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class="row"> <div class="col-md-12 radix-layouts-header panel-panel"> <div class="panel-panel-inner"> <div class="panel-pane pane-fieldable-panels-pane pane-vuuid-37dad54d-b8e1-4a73-8c2d-c5e9173b89bd pane-bundle-text" > <div class="pane-content"> <div class="fieldable-panels-pane"> <div class="field field-name-field-basic-text-text field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div> <div style="position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" src="https://www.un.org/webcast/1362235914001/B1J3DDQJf_default/index.html?videoId=6169210737001" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></div> </div> </div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-8 radix-layouts-content panel-panel"> <div class="panel-panel-inner"> <div class="panel-pane pane-entity-field pane-node-body" > <div class="pane-content"> <div class="field field-name-body 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To that end, the Office strives to implement a human-rights based gender-mainstreaming approach that integrates gender into policy and programming in ways that are context-specific and comprehensive from design to implementation and assessment.</p> <p>Mainstreaming gender perspectives is indispensable to effective CT/PCVE. It supports the crafting of initiatives that effectively respond to the context and gender-specific security needs of those affected, and aids in identifying and addressing structural factors that are conducive to radicalization, such as gender inequality, gender-based discrimination, and violent performances of masculinities.</p> <p>Gender equality is one of the founding principles of the United Nations (UN). It is included among the purposes of the Organization in Article 1 of the UN Charter and is also part of international human rights law and central to milestone documents such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Gender equality is also fundamental to all contemporary UN efforts, and is an essential part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in their effort to “achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls” (SDG 5), and to “significantly reduce all forms of violence” (SDG 16).</p> <h2>Gender-responsive approaches</h2> <p>Gender-responsive approaches require “recognizing the differential impact on the human rights of women and girls of terrorism and violent extremism, including in the context of their health, education, and participation in public life” (<a href="https://undocs.org/Home/Mobile?FinalSymbol=S%2FRES%2F2242(2015)&Language=E&DeviceType=Desktop&LangRequested=False">S/RES/2242</a>); understanding the “many different roles, including as supporters, facilitators, or perpetrators” that women may assume with regards to terrorist acts as well as the fact that “women are impacted both by violent extremist and terrorist groups as well as the strategies used to counter them, which can result in their being squeezed between terror and anti-terror” (<a href="https://undocs.org/Home/Mobile?FinalSymbol=S%2F2015%2F716&Language=E&DeviceType=Desktop&LangRequested=False">S/2015/716</a>); and addressing the ways terrorist and violent extremist groups “use the promise of marriage and access to sex to incentivize recruitment of men and boys, engage in trafficking and other gendered practices that promote and reinforce violent masculinities, perpetuate sexual and gender-based violence and the persecution of individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity and […] continue to demonstrate foundational ideologies and cultures of violent misogyny” (<a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N18/313/25/PDF/N1831325.pdf?OpenElement">S/2018/900</a>). </p> <p>Mainstreaming gender across CT/PCVE also acknowledges the enhanced vulnerability of women and girls in conflict-affected contexts, while also understanding and addressing the ways men and boys of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and performances of masculinities are impacted by and impact violent extremism, terrorism and CT/PCVE.</p> <h2>The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy & Gender</h2> <p>Building on the UN’s mandate on peace and security and inheriting the organization’s concern for gender equality, (UNOCT) was established by the General Assembly through resolution 71/291 in June 2017. The Office was tasked with the purpose to “assist Member States in implementing the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (GCTS)” (<a href="https://undocs.org/Home/Mobile?FinalSymbol=A%2FRES%2F71%2F291&Language=E&DeviceType=Desktop&LangRequested=False">A/RES/71/291</a>), reflecting a clear balance and emphasis across all four pillars of the aforementioned strategy, and through “a ‘whole of society’ approach to countering terrorism and preventing violent extremism, drawing on the expertise of the United Nations in a wide variety of issues, including human rights, gender and development” (<a href="https://undocs.org/Home/Mobile?FinalSymbol=A%2F71%2F858&Language=E&DeviceType=Desktop&LangRequested=False">A/71/858</a>). </p> <p>With its role directly related to the effective implementation of the GCTS and its subsequent reviews, which include:</p> <ul> <li>the call to integrate gender analysis of the drivers of radicalization of women and men to terrorism,</li> <li>consider the impacts of counter-terrorism strategies on women’s human rights and women’s organizations,</li> <li>enhance cooperation to combat terrorism in a gender-responsive manner,</li> <li>enhance cooperation in the development of gender and age-sensitive rehabilitation and reintegration programmes,</li> <li>assist women victims of terrorism taking into account gender sensitivities,</li> <li>provide gender sensitive assistance plans for victims of terrorism and their families</li> <li>seek greater consultations with women and women’s organizations when developing strategies to counter-terrorism and violent extremism conducive to terrorism.</li> </ul> <p>As such, gender mainstreaming is essential for UNOCT to fulfil its mandate. </p> <h2>UNOCT's Gender Mainstreaming Approach</h2> <p>The Office’s understanding of gender mainstreaming is based on the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) agreed conclusions 1997/2, which refers to “(…) the process of assessing the implications for women and men of any planned action, including legislation, policies or programmes, in all areas and at all levels.” (A/52/3). Such a process, properly handled, serves to ensure that the specific circumstances, needs and experiences of persons of different genders are fully considered when developing and implementing programmes and policies and in doing so, there is respect for the human rights and contributions of all genders. Further, it is a fundamental part of the initial planning of policy priorities, project design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation so that CT/PCVE programming is most effective, all genders benefit from it, and gendered harms are minimized, with the ultimate goal of achieving gender equality. Mainstreaming gender, therefore, encompasses considerations both in the process as well as in the substance of designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating initiatives. </p> <p>Based on this understanding, UNOCT works to integrate gender equality and full, equal, meaningful and safe participation of women, women’s organizations and civil society organizations, especially those working on gender and intersectionality, within programming and policy processes, such as in the design, consultation, planning, monitoring, delivery, and assessment of interventions. This means:</p> <ul> <li>ensuring mechanisms and processes mandated to prevent and respond to violent extremism have the necessary gender expertise to fulfil their mandates (<a href="https://undocs.org/Home/Mobile?FinalSymbol=S%2F2015%2F716&Language=E&DeviceType=Desktop&LangRequested=False">S/2015/716</a>);</li> <li>engaging in “consultation and engagement with women’s civil society organizations, peacebuilders and activists”(<a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N19/308/37/PDF/N1930837.pdf?OpenElement">S/2019/800</a>),</li> <li>ensuring “the participation and leadership of women and women’s organizations in developing strategies to counter-terrorism and violent extremism”(<a href="https://undocs.org/Home/Mobile?FinalSymbol=S%2FRES%2F2242(2015)&Language=E&DeviceType=Desktop&LangRequested=False">S/RES/2242</a>),</li> <li>investing “in substantive local research on women’s perspectives on and experience with designated terrorist or violent extremist groups” (<a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N19/308/37/PDF/N1930837.pdf?OpenElement">S/2019/800</a>), and</li> <li>increasing the availability of data disaggregated by sex and age”(<a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N19/308/37/PDF/N1930837.pdf?OpenElement">S/2019/800</a>).</li> </ul> <p>UNOCT’s Gender Unit was established to coordinate these efforts and ensure their coherence with human-rights frameworks.</p> </div> </div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4 radix-layouts-sidebar panel-panel"> <div class="panel-panel-inner"> <div class="panel-pane pane-fieldable-panels-pane pane-vuuid-46401e57-6517-45db-8f9e-5fe4cce97697 pane-bundle-image" > <div class="pane-content"> <div class="fieldable-panels-pane"> <div class="field field-name-field-basic-image-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="panopoly-image-full img-responsive" src="https://www.un.org/counterterrorism/sites/www.un.org.counterterrorism/files/styles/panopoly_image_full/public/pages/featured-page-what-we-do-gender.jpg?itok=QY0qDMYv" alt="USG Mr Voronkov talking to 3 women" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-basic-image-caption field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>UNOCT's Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov pictured at a Commission on the Status of Women event on women engagement. Photo: UNOCT</p> </div></div></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="panel-separator"></div><div class="panel-pane pane-fieldable-panels-pane pane-vuuid-4fff9c8f-884d-43e4-8f5a-ea648a4894ba dark pane-bundle-text" > <div class="pane-content"> <div class="fieldable-panels-pane"> <div class="field field-name-field-basic-text-text field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="octbody"> <h3 class="firsth">Establishing a robust Gender Unit within UNOCT</h3> <p class="firsth">Since 2019, UNOCT has taken important steps to mainstream gender, such as establishing a Gender Unit with a dedicated Gender Advisor and team, integrating gender analysis into projects and programmes, implementing the use of gender markers and a gender-responsive results framework, and setting up a Gender Taskforce with a network of Gender Focal Points across the whole Office.</p> <p>These significant advancements were further institutionalized and strengthened with the adoption of UNOCT’s Gender Policy and Action Plan in March 2022.</p> <p>On 1 January 2022, the Gender Unit was integrated into the newly-established UNOCT Human Rights and Gender Section, which reports directly to Deputy Under Secretary General, and functions as the policy lead on topics related to human rights, gender equality and intersectionality. It also works towards ensuring that these aspects are appropriately considered throughout UNOCT’s policy, programmatic, and coordination functions. </p> <p>See<a href="https://media.un.org/en/asset/k10/k10w28v142"> video</a></p> </div> </div></div></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="panel-separator"></div><div class="panel-pane pane-fieldable-panels-pane pane-vuuid-e98bf875-bba1-4f77-841e-6ff10350ae27 sidebar pane-bundle-text" > <div class="pane-content"> <div class="fieldable-panels-pane"> <div class="field field-name-field-basic-text-text field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><img alt="" src="https://www.un.org/counterterrorism/sites/www.un.org.counterterrorism/files/styles/panopoly_image_original/public/gender_gifp_web.jpg" style="width: 100%" /></p> <p>The Gender Unit implements the <a href="https://connect.unoct-connectandlearn.org/node/234">Gender and Identity Factors Platform (GIFP)</a>, which is a project supported by and co-led with Global Affairs Canada. Integrated into UNOCT Connect and Learn Platform, <a href="https://connect.unoct-connectandlearn.org/gender-and-identity">GIFP is a digital platform</a> dedicated to gender and intersectionality in countering terrorism and in preventing and countering violent extremism (CT/PCVE) and includes a <a href="https://connect.unoct-connectandlearn.org/gifp-resources-library">library of resources</a>.</p> <p> </p> </div></div></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="panel-separator"></div><div class="panel-pane pane-fieldable-panels-pane pane-vuuid-25359c92-6e56-4f75-a3dc-03c4e4d48f1c pane-bundle-text" > <div class="pane-content"> <div class="fieldable-panels-pane"> <div class="field field-name-field-basic-text-text field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h3><a href="https://www.un.org/counterterrorism/sites/www.un.org.counterterrorism/files/unoct_gender_mainstreaming_policy-2022.pdf">UNOCT Gender Mainstreaming Policy and Action Plan 2022</a></h3> <p><a href="https://www.un.org/counterterrorism/sites/www.un.org.counterterrorism/files/unoct_gender_mainstreaming_policy-2022.pdf"><img alt="" src="https://www.un.org/counterterrorism/sites/www.un.org.counterterrorism/files/gender_mainstreaming_cover.png" style="width: 120px; height: 168px; float: left; margin: 0px 15px; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid;" /> </a></p> <p><a href="https://www.un.org/counterterrorism/sites/www.un.org.counterterrorism/files/unoct_gender_mainstreaming_policy-2022.pdf">Adopted in 2022, it sets the principles, priority areas and action plan to guide UNOCT’s direction and strategy for mainstreaming gender equality and the empowerment of women throughout its activities.</a></p> </div></div></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="panel-separator"></div><div class="panel-pane pane-fieldable-panels-pane pane-current-814 dark pane-bundle-text" > <div class="pane-content"> <div class="fieldable-panels-pane"> <div class="field field-name-field-basic-text-text field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h4>Counter-terrorism resources</h4> <ul lass="list-unstyled"> <li><a href="https://www.un.org/counterterrorism/un-documents">Documents</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.un.org/counterterrorism/statements">Statements</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.un.org/counterterrorism/publications">Publications</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.un.org/counterterrorism/press-releases">Press releases</a></li> </ul> </div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> <div class="uwof-footer section-fluid footer-fluid"> <footer class="footer container dark"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="pull-left flip footer-brand "> <a href="/" title="Home"> <span class="site-name"></span></a> </div> <div class="pull-right flip donate"> <a href="https://www.un.org/en/about-us/how-to-donate-to-the-un-system" class="btn btn-default btn-reverse dark" role="button" id="donate_button">Donate</a> </div> <div class="pull-right flip social-media" role="navigation"> <ul class="nav list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item facebook"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/unitednations" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="icon-text">facebook</span></a></li> <li class="list-inline-item twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/un_oct" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="icon-text">twitter</span></a></li> <li class="list-inline-item youtube"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/unitednations" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="icon-text">youtube</span></a></li> <li class="list-inline-item flickr"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/un_photo/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="icon-text">flickr</span></a></li> <li class="list-inline-item instagram"><a href="https://instagram.com/unitednations" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="icon-text">instagram</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row footer-links"> <div class="divider"></div> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="pull-right flip"> <div id="block-menu-menu-footer-links" class="block block-menu nav" role="navigation" aria-label="Footer Corporate Links Menu"> <div class="region region-footer"> <div id="block-block-5" class="block block-block pull-left flip footer-brand"> <div class="content"> <div class="block-content"> <p><style type="text/css"> <![CDATA[/* ><!]]>*/ </style></p> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-menu-menu-footer" class="block block-menu"> <h2 class="block-title">Footer</h2> <div class="content"> <div class="block-content"> <ul class="menu nav"><li class="first leaf"><a href="//www.un.org/en/site-index" title="">A-Z Site Index</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="https://www.un.org/en/contact-us-0" title="">Contact</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="https://www.un.org/en/about-us/copyright" title="">Copyright</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="https://www.un.org/en/about-us/frequently-asked-questions" title="">FAQ</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="https://www.un.org/en/about-us/fraud-alert" title="">Fraud Alert</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="https://www.un.org/en/about-us/privacy-notice" title="">Privacy Notice</a></li> <li class="last leaf"><a href="https://www.un.org/en/about-us/terms-of-use" title="">Terms of Use</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-block-67" class="block block-block pull-left flip footer-brand"> <div class="content"> <div class="block-content"> <style type="text/css"> <![CDATA[/* ><!]]>*/ </style> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </footer> </div> <script src="https://www.un.org/counterterrorism/profiles/panopoly/modules/panopoly/panopoly_widgets/panopoly-widgets.js?sek21p"></script> <script src="https://www.un.org/counterterrorism/profiles/panopoly/modules/panopoly/panopoly_widgets/panopoly-widgets-spotlight.js?sek21p"></script> <script src=""></script> <script src="https://www.un.org/counterterrorism/profiles/panopoly/themes/bootstrap/js/bootstrap.js?sek21p"></script> </body> </html>