The Ministry of Ladies Affairs has reiterated its dedication to selling ladies’s participation in nationwide safety, peacebuilding, and governance as Nigeria joins the worldwide group to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of the United Nations Safety Council Decision 1325 (UNSCR 1325) on Ladies, Peace and Safety (WPS).
In an announcement issued on Friday, the Minister of Ladies Affairs and Social Growth, Hon. Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, introduced that the Third Nationwide Motion Plan (NAP) has been developed and permitted following an inclusive, multi-stakeholder course of that concerned safety establishments, growth companions, and civil society teams.
She described the landmark decision adopted in October 2000 because the second the world “discovered a brand new language for peace,” one rooted within the management and resilience of ladies.
She famous that Nigeria stays one of many pioneering international locations in Africa to cultivate the agenda by way of the event of its Nationwide Motion Plan (NAP) on Ladies, Peace and Safety, first launched in 2013 and revised in 2017.
“A Nationwide Motion Plan is greater than coverage; it’s a dwelling framework that ensures ladies’s participation, safety and management,” she acknowledged.
Sulaiman-Ibrahim introduced plans to inaugurate a Nationwide Committee within the coming weeks to launch and operationalise the Third NAP, coordinate its implementation, and lead nationwide actions marking the 25-year milestone of UNSCR 1325.
She highlighted main reforms throughout the safety sector, together with the elevation of the Directorate of Gender within the Defence Headquarters and the institution of gender desks throughout safety and paramilitary companies, initiatives she mentioned have strengthened gender mainstreaming and accountability.
“Nigeria is experiencing historic milestones in ladies’s management throughout safety formations. These embody the appointment of Nigeria’s first feminine Director-Normal of the Division of State Providers (DSS), the emergence of feminine Comptrollers-Normal of Immigration, the primary feminine Deputy Comptroller-Normal of the NSCDC, and the primary feminine spokespersons of each the Nigerian Military and the Nigeria Police Drive,” the Minister emphasised.
She added that conventional establishments are additionally seeing progress, with extra ladies now appointed to conventional cupboards throughout communities.
“These achievements resonate deeply with the renewed name for the Reserved Seats Invoice for Ladies,” she mentioned, stressing the significance of ladies’s illustration in any respect ranges,” she acknowledged.
Based on the minister, Nigeria has surpassed the United Nations 17% benchmark for feminine participation in peacekeeping operations, reaching 21.2% deployment of feminine personnel, a growth the Minister described as a “tangible dedication to gender equality in motion”.
Up to now, 16 states and 21 Native Authorities Areas have developed their very own Motion Plans on Ladies, Peace and Safety. The Ministry will intensify advocacy to make sure extra states cultivate the coverage,” she added.
The Minister expressed profound appreciation to companions, together with UN Ladies, the Defence Headquarters, safety companies, the governments of the UK and Norway, civil society organisations and conventional establishments for his or her assist.
She reaffirmed the Ministry’s dedication to advancing ladies’s management as central to peace and growth underneath the Tinubu administration.
“When ladies lead in peace, nations rise in power, and when ladies rise, they raise generations,” she mentioned.
The Third Nationwide Motion Plan aligns with the 9 Pillars of the Renewed Hope Social Impression Intervention Programmes of the Federal Ministry of Ladies Affairs and Social Growth, masking empowerment, safety, governance, schooling, financial growth, and group resilience.
As Nigeria commemorates 25 years of UNSCR 1325, the federal government reaffirms its dedication to constructing a steady, inclusive, and peaceable nation the place ladies and ladies dwell in safety, dignity, and hope.
