The NAP-1325 is structured according to the four areas recommended in the Secretary General’s reports: Prevention; Participation; Protection; and Relief and Recovery. It includes ten strategic objectives, 16 lines of action and 23 specific indicators. It also ensures inter-institutional coordination to guarantee greater impact of the proposed activities.
NAP Key Results:
1.Mexico co-chaired with Ireland the Informal Expert Group on Women, Peace and Security of the Security Council (UNSC) in 2021-2022. In its co-chairmanship, Mexico promoted pro-WPS agenda language in UNSC documents; organized the Expert Group’s first field trip and promoted the adoption of the UNSC Declaration of Shared Commitments to support the WPS Agenda.
2.Increase of Uniformed Women in UN Peace Operations. From January 2021 to September 2024, 42 female uniformed personnel were deployed in five United Nations Peace Operations.
3. The creation of networks of women peacebuilders was encouraged through its Women Peacebuilders of Peace (MUCPAZ) program and four national events were held.
4. The establishment of Ibero-American Network of Women Mediators in 2023.
Gender equality policies/ feminist foreign policy:
- National Program for Equality between Women and Men 2020-2024
- Mexican Feminist Foreign Policy to Mexico’s Feminist Foreign Policy
Key WPS and gender equality reports/resources:
- Network of women builders of peace (MUCPAZ in Spanish)
- Mexican Joint Training Center for Peacekeeping Operations (CECOPAM in Spanish)
- First Report on the Implementation of the National Plan of Action of Mexico for the Follow-up of the Resolution 1325 (2000) of the Security Council on Women, Peace & Security
- Second Report on the Implementation of the National Plan of Action of Mexico for the Follow-up of the Resolution 1325 (2000) of the Security Council on Women, Peace & Security
Focal Point
Dr. Eduardo Jaramillo Navarrete – Director General for the United Nations Organization, Ministry of Foreign Affairs