St.prp. nr. 1 (2006-2007) - likestilling
Kvinner og likestilling er et av satsingsområdene for Regjeringens utviklingspolitikk. Satsingen medfører økte bevilgninger med 390 mill. kroner i 2007 og skjer langs to spor: Økte bevilgninger til målrettede tiltak for kvinner og likestilling, og målbar integrering av kjønns- og likestillingsperspektivet...

Norges 7. rapportering til FNs kvinnekonvensjon
A special project group has been established in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the purpose of coordinating implementation of the action plan relating to UN Security Council Resolution 1325. A joint inter-ministerial group and a broad-based cooperative body comprising representatives from NGOs and research institutions are also involved in this process.

Implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1325 relating to women’s participation in peace processes and reconstruction is an important aspect of Norway’s support for peace and reconciliation in various conflict areas. Norway works through multilateral institutions to promote the participation of women in peace processes and development, as well as in various peace processes in which Norway has the role of facilitator.

In Southern Sudan, over 60 per cent of the population are women, but few women have the opportunity of participating in peace negotiations in that country. Through a number of specific measures, Norway has sought to ensure that Sudanese women are included in the important processes taking place in the reconstruction phase that the country is currently undergoing. For instance, Norway and the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) jointly arranged a women’s symposium prior to the Oslo Donors’ Conference on the Sudan in April 2005. Women from both Northern and Southern Sudan attended the symposium, at which they reached agreement on a joint memorandum setting out priorities for the peace and reconciliation processes. The memorandum was subsequently presented at the Donors’ Conference.

Norway has also supported the UNIFEM project “Promoting Women’s Participation and Gender Equality in Post-conflict Reconstruction and Peacebuilding in Southern Sudan", in which funds are used to arrange and follow up regional and national women’s conferences in Sudan. As part of its cooperation with UNIFEM, Norway has provided funding to enable 20 women from Darfur to travel to Abuja to take part in the peace negotiations in December 2005.

Norway has also sought to help increase the capacity of UN agencies to promote a gender perspective in conflict areas. Based on funding provided by Norway, the UNHCR established a special post as special advisor on gender issues and advancement of women and seconded a Norwegian woman to this post. Norway is also financing a junior expert post in the gender issues unit of the UN’s Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DKPO). In connection with the negotiations concerning the establishment of the UN’s Peacebuilding Support Office, Norway, with the support of the G77 countries, secured the inclusion of a paragraph regarding women experts in the office, with a clear reference to SR 1325. This is an important step towards introducing similar references in resolutions for future integrated peacekeeping operations.