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25 Years of Women, Peace and Security –

Promises, Backlash, and Feminist Reimagining

October 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325), the landmark resolution that put Women, Peace and Security (WPS) on the international peace and security agenda. Adopted in 2000 after sustained pressure from women’s organizations and peace movements across the world, UNSCR 1325 recognized for the first time that women’s roles and perspectives are indispensable to conflict prevention, resolution, and peacebuilding.

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Yet 25 years on, the WPS Agenda finds itself at a crossroads. Its promises have frequently become lost in political practice. Women remain underrepresented in peace negotiations, and their participation is often merely symbolic. Furthermore, implementation has disregarded the perspectives of women from the Global South, LGBTIQ+ communities, and other marginalized groups — thereby perpetuating exclusion instead of addressing the full spectrum of gendered experiences.

This blog series brings together diverse perspectives to reflect on the achievements, struggles, and future of the WPS Agenda. It explores the knowledge systems that have evolved around WPS, from postcolonial critique to questions of masculinities and queer perspectives. It also addresses the backlash against the WPS Agenda and considers how it can be reimagined to realize its transformative potential in a rapidly changing world.