Working in conflict and fragile contexts is a priority for Switzerland. The SDC helps to ensure respect for the rights of women and girls and to integrate a gender perspective in all conflict prevention and peacebuilding work. SDC’s work on gender in conflict and fragility contributes to the implementation of the Swiss National Action Plan 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, based on the UN Resolution 1325.
The following topics are at the centre of SDC’s work in the area of Gender, Conflict and Fragility:
Peace and State Building
Women, Peace and Security
Security Sector Reforms
KOFF - Working Group on Women, Peace and Security (2019)
Swiss National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security UNSCR 1325 (2018-2022) (2018)
Switzerland advocates for women to play an active role in conflict prevention and peace processes, in reconstruction efforts and in post-conflict reconciliation. At the same time, women should be better protected - especially from sexual violence. Switzerland reaffirms this commitment in its fourth national action plan, 2018-2022.
Review of donor support - Gender equality in fragile situations (2017)
Jointly conducted by the GENDERNET and INCAF, this study itself stands as an example of how transcending knowledge barriers can identify important policy gaps and reveal new entry points for more effective development interventions.
SDC Report - Peacebuilding and Statebuilding Strategy for SDC’s work in fragile and conflict contexts (2015)
This strategy outlines the contribution of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to peacebuilding and statebuilding in contexts of fragility and conflicts. It spells out the strategic principles, thematic priorities, working modalities, institutional set-up and aid modalities that guide the work of SDC and its partners in these contexts.
SDC Toolkit - Gender, Conflict Transformation and the Psychosocial Approach (2006)
The present working tool is meant to facilitate the integration of psychosocial methods into the existing programme of international cooperation. The toolkit explains the relevance of psychosocial thinking in activities unfolding in a context with structural and armed violence, while demonstrating what this implies in everyday work. Although the focus of this toolkit is on regions of conflict, most of the individual sheets contained within are useful for the work in other contexts as well.
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