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CEDAW and Security Council Resolution 1325: A Quick Guide

Introduction		4
Chapter 1	Understanding the Significance of SC Resolution 1325 and CEDAW	5
Chapter 2	Information on women and conflict, and mechanisms for conflict prevention and enhanced protection	11
Chapter 3	Organizing for peace	15
Chapter 4	Rehabilitation, reintegration and reconstruction	18
Chapter 5	Post-conflict political participation	22
Chapter 6	Justice and legislating equality	25
Chapter 7	Peacekeeping and peace support operations	28
Chapter 8	Monitoring Proccesses	31
Annexes		36

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This quick guide provides a basic introduction to each set of standards,

as well as the context within which they were developed. It reviews the

commonalities and potential strategic uses of SCR 1325 and CEDAW. It begins

with a description of their shared gender equality agenda and includes

a discussion of:

• the ways that each set of standards can expand the reach of the other;

• the application of the standards to the situation of women in the va

rous stages of conflict and post-conflict reconstruction;

• the significance and legal authority embodied in each set of standards;

and

• monitoring processes connected to SC resolution 1325 and CEDAW.