{"id":2204,"date":"2020-12-05T07:18:14","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T07:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/?page_id=2204"},"modified":"2021-07-16T18:47:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T18:47:54","slug":"australia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2204\" class=\"elementor elementor-2204\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2950600 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2950600\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-20b62e7\" data-id=\"20b62e7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7535295 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7535295\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Australia<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-899c176 elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"899c176\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;full_content_row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:35,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"posts.full_content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-posts-container elementor-posts elementor-posts--skin-full_content elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-1372 country type-country status-publish hentry country_name-australia\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__content\"><style><\/style>\n<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1372\" class=\"elementor elementor-1372\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-780dfdb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"780dfdb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-731321a4\" data-id=\"731321a4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73680349 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73680349\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n<p>Australia has adopted a second National Action Plan (NAP) for the period <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dfat.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/australias-national-action-plan-on-women-peace-and-security-2021-2031.pdf\">2021-2031<\/a>. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The development of Australia\u2019s second National Action Plan comes at the behest of a changing global context, where new challenges including climate change and health pandemics contribute to fragility and conflict (p.6). The Australian Government developed their National Action Plan with recommendations from two independent reviews, national consultations conducted by government and civil society, and women, peace, and security research and evidence (p.11). It will be implemented by the\u00a0Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Department of Defense, Department of Home Affairs, Australia\u2019s Federal Police, and the Australian Civil-Military Centre.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Australia adopted its first National Action Plan (NAP) in 2012, for the period 2012-2018. The NAP was developed by the Australian Government Office for Women, which was tasked with convening the Women, Peace and Security Inter-Departmental Working Group. The government undertook extensive civil society engagement leading up to and during the development of the NAP, including with WILPF Australia. The NAP approaches the implementation of the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda mostly internationally. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Australia does not have a recent history of armed conflict, but is a contributor to UN peacekeeping operations and NATO military missions and provides international humanitarian relief and development assistance. This includes peacekeeping missions in East Timor, regional assistance missions in the Solomon Islands, and humanitarian support and law enforcement to indigenous communities. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Australia is a contributing donor to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wphfund.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Women\u2019s Peace and Humanitarian Fund<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a global partnership that works to empower women in conflict zones and humanitarian crises. Australia is also a partner of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calltoactiongbv.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Call to Action on Protection from Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a multi-stakeholder initiative that aims to mitigate and provide accountability for gender-based violence in humanitarian emergencies. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2019, Australia was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unwomen.org\/en\/partnerships\/donor-countries\/top-donors\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UN Women<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s ninth largest other resources and regular resources contributor with USD $8.8 million and USD $5.5 million, respectively.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the multilateral level, Australia most recently served as a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unaa.org.au\/learn\/australia-and-the-un\/australia-and-un-security-council\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">non-permanent member<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the United Nations Security Council for the period 2013-2014.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d06238\" data-id=\"9d06238\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dde3437 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dde3437\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 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href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/spain\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Spain<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5336\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/latvia\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Latvia<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5344\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/kosovo\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Kosovo<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4054\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/switzerland\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Switzerland<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5352\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/liberia\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Liberia<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4064\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/nigeria\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Nigeria<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5361\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/malta\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Malta<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5741\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/estonia\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Estonia<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4079\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/north-macedonia\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">North Macedonia<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5762\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/cote-divoire\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5747\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/finland\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Finland<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5370\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/slovakia\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Slovakia<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5729\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/el-salvador\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">El Salvador<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5723\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/democratic-republic-of-the-congo-drc\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5710\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/denmark\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Denmark<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5698\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/czech-republic\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Czech Republic<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5689\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/croatia\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Croatia<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5768\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/lebanon-2\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Lebanon<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5777\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/lithuania\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Lithuania<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5786\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/luxembourg\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Luxembourg<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5792\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/timor-leste\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Timor-Leste<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5798\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/tunisia\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Tunisia<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5806\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/yemen\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Yemen<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4085\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/norway\/\" 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href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/south-africa\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">South Africa<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-7772\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/mexico-nap\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Mexico<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8041\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/republic-of-congo-brazzaville\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8064\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/bulgaria\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Bulgaria<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8084\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/azerbaijan\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Azerbaijan<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8108\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/djibouti\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Djibouti<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8347\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/gabon\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Gabon<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8494\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/morocco\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Morocco<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8538\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/kazakhstan\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Kazakhstan<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8554\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/uruguay\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Uruguay<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8608\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/peru\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Peru<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8636\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/malawi\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Malawi<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6370\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/sweden-2\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Sweden<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8851\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/chad\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Chad<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8876\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/sri-lanka\/\" class=\"menu-link elementor-item\">Sri Lanka<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c15a209 elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"c15a209\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"elementor-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNational Action Plan (2021-2031)\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__button-wrapper elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item 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data-widget_type=\"posts.cards\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-posts-container elementor-posts elementor-posts--skin-cards elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-1378 2019_committments type-2019_committments status-publish hentry country_name-australia\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/2019-committments\/australia-2019-commitments\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tAustralia-2019 Commitments\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d51c48b elementor-grid-1 elementor-posts--align-center elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-posts--thumbnail-top elementor-posts--show-avatar elementor-card-shadow-yes elementor-posts__hover-gradient elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"d51c48b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;cards_columns&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;cards_row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:4,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;cards_columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"posts.cards\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-posts-container elementor-posts elementor-posts--skin-cards elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-1376 2015_committments type-2015_committments status-publish hentry country_name-australia\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/2015-committments\/australia-2015-commitments\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tAustralia-2015 Commitments\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea097f7 elementor-grid-1 elementor-posts--align-center elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-posts--thumbnail-top elementor-posts--show-avatar elementor-card-shadow-yes elementor-posts__hover-gradient elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"ea097f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;cards_columns&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;cards_row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:4,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;cards_columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"posts.cards\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-posts-container elementor-posts elementor-posts--skin-cards elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-1374 2010_committments type-2010_committments status-publish hentry country_name-australia\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/index.php\/2010-committments\/australia-2010-commitments\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tAustralia-2010 Commitments\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1352f5a elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"1352f5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"elementor-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWILPF Australia Submission on Australia's Second National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security (2018)\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__button-wrapper elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta__button elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wilpf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WILPF-Australia-Submission-on-2nd-WPS-National-Action-Plan-300718.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tView Document\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3df3e16 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3df3e16\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dfce495\" data-id=\"dfce495\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-192e42c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"192e42c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"80\" height=\"81\" src=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rank-icon-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c6f324 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c6f324\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CEDAW Ratification<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e726ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2e726ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1983<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e050d5\" data-id=\"3e050d5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3714b89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3714b89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"83\" height=\"81\" src=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rank-icon-2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbd373c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cbd373c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Global Gender Gap Index 2020\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79e5622 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"79e5622\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">44 out of 153<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0bc6367\" data-id=\"0bc6367\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24a936b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"24a936b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"82\" height=\"81\" src=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rank-icon-3.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" 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data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be32e24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"be32e24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"83\" height=\"81\" src=\"http:\/\/1325naps.peacewomen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rank-icon-4-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-612dc0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"612dc0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Military expenditure (2019)\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ac9dfc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9ac9dfc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">$25.912 billion USD<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e770c43 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e770c43\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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inactive\">\n                                                    <p><b>NAP Development\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The development of Australia\u2019s second National Action Plan comes at the behest of a changing global context, where new challenges including violent extremism, climate, and health pandemics contribute to fragility and conflict (p.6). The Australian Government developed their National Action Plan with recommendations from two independent reviews, national consultations conducted by government and civil society, and women, peace, and security research and evidence (p.11). While civil society groups and organisations are not named explicitly as groups consulted in the development of the nation\u2019s second NAP, the NAP does aim to strengthen partnerships with civil society and support their capacity building. In a commitment to work in partnership with civil society, the Australian government seeks to collaborate across \u201ctwo key functions - advice and accountability\u201d (p.55).\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>NAP Implementation<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The implementation of Australia\u2019s National Action Plan is underpinned by the following four principles: a \u2018do no harm\u2019 approach, a human rights-based approach, gender mainstreaming, and recognising and responding to diverse experiences. The NAP declares women and girls participation to be at the centre of Australia\u2019s efforts on implementation (p.8). The implementation plan will be delivered by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Department of Defense, Department of Home Affairs, Australia\u2019s Federal Police, and the Australian Civil-Military Centre. These Departments will strengthen implementation by increasing women\u2019s participation and leadership in the peace and security sector, building knowledge and capabilities, using evidence-based approaches, and strengthening their partnership with civil society (p. 10). Each implementing department and agency will develop and release its own implementation plan that will outline department and agency activities that contribute to National Action Plan outcomes. Implementation plans usually have a two-year duration (p.52).\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>NAP Monitoring and Evaluation\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The NAP applies a results-based monitoring and evaluation framework that will support ongoing improvements to implementation to ensure progress towards outcomes, through progress reporting and independent review. Regular progress reporting will draw on qualitative evidence (including case studies) to demonstrate the impact of their initiative. Outcome data will be disaggregated at the country level where Australian implementation is focused (p. 58). Departments\u2019 implementation plans will also identify actions that contribute to National Action Plan outcomes and medium term outcomes (p. 56). There will be regular progress reporting and quantitative indicators selected from available data sets for their ability to measure progress overtime. The Australian government recognises that new indicators and data sources may emerge as global gender data matures (p. 58).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>                                            <\/div>\n                \n                    <div class=\"clearfix inactive\">\n                                                    <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilpf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WILPF-Australia-Submission-on-2nd-WPS-National-Action-Plan-300718.pdf\"><b>WILPF\u2019s Contributions to Australia\u2019s NAP<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WILPF Australia made vital recommendations to the development of the nation\u2019s second NAP through their advocacy for the inclusion of key themes\/issues under the WPS agenda, including proactive peacebuilding, disarmament, the participation of women in all forms of peace and security policy and practice and Sustainable Development Goals SDG5 and SDG 16 (p.2).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WILPF Australia recommended the following:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">developing and resourcing NAP consultations in a timely manner to ensure diverse and representative engagement of civil society;\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">provision of dedicated and sustainable resources to a WPS Secretariat to ensure regular communication and coordination across implementing agencies and WPS stakeholders;\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">developing and implementing a Communications and Engagement Strategy to inform stakeholders (local and state government and civil society) on NAP implementation progress, achievements, lessons and to update on key issues across the domestic and international continuum;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">establishing an Advisory Panel- including civil society and WPS specialists- to provider regular feedback on implementation and monitoring and evaluations; and\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">identifying realistic allocations for NAP implementation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation, and agency and civil society stakeholder communications and engagement (p.3).\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To strengthen civil society engagement during the development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of Australia\u2019s second National Action Plan on WPS, the Australian Civil Society Coalition on Women Peace and Security collaborated with diverse women and civil society organisations in 2018. The resulting report was the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/wpscoalition.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/sixth-report.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sixth report of the Annual Civil Society Dialogue on Women Peace and Security<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The report covered the following issues: resourcing civil society engagement; enabling diversity; representation, partnership and collaboration; and strengthening accountability.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In sum, WILPF Australia makes direct calls for Australia\u2019s second National Action Plan to have a \u201ccritical gender perspective, robust monitoring and evaluation framework, resources to fully implement and evaluate the NAP, effective governance, consistence engagement with civil society (particularly women\u2019s group), and the courage to meaningfully address the WPS agenda, conflict prevention and peace building\u201d (p. 4). WILPF Australia succeeded in having the intentional inclusion of a robust monitoring and evaluation framework, consistent engagement with civil society, and the meaningful acknowledgement of the WPS agenda, conflict prevention, and peacebuilding.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>                                            <\/div>\n                \n                    <div class=\"clearfix inactive\">\n                                                    <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Australia NAP covers a ten year period from 2021 to 2031. The Independent Interim review will be commissioned in July 2025 with the goal of completion in December 2025. The review will consider the effectiveness of actions in meeting the NAP\u2019s medium-term outcomes, It will recommend ways to improve ongoing implementation and set targets for the end of this NAP (p.57).\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Independent Final Review will assess the National Action Plan\u2019s effectiveness over its lifetime. It will also consider changes relevant to the design of Australia\u2019s third National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security. It will be commissioned by July 2030 with an aim to be completed by December 2030 (p.57).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>                                            <\/div>\n                \n                    <div class=\"clearfix inactive\">\n                                                    <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Australia NAP is organised into four Key Outcomes designed to guide the nation\u2019s international efforts in fragile and conflict-affected contexts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first key outcome to support women\u2019s meaningful participation and needs in peace processes will require increasing women\u2019s participation in conflict prevention and in all peace processes (p. 10).\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second key outcome to reduce sexual and gender based violence will require reducing harmful gender norms, increasing women and girl\u2019s safety and security, and increasing access to justice (p.10).\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The third key outcome, supporting the resilient, crisis, and security, law and justice efforts to meet the needs of all women and girls, will require security, law, and justice responses, preventing and countering violent extremism, and humanitarian action, stabilisation and disaster management (p.10).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The final key outcome, demonstrating leadership and accountability for WPS, requires Australia\u2019s demonstration of global leadership and accountability. These key outcomes are designed to reflect UNSCR 1325 and related resolutions (p.10).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>                                            <\/div>\n                \n                    <div class=\"clearfix inactive\">\n                                                    <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each Outcome of the Australia NAP includes actions for practically achieving these goals followed by a case study demonstrating the validity of such actions. These key outcomes are categorized by thematic areas of the WPS agenda.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, Key Outcome 1 calls for supporting women and girls\u2019 meaningful participation and needs in conflict prevention and peace processes. This outcome is in alignment with the participation pillar of the WPS agenda. Meeting this commitment means (p.20):\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connecting informal decision-making to formal decision-making in peace processes\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Redesigning peace negotiations to ensure women have a seat at the table\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amplifying the efforts of civil society coalitions, women\u2019s rights organisations and women\u2019s human rights defenders, and\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supporting women\u2019s capacities to analyse, shape agendas, organize and exercise their voice and agency, and their political involvement - and recognising that sometimes they participate differently.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Australia\u2019s actions aim to (p. 21):\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ensure women and their representative organisations are included in political dialogues and development programming on conflict prevention\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ensure gender indicators are included in conflict early warning systems to better monitor and respond to women and girls\u2019 experiences of insecurity\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">support existing community mobilisation \u2014 including the efforts of civil society coalitions, women\u2019s rights organisations and youth organisations and human rights defenders \u2014 to realise gender equality, remove existing barriers to decision-making structures, and address gendered barriers to social, economic and political rights\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">conduct gender-sensitive conflict analysis that includes analysis of the drivers for conflict prevention and peace, and\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">support existing efforts to challenge discriminatory gender norms, including about unpaid care, access to education, health and other services, and economic participation, that limit women and girls\u2019 roles.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Australia\u2019s Actions Aim to (p.24):\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">support women\u2019s rights organisations to engage, participate and influence inclusive peace processes at all levels\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">provide care services, and financial, transport and accommodation support to enable women to participate in peace and security processes as they occur \u2022 support capacity building to ensure men and women, including in negotiation and mediation teams, can design gender equality provisions\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">support capacity building to ensure men and women can implement the gender equality provisions of peace agreements \u2022 influence government agencies involved in the peace process to incorporate women\u2019s issues and provide access for women in negotiations or discussions\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">use Australia\u2019s diplomatic leadership to advocate, including for women and girls\u2019 participation in peace processes, reconciliation and stabilisation efforts, and \u2022 ensure women and girls can access education and economic opportunities.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>                                            <\/div>\n                \n                    <div class=\"clearfix inactive\">\n                                                    <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Australia NAP lists measures associated with each key outcome in its monitoring and evaluation from work and identifies the organization collecting that data.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example taken from Key Outcome 3: Supporting resilience, crisis response, and security, law and justice sector efforts to meet the needs and rights of all women and girls (p.61):\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outcome Indicators (p. 61)\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Number and percentage of countries that have laws and regulations that restrict women\u2019s ability to participate in society and the economy relative to men; data collected by UN Women, World Bank, OECD, ILO\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maternal mortality ratio; data collected by UNODC and WHO\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increasing Access to security, law, and justice responses indicators\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Number of victims of human trafficking per 100,000 population; data collection by UNODC and WHO\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proportion of victims of violence in the previous 12 months who reported to competent authorities or other officially recognised conflict resolution mechanisms; data collected by UNDODC\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Humanitarian action, stabilisation and disaster management Indicators\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Number of women and men, girls and boys, provided with lifesaving assistance in crisis situations; data collected by Australian Government\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Percentage of women and men, girls and boys affected who report they are satisfied with the opportunities they had to influence the response; data collected by Australian government.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul>                                            <\/div>\n                \n                    <div class=\"clearfix inactive\">\n                                                    <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Progress reporting will track the Australian Government\u2019s contributions to the Women, Peace and Security Agenda and will be delivered regularly over the course of the National Action Plan (p.57). Progress reports will capture departments\u2019 implementation actions and the monitoring and evaluation framework will form the basis of progress resorting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two independent reviews will be commissioned over the course of the National Action Plan. Recommendations from the independent reviews will be considered by the Australian Government and inform ongoing implementation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>                                            <\/div>\n                \n                    <div class=\"clearfix inactive\">\n                                                    <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Australia NAP does not include an allocated or estimated budget and there are no other financial resource consideration references within the NAP.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>                                            <\/div>\n                \n                    <div class=\"clearfix inactive\">\n                                                    <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Australia National Action Plan does not address disarmament issues, or connect the proliferation of weapons with women\u2019s insecurity. <\/span><\/p>                                            <\/div>\n                \n                    <div class=\"clearfix inactive\">\n                                                    <p><strong>Actors<\/strong><\/p><p><b>NAP Development<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Australian Government consulted Civil Society in developing the NAP, and provided funding for Civil Society led national consultations and the development of a discussion paper. Some 90 grassroots and national organizations participated in both processes, the consultations and the steps leading up to the the discussion paper. . Following this process, the Government's Inter-Departmental Working Group produced a Consultation Draft of the NAP and invited Civil Society Organizations to provide written submissions and participate in NGO-government roundtable discussions in the national capital.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The development of the NAP was led by Australian Government Office for Women, which was tasked with convening the Women, Peace and Security Inter Departmental Working Group. The Women, Peace, and Security Inter Departmental Working Group included representatives from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), the Department of Defence, AGD Attorney General\u2019s Department, AusAID, Australian Centre for Civil-Military Relations and Australian Federal Police (AFP), as well as Office for Women.<\/span><\/p><p><b>NAP Implementation<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Non-governmental organisations have played an instrumental role in the development of the National Action Plan and are critical of its implementation. In its NAP, the Australian Government commits itself to work collaboratively with the non-governmental sector to realize the goals and commitments outlined in the NAP. The NAP itself commits to supporting civil society organizations to promote equality and increase women's participation.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Women, Peace and Security Inter-Departmental Working Group will continue to operate as the primary Australian Government mechanism responsible for Australia\u2019s implementation of UNSCR 1325.<\/span><\/p><p><b>NAP Monitoring and Evaluation<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Australian NAP invites organizations to nominate a selection of representatives to meet with the Government\u2019s Inter-Departmental Working Group which focuses on Women, Peace and Security issues each year to share information, discuss progress and exchange ideas about the implementation of the National Action Plan. The Steering Committee planning and organizing the Dialogue and Report Card are WILPF Australia, UN Women Committee Australia, the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), in addition to these, the ANU Gender Institute of the Australian National University is also a part of the Steering Committee. The forming of the Australian Civil Society Coalition on Women, Peace, and Security thus supporting the implementation of the NAP. A civil society report card on Australia\u2019s National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security will be produced annually until 2018. A total of six Annual Civil Society Report Cards will comprise the full shadow report. A copy of the current report card can be found attached below. The NAP also encourages Civil Society to develop shadow reports of the NAP implementation, which the Government will make publicly available.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Women, Peace and Security Inter-Departmental Working Group will meet biannually to discuss the National Action Plan and have high level representation from all key agencies (listed above).<\/span><\/p><p><strong>WILPF's Contributions to Australia's NAP<\/strong><\/p><p>WILPF Australia was instrumental throughout all stages of the NAP development by lobbying and informing the process. In 2004 WILPF Australia received funding from the Australian Government Office for Women to develop a website promoting UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and produce a discussion paper outlining recommendations for the national implementation of UNSCR 1325.<\/p><p>In 2009, in partnership with UN Women and other organizations, WILPF initiated national consultations to inform the Australian government on the next steps of NAP development. These consultations witnessed the participation of almost 90 community and national organizations, and were held in all Australian capital cities. The findings and recommendations of these consultations were presented to the Australian Government in a Final Civil Society Report. Following these consultations, WILPF put forward a proposal to the government, and the development of a NAP was included as one of ten top priority areas of action for women.<\/p><p>WILPF Australia collaborated with the NGO Working Group to produce a detailed written submission to the Consultation Draft of the NAP. The Australian Young-WILPF section, which was formed in 2011, also provided a detailed submission. WILPF and Young-WILPF Australia took part in the NGO roundtable discussions, which included representatives from the government\u2019s Inter-Departmental Working Group. Although no specific role is designated to NGOs in implementing, monitoring, or reviewing the NAP with the exception of relevant government departments for NGO programs and provision for one meeting of the Interdepartmental Working Group with two or three representatives from civil society who meet once a year. WILPF and ACFID represented civil society at the one meeting with the Working Group last year.<\/p><p>Due to the lack of provision for civil society involvement in monitoring and reviewing, WILPF initiated a series of video\/teleconferences with all organizations interested in the NAP to discuss ideas for formulating a process for civil society involvement in monitoring the NAP. This resulted in the forming of the Australian Civll Society Coalition on Women, Peace and Security (ACSCWPS)- which supports the NAP. In 2012 WILPF Australia established an ongoing 1325 working group, which is tasked with overseeing NAP implementation and producing a shadow monitoring report during review phases of the NAP.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Timeframe<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Australian NAP covers the time period 2012 to 2018. No specific timeframes are set for Actions. However, there is a series of deadlines scheduled for reporting and review (see Monitoring and Evaluation, below).<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Objectives<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Australian NAP is organized into five Thematic Areas that are designed to reflect UNSCR 1325 and related resolutions, as well as the UN 2008\u20132009 System-wide Action Plan. These Thematic Areas include: Prevention, Participation, Protection, Relief and Recovery, and Normative.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A number of the Actions outlined in the NAP cut across the five thematic areas. As a result, the areas of Action have been organized into Strategies:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strategic Objective 1: Integrate a gender perspective into Australia\u2019s policies on peace and security.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strategy Objective 2: Embed the Women, Peace and Security agenda in the Australian Government\u2019s approach to human resource management of Defence, Australian Federal Police and deployed personnel.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strategic Objective 3: Support civil society organizations to promote equality and increase women\u2019s participation in conflict prevention, peace-building, conflict resolution, and relief and recovery.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strategic Objective 4: Promote Women, Peace and Security implementation internationally.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strategy Objective 5: Take a co-coordinated and holistic approach domestically and internationally to Women, Peace and Security.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Actions\/Activities<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each Strategic Objective of the Australian NAP includes a series of actions for practically achieving these goals, which are also categorized by thematic area.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Example, Strategic Objective 3 \u201cSupport civil society organizations to promote equality and increase women\u2019s participation in conflict prevention, peace-building, conflict resolution, and relief and recovery\u201d contains the following actions:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support domestic non-government organizations, such as the National Women\u2019s Alliances, and international civil society organizations to engage in peace and security initiatives, including by raising awareness of UNSCR 1325.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support Australian and international civil society organizations to promote the roles and address the needs of women in the prevention, management and resolution of conflict.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Invite Australian non-government organizations to nominate a selection of representatives to meet with the Women, Peace and Security Inter-departmental Working Group once a year.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Encourage an understanding of Women, Peace and Security amongst the Australian public.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Indicators<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Australia NAP lists measures associated with each strategic objective in its monitoring and evaluation framework. These range from measurable and specific to non-measurable and vague, and are principally qualitative in nature.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example taken from Strategy 4: Promote Women, Peace and Security Implementation Internationally:<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Measure A: Description of international assistance provided for activities pertaining to Women, Peace and Security\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Measure E: Number and description of interventions and support of resolutions and policy in the UN Security Council, General Assembly, UN Human Rights Council and other relevant fora addressing Women, Peace and Security issues.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Monitoring and Evaluation<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A full Monitoring and Evaluation Framework is included in the Australian NAP. It includes measures that are principally qualitative in nature and linked to accountable actors. These measures are neither attached to an allocated or estimated budget, nor timeframes for implementation.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Monitoring and Evaluation Framework will be used for bi-annual reporting. The first review will be an interim review, which will focus on assessing whether the actions under the National Action Plan are still relevant. The interim review will also provide guidance for the remainder of the National Action Plan\u2019s implementation, including advice on emerging issues related to Women, Peace and Security. The final review will take place as the National Action Plan approaches its expiry. It will assess the overall success of the National Action Plan and provide advice on the direction and focus of its revision\/renewal. The review periods are scheduled as follows:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Progress reports in 2014 and 2016<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Interim review in 2015\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Final review in 2018<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These reports will be tabled in parliament and made publicly available. Civil Society is also encouraged to develop shadow reports that will be made publicly available.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Budget<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Australian NAP does not include an allocated or estimated budget and there are no other financial resource consideration references within the NAP. However, it does note that the absence of dedicated funding and exclusion of earmarked funds within existing departmental budgets is a key concern for successful NAP implementation and accountability. This issue was raised by Civil Society throughout all stages of consultation.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Disarmament<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Australian NAP narrative mentions Australia\u2019s engagement in multilateral disarmament conventions and its support for the implementation of resolutions on small arms control. 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