Women Mediating across the Triple Nexus: Addressing socio-economic challenges resulting from Climate Change

The experiences of women who work within local communities offer valuable insights to policymakers on how to integrate the Women, Peace and Security Agenda across the Triple Nexus. Local women peacebuilders are engaged in the diverse spectrum of activities, including responding to the challenges of climate change, development, disaster risk reduction (DRR), and conflict prevention. They are able to leverage on each other’s expertise by coming together in regional women mediator networks. Yet, there is little clarity among policymakers about the type of support regional women mediators networks require and who can provide this support. 

This summary note, originating from a CSW-side event co-organized by the Pacific Women Mediators Network, the Mediterranean Women Mediators Network, the Permanent Missions of Italy and the Marshall Islands to the United Nations, and UN Women, highlights key recommendations for policymakers on how to effectively support women mediators' networks in addressing intersecting crises:

• Ensure that women mediators are represented, protected and are participating actively in all parts of the peace and security agenda.
• Ensure that women themselves shape the modalities of their engagement and participation in relevant processes.
• Provide holistic technical support, strong policies, systematic and institutionalised partnerships, and adequate and flexible feminist resourcing to regional women mediators networks.
• Reach, engage and mobilise young people, drawing upon their creativity and ability to contribute to community problem-solving and decision-making while setting clear expectations about goals and finances behind young people’s participation in the process.
• Collect evidence of the progress achieved by the UN System, regional organisations and other development partners, in supporting the women mediators networks. The Security Council can request the UN Secretary-General to prepare a report in this regard.