resolution of armed conflicts and to ensure the equal participation and the equal opportunities for women to take part in all forums and all peace activities at all levels and especially at decisions making level. However, the first binding instrument to specifically demand the inclusion of women was the Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security which was unanimously adopted on the 31st of October 2000. This resolution came as a landmark and a testimony of the awareness of the decision makers at the international level about the importance of including women and integrating a gender perspective in all the stages of transition from war to peace including conflict management, conflict resolution and post-conflict implementation. 
Resolution 1325 indicates the importance of gender concerns and women participation in all stages of peacebuilding. ‘It recognises that women can make peace agreements and post-conflict efforts more viable, effective and practical’.
However, real life experiences have shown that since the adoption of SCR 1325 very little have been done so far. This project tries to uncover the reasons behind the exclusion of women from peacebuilding. It will draw on practical experiences as well as on theoretical and legal analysis. The underlying rational behind this research project is that the inclusion of women in peacebuilding would contribute to the social, political and economic transformation in the aftermath towards a more equal structure based on inclusion and the respect of women’s human rights