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Member organisations

Five Swedish women organisations are members of the umbrella Operation 1325:

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom – WILPF (the Swedish section)

Women for Peace (the Swedish section)

UNIFEM Sweden

The National Organisation for the Organisations for Immigrant Women

The Swedish Ecumenical Women’s Council

The staff of Operation 1325 currently consists of four persons: one project coordinator, one project leader for international projects, one project leader for different short- and longterm projects and one information officer. They work in close collaboration with their respective working groups to implement guidelines adopted by the annual meeting and managed by the 12-member board. Operation 1325 is a program in several phases leading up to the 10-year anniversary of resolution 1325 in 2010.

From resolution to Operation

In 2003 six Swedish women oganisations met to discuss how they could cooperate in order contribute to the implementation of the landmark UN Security Council Resolution 1325:2000 on Women, Peace and Security. A network was established and in 2006 it evolved into an organisation – Operation 1325.

The aim of Operation 1325 is to assist in the implementation resolution 1325:2000 in Sweden and internationally.

What does Operation 1325 do?

Inform

We raise awareness of resolution 1325 among the public and inform about how women's peace work and the implementation of the resolution proceed worldwide.

Train and build capacity

Since we want to increase the possibility for women to participate as agents in all work related to peace and security we arrange courses and seminars in capacity building and training of women on relevant topics. 

Political advocacy work

We constantly encourage decision makers to take actions in line with resolution 1325. We inform, advocate and remind politicians about the undertakings that the Swedish national aciton plan involve. In 2007 we also initiated this work on EU level on a small scale.

Our goals are:

• To plan and implement a joint program for education and capacity building of women, with a special focus on conflict areas.
• To build local, national and international networks in support of resolution 1325.
• To use these networks for information, communication and for raising public awareness.
• To influence politicians and other decision-makers nationally and internationally.
• To facilitate and ensure the recruitment of women for work in informal and formal peace building on all levels. E. g by creating national and regional resource banks/rosters of skilled and qualified women.

For further information about the work, methods and current projects of Operation 1325, see:
Peace? Resolution 1325 - an introduction