2020 will mark 20 years since the enactment of UN Resolution 1325 - Women, Peace and Security for the involvement of women in peace processes. The aim of the project 'The Kaleidoscope of Peace' is to contribute, through intergenerational dialogue and with civil society organisations, to the development of policies that support the active role of women in peace processes, in Italy and the Middle East.
Through the organisation of webinars, focus groups and interviews with activistsÉ™ in the countries of intervention, and thanks to the mediation of expert trainers, exchanges will be animated on the history of civil society participation in different contexts over the past 20 years with respect to the actual implementation of Resolution 1325. Consultants on gender policies will stimulate debate on possible concrete recommendations to be addressed to the institutions and bodies in charge of the development and implementation of the Resolution's National Implementation Plans.
With an inter-generational approach, online focus groups will also be organised to understand the interest of young people - affected by Resolution 2250 - in peace policies. Trainers will focus on synergies and possible similarities in the development of the two resolutions. At the end of the online exchanges, which aim to involve 120 civil society organisations in Italy, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria, and to reach 150,000 people, 6 video interviews will be published and a report - published in Italian, Arabic and English - will be drafted, which will be presented to the organisations in charge of the National Implementation Plans in the different countries, and which will contain civil society recommendations for an effective implementation of Resolution 1325.
Project partners are: Centro Studi Difesa Civile APS, Italian Youth Peace Security Network, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (Lebanon section)
