Rscmun Calgary

(Poster from the United Nations Security Council 7160th meeting on Women and Peace and Security, circa 2014).

Our first topic, "The Questions Surrounding Gender Equality and Female Rights" highlights the issue of women's security and rights in conflict zones, and their vital role in peacebuilding and peacekeeping.

The United Nations confronts the issues surrounding educating young women and girls in high-risk areas, citing that these young women should be protected from the fate of being a bride, traded like an object, and that preventing this not only benefits the young girl, but also can be beneficial to the security of the entire community.

In conflict zones, women may be exposed to a higher risk of any number of crimes. Through changes to the culture and by educating the people there may finally be some social change in traditionally, historically, and somewhat culturally conflict ridden regions. This topic will focus on human rights, migrants, state and non-state actors, positions of authority, general inequality over policy, resources, and legislation, and the role of peace building. These are issues that should be considered in conflict zones, as well as in developing parts of the world, and lastly areas where these issues may still be profoundly normalized in society.

To read more, see our background guide at: https://ucmuntcomm.wixsite.com/rscmun/documents