UNSCR 1325 in Palestine: Strengthening or Disciplining Women’s Peace Activism

The UN Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, adopted by the Security Council in 2000, is considered bymany a historic milestone. In it the Council dealt for the first time specifically with women’s experiences in conflictsituations, recognising their contribution to conflict resolution, prevention and management. Since the Resolution waspassed, several mechanisms have been established at country and UN level to support its implementation indifferent contexts.[2] Yet, most evaluations find that UNSCR 1325 has had little impact on women’s actualexperiences of conflict on the ground.[3] In Palestine too, where women have had to cope with and resist politicalviolence exercised by the Israeli regime for more than 60 years now, UNSCR 1325 has made little difference towomen’s everyday life under occupation.