
We are making a suite of commitments to strengthen our own record. It sets out how we will deliver against our global commitment to UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, and associated resolutions. This fifth National Action Plan is about embedding those ideals in our domestic systems, policies, military cooperation and diplomacy. It is the right thing to do and the smart thing to do, because empowered and engaged women make societies more prosperous and more secure. The Women, Peace and Security agenda is about building a more representative and effective approach to tackling conflict. Too often women are also locked out of efforts to prevent and resolve conflicts, and build peace. Strategic Objective 5: Transnational threats – ensuring we respond to the needs of women and girls as part of our approach to transnational threatsįrom Afghanistan, to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to Russian occupied parts of Ukraine, it is plain to see how conflict and insecurity have a disproportionate impact on women and girls.Strategic Objective 4: Security and justice – increasing the accountability of security actors, institutions and systems to women and girls and ensuring they are responsive to their rights and needs.Strategic Objective 3: Humanitarian and crisis response – supporting the needs of women and girls in crises and ensuring they can participate and lead in responses.

Strategic Objective 2: Gender-based violence – preventing gender-based violence, including conflict-related sexual violence, and supporting survivors to cope, recover and seek justice.Strategic Objective 1: Decision-making – increasing women’s meaningful participation, leadership and representation in decision-making processes.
