The 2010 Open Days on Women, Peace and security

This report provides an account of an extraordinary set of 25 meetingsbetween women peace activists and senior United Nations leaders in conflict-affected countries in the summer of 2010. It details women’s perspectives on resolving conflict and building peace more effectively, identifies issues of common concern across different contexts – as well as areas of divergence – and makes proposals for improving international , regional and national efforts to protect women and promote peace.

The ‘Open Days on Women, Peace and Security’ were intended to ensure that women’s own voices and leadership guide the work of the United Nations in peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding. There could be no better way to prepare for the tenth anniversary of United Nations Security Council resolution 1325(2000) on women, peace and security.