The Third Czech national action plan on women, peace and security : addressing local and global security challenges
The Third Czech national action plan on women, peace and security : addressing local and global security challenges

Author(s): John O'Sullivan, Míla O'Sullivan
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Security and defense
Published by: Ústav mezinárodních vztahů
Keywords: Equality; Gender groups
Summary/Abstract: In times of multiple security crises and increased threats towomen’s rights across the world, the need for a commitment to anactive implementation of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS)Agenda is ever more pressing. The Czech Republic’s upcomingthird National Action Plan on WPS represents an opportunityto further advance WPS into domestic and foreign policiesand practices while reflecting on the shifting geopoliticalcircumstances at local, regional and global levels. Althoughthe Czech WPS Agenda is now well institutionalized, it needsfirst and foremost a higher political priority which would belinked to budget allocation, and more localization, as well asa transformative and in-depth engagement in its implementation,monitoring and evaluation.Each of the four pillars of the NAP – participation, gendermainstreaming, prevention and protection, and relief and recovery –should mainstream crosscutting issues of intersectionality,localization, leadership, budget allocation and qualitativemonitoring and evaluation. These are much needed steps alongwith the renewing of the position of a Special Commissioner forGender, which could support the Czech regional WPS leadershipand effective responses to the gendered impacts of Russia’s war inUkraine, including through the lens of long-term conflict prevention.

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