Women, Peace and Security

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INTRO

In May 2020, RBAS, via the regional innovation and gender teams and in partnership with the global gender team launched an online global engagement to explore the key role of women peacebuilders in post-conflict economic and political decision-making. The consultation was led by UNDP in cooperation with UN Women, WILPF (Women’s International League of Peace and Freedom) and ICAN (International Civil Society Action Network). The online engagement was the first to be hosted on UNDP’s new SparkBlue platform, . The initiative sourced local solutions of grassroots activists and “unusual suspects,” mapped among others with the support of the global Accelerator Lab network to ensure not only a maximum outreach but also reach the most vulnerable. The themes of the online engagement were: Women’s role in post-conflict economic decision making Women’s role in political planning and local peacebuilding How can we replicate best-practice and lessons learned to ensure women are engaged in decision-making in the response to COVID-19? The engagement attracted more than 32,000 visitors and hundreds of contributions (Female: 57% and Male: 42%) from 173 countries. The regional teams used UNDP’s sensemaking protocol to identify and analyse the patterns and gaps emerging in the online discussion. Nine insights were identified (posted on https://www.sparkblue.org/wpsrecovery) which are being socialized with UNDP COs to support integration into programming and are being communicated externally in the lead-up to the 20th anniversary of the UNSCR 1325 on 31 October 2020.

SDGs

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation
Reduce inequality within and among countries
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
Strenghten the means of implementation and revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development

Methodolgies

Crowdsourcing

Countries

Regional

Funded

Yes

Start Date

04/20/2020

End Date

03/31/2021

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MULTIMEDIA

Partners

UN Women

Women’s International League of Peace and Freedom

International Civil Society Action Network

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Quotes

“We believe that now ... it's time for the Arab nations to rise again through science and innovation."

Tamer Taha, Founder of Yomken

Human-centered design is a philosophy, not a precise set of methods, but one that assumes that innovation should start by getting close to users and observing their activities.

Donald A. Norman, Co, Founder of Nielsen Norman Group

The main tenet of design thinking is empathy for the people you’re trying to design for. Leadership is exactly the same thing – building empathy for the people that you’re entrusted to help.

David Kelley, Founder of IDEO

We spend a lot time designing the bridge, but not enough time thinking about the people who are crossing it.

Dr. Prabhjot Singh, Director of Systems Design at the Earth Institute

It’s not ‘us versus them’ or even ‘us on behalf of them.’ For a design thinker it has to be ‘us with them'.

Tim Brown, CEO and President of IDEO

The agenda specifically recognizes youth as “critical agents of change”. To ensure the success of the 2030 Agenda, we need all young people on board - all of you, young activists, innovators, disruptors and trailblazers.

Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors

Failure is an option here. if things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors

If the government regulates against use of drones or stem cells or artificial intelligence, all that means is that the work and the research leave the borders of that country and go someplace else.

Peter Diamandis, Executive Chairman of the X Prize Foundation

The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas and throw the bad ones away.

Linus Pauling, American Chemist

We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we make progress.

Richard Feynman, Noble Prize Winning Physicist