Women and peace and security - Security Council, 10011th meeting

Binding targets, gender data revolution vital to advancing women, peace and security agenda, Secretary-General tells Security Council.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 03:07:46
• Production Date: 6 October 2025
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: ANTONIO GUTERRES; SIMA SAMI BAHOUS
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS ENTITY FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN - UN-WOMEN
• Subject Topical: GENDER ISSUES; PEACE AND SECURITY; PEACE PROCESS; WOMEN; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; GIRLS; GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE; CONFLICT
• Geographic Subject: PALESTINE; GAZA
• MAMS Id: 3461670
• Parent Id: 3459435
• Alternate Title: MTG SC 10011 WOMEN PEACE SECURITY 06 OCT 2025 AM PART 1

Description

During today’s day-long debate — 25 years after the adoption of the fountainhead for the women, peace and security agenda — the Security Council confronted a world where women continue to face violence and exclusion despite myriad calls for their presence at the negotiating table.

“Too often, we gather in rooms like this one, full of conviction and commitment, only to fall short when it comes to real change in the lives of women and girls caught in conflict,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres.  Sexual violence is surging, maternal mortality rising, girls are being pulled from school and women in public life targeted with violence and harassment.  “In Afghanistan,” he said, “the systematic erasure of women and girls from public life is in overdrive”.  Further, women and girls face horrific violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Sudan, Haiti, Myanmar and beyond.

He therefore urged, among other things, binding targets for women’s participation — noting that the UN has set an “initial target” for at least one third of participants in UN-led peace processes to be women.  He also called for a “gender data revolution” to close information gaps and ensure that women’s experiences and needs are “visible and addressed”.  Resolution 1325 (2000) is clear that “women are leaders of peace for all”, he said, stressing:  “Our world does not need more reminders of this truth — what it needs are more results that reflect it.”

Statements:

• António Guterres, UN Secretary-General
• Sima Sami Bahous, Executive Director, UN Women (Rule 39)
• Olga Uskova, Founder and President of the Russian leading IT company "Cognitive Technologies" (RULE 39)
• Noura Erakat, human rights attorney, author, and legal scholar (RULE 39)
• Sierra Leone (COUNCIL MEMBER) - Her Excellency Ms. Isata Mahoi, Minister of Gender and Children’s Affairs
• United Kingdom - (COUNCIL MEMBER)
• France (COUNCIL MEMBER)
• United States (COUNCIL MEMBER)
• Panama (COUNCIL MEMBER)
• Somalia (COUNCIL MEMBER)
• Denmark (COUNCIL MEMBER)
• Slovenia (COUNCIL MEMBER)
• Guyana (COUNCIL MEMBER)
• Greece (COUNCIL MEMBER)
• Algeria (COUNCIL MEMBER)
• Republic of Korea (COUNCIL MEMBER)
• China (COUNCIL MEMBER)
• Pakistan (COUNCIL MEMBER)
• Russian Federation (PRESIDENT) (COUNCIL MEMBER)
• Switzerland
• Indonesia
• Kazakhstan
• Brazil
• Luxembourg
• Portugal
• Qatar
• Morocco
• Austria
• Italy
• Germany
• Latvia
• Chile
• Egypt
• Netherlands (Kingdom of the)

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