Has the world become safer and more peaceful for women and girls in the past 10 years? Not so much, says former United Nations Security Council President Anwarul K. Chowdhury.
This October marks the 10th anniversary of the U.N. Security Council's adoption of Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. In 2000, the Security Council for the first time in its 55 years of existence addressed the need for women to be equally involved with men in postconflict peace-building processes.
Chowdhury, the Bangladesh ambassador to the U.N. who held the rotating Security Council presidency in 2000 and 2001, made a presidential statement on equality between women and men in security and peace in 2000 that led to the adoption of Resolution 1325.