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CTED Executive Director participates in CSW62 #WomenAgainstTerrorism event

AKHVEDELID — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 06:59:00 +0000

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“Gender-blind counter-terrorism policies and practices have the potential of not only being ineffective, but to also negatively impact women and girls’ rights.” This was one of the key messages pronounced by Michèle Coninsx, Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of the 51�Թ� Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), in an event during the 62^nd Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62). Organized on 12 March 2018 by the 51�Թ� Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and UN Women at the UN in New York, the panel discussion on The 51�Թ� Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy: Advancing Women’s Leadership and Participation also saw the participation of the UN Ambassadors of Japan and the United Arab Emirates.

“CTED conducts neutral expert assessments of Member States’ implementation of key Security Council resolutions aimed at countering the threat to peace and security caused by terrorist acts. Gender considerations are now fully mainstreamed in our assessments, and we continue to reaffirm the notion that effective counter-terrorism responses should be human rights compliant, and gender-sensitive,” Ms. Coninsx stressed.

The panel discussion allowed Member States, 51�Թ� officials, and women civil society leaders to take stock of progress made and challenges ahead in terms of advancing efforts to increase women’s participation and leadership and a gender dimension in countering terrorism and preventing violent extremism. The event took place in advance of the General Assembly’s 6^th Review of the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, which is planned for June 2018.

Speakers included Member States, 51�Թ� officials, and women civil society leaders:

E. Mrs. Lana Zaki Nusseibeh,Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the 51�Թ� (statement)
E. Mr. Koro Bessho, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Japan to the 51�Թ� (statement)
Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General, 51�Թ� Office of Counter-Terrorism (statement)
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Under-Secretary-General, Executive Director, 51�Թ� Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (statement)
Michèle Coninsx, Assistant Secretary-General, Executive Director, 51�Թ� Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (statement)
Fauziya Abdi Ali, President, Women in International Security Kenya, Chair, Sisters Without Borders
Yenny Wahid, Director, The Wahid Institute

A webcast recording of the event is available here.

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CTED and UN Women host research symposium on gender and terrorism

AKHVEDELID — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 05:15:00 +0000

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On 18 July 2018, CTED and UN Women hosted a symposium on gender-sensitive research and the collection of data on factors underlying the radicalization of women to terrorism. The discussions also focused on the impact of counter-terrorism strategies on women’s human rights and women’s organizations, with a view to developing targeted and evidence-based policy and programming responses in accordance with Security Council resolutions 2242 (2015) and 2395 (2017).

The participants included academics conducting research commissioned by UN Women, members of CTED’s Global Research Network, and other eminent researchers and academics working in this field.

Participants in the symposium.

The day-long event included a luncheon hosted by the Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the 51�Թ�, which was open to Member States.

Assistant Secretaries-General Yannick Glemarec, UN Women, and Michèle Coninsx, CTED, at the Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates.

Assistant Secretary-General Michèle Coninsx, Executive Director of CTED, and Assistant Secretary-General Yannick Glemarec, Deputy Executive Director of UN Women, highlighted the need to further expand and strengthen the evidence base regarding the gender dimensions of counter-terrorism and countering violent extremism in order to better inform analysis, policy, and programmes. They also reaffirmed the strong partnership between CTED and UN Women in this area, as well as their commitment to continued dialogue with the research community.

A summary report of the research symposium is available here.

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CTED conducts focused visit to New Zealand

AKHVEDELID — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 05:17:00 +0000

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Photo: Visiting delegation at Massey University Oteha Rohe near Auckland, New Zealand, holding a community round-table discussion event on CVE with representatives from Government, civil society, community outreach programmes, religious leaders, and academia.

On 11-13 July 2018, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), acting on behalf of the Counter-Terrorism Committee, undertook a visit to New Zealand. Following the Committee’s initial assessment of July 2009, this was a focused visit concentrating on New Zealand’s implementation of Security Council resolutions 1373 (2001), 1624 (2005), 2178 (2014), 2396 (2017), and other relevant Council resolutions. In accordance with the practice followed for the Committee’s previous assessment visits, the human rights aspects of New Zealand’s counter-terrorism measures and the role of women in countering terrorism and violent extremism were also raised during the discussions.

Under the auspices of the New Zealand Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), representatives from a wide variety of national ministries and agencies, as well as of civil society and academia, took part in the three-day discussions, reflecting New Zealand’s cohesive methodology to counter-terrorism.

New Zealand has demonstrated a strong commitment to the enactment of a national framework on counter-terrorism and CVE. The diverse nature of New Zealand’s population, combined with its longstanding commitment to diversity, has major implications for its approach, including through its carefully constructed policies and measures in areas such as border management and community policing.

The CTED delegation, headed by Chief of Section Ms. Elizabeth Joyce, took note of New Zealand’s preventive and awareness-raising measures to prevent radicalization and counter violent extremism, and commended New Zealand for its bespoke, holistic approach to community outreach and collaboration.

The delegation noted the various measures taken by New Zealand to address terrorism threats related to the movement of terrorist actors and foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs), varying from enhanced border controls involving the use of cutting-edge technologies, through strengthening legal mechanisms for prosecution of terrorists and returning FTFs. The delegation also noted New Zealand’s preventive and awareness-raising measures to deal with radicalization and counter violent extremism, as well as a number of effective mechanisms aimed at ensuring inter-agency coordination and information-sharing, and welcomes New Zealand’s development of a draft national counter-terrorism strategy.

The delegation included CTED experts, as well as representatives of ICAO, INTERPOL, and UN Women.

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UN Women and CTED jointly brief Security Council Committee on gender dimension in counter-terrorism efforts

BMUSONI — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 16:13:00 +0000

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On 30 March 2017, the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) received a joint briefing from its Executive Directorate (CTED) and the 51�Թ� Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, or UN Women. The briefing focused on efforts to advance the implementation of Security Council resolution 2242 (2015) in the context of the Committee’s work on counter-terrorism and countering violent extremism, especially as it pertains to the roles of women.

The complex dynamic of the contemporary threat “underscores that we cannot cast women in any one role – they are perpetrators, supporters, victims,” said Lakshmi Puri, Assistant Secretary-General (ASG) of UN Women, in her briefing to the Committee.

To advance a solid basis for programming and advocacy, UN Women’s Global Programme on Preventing Violent Extremism focuses on (1) research; (2) policy development; (3) humanitarian engagement; and (4) promoting women’s participation. UN Women has 27 ongoing or planned projects on the prevention of violent extremism and has been strengthening key partnerships, within the UN and in the field, with civil society and women’s networks.

ASG Puri highlighted that Security Council resolution 2242 (2015) expanded the toolkit for addressing terrorism, as it emphasized the need for gender-sensitive research to understand the drivers of radicalization of women. She also praised the ever-closer cooperation between UN Women and the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), including in efforts to integrate a gender dimension into country-specific assessments, analytical reports and recommendations for technical assistance.

Following the adoption by the Security Council of resolution 2242 (2015), CTED has increased its focus on the gender dimension of its activities in the context of counter-terrorism, from prevention to interdiction and response, through to rehabilitation and reintegration. As part of its focus on identifying emerging trends, CTED offered a presentation to the Committee of the various and evolving roles of women in terrorism and counter-terrorism, including as perpetrators, inciters, supporters, and preventers. The issue of women as victims disproportionately affected by sexual violence used as a deliberate tactic of terrorism was also addressed.

“CTED has taken the gender dimension into consideration in assessing the implementation of resolutions 1373 (2001), 1624 (2005), and 2178 (2014), and in identifying good practices and technical assistance needs. As part of our efforts to encourage Member States to develop national comprehensive and integrated counter-terrorism strategies, CTED identifies related good practices in our country visits and consultations with relevant 51�Թ� agencies, international and regional organizations and entities,” the CTED briefing elaborated.

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