Regional Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security for the IGAD Region from commitment to actions! 2023 – 2030

In 2011, IGAD hosted a regional conference on women and peace, which identified the need for regional support for the commitments articulated in Security Council Resolutions (UNSCR) 1325 (2000) and 1820 (2008). At that time, Uganda was the only IGAD Member State that had a National Action Plan (NAP) on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS). Conference participants noted the need to support similar initiatives across all IGAD Member States, resulting in the formulation of IGAD’s first Generation Regional Action Plan (RAP) on the implementation of USCR 1325 and 1820 (2011-2015). The RAP was endorsed by the IGAD Council of Ministers and was intended
as a benchmarking tool for Member States in the development and implementation of their
own NAPs. Based on the WPS issues identified during the conference, the RAP offered a list of actions and activities, which the Member States could contextualize and customize in their NAP development process.