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Guterres stated that current data and findings indicate that the transformative potential of women’s leadership and inclusion in achieving peace is being undermined. Decision-making power regarding peace and security issues remains predominantly in the hands of men.
More than 600 million women and girls are now affected by war, a 50% increase from a decade ago, according to the UN Secretary-General. He further said that there is an escalating backlash against women’s rights and gender equality.
Antonio Guterres said in a new report that amid record levels of armed conflict and violence, progress over the decades for women is vanishing, and “generational gains in women’s rights hang in the balance around the world.”
The U.N. chief was assessing the state of a Security Council resolution adopted on Oct. 31, 2000, that demanded equal participation for women in peace negotiations, a goal that remains as distant as gender equality.
Guterres stated that current data and findings indicate that the transformative potential of women’s leadership and inclusion in achieving peace is being undermined. Decision-making power regarding peace and security issues remains predominantly in the hands of men.
The report says the proportion of women killed in armed conflicts doubled in 2023 compared with a year earlier; U.N.-verified cases of conflict-related sexual violence were 50% higher; and the number of girls affected by grave violations in conflicts increased by 35%. Sima Bahous, head of the U.N. agency promoting gender equality known as UN Women, also pointed to a lack of attention to women’s voices in the search for peace.
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Bahous said that 612 million women and girls who are affected by war “wonder if the world has already forgotten them. As for women’s participation in decision-making and politics in countries in conflict, Bahous said it’s stalled.
