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GENDER AND THE MINE BAN TREATY - June 2022

13 Jun 2022

Microsoft Word - Gender and MBT_June 2022_ML.docx GENDER AND THE MINE BAN TREATY June 2022 The International Campaign to Ban Landmines-Cluster Munition Coalition (ICBL-CMC) and the Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor (the Monitor) recognize that gender and diversity is an important factor in understanding and responding to the impact of mines, cluster munitions, and other explosive remnants of w. [...] Since 2020, each committee of the treaty has adopted a gender focal point in response to the need to ensure an inclusive approach as established by the OAP.2 Action #29 of the OAP requires States Parties to report on risk education and other risk reduction programs in their Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 reports, including on methodologies used, challenges faced, and the results achieved; with informat. [...] 1 For definitions of gender and explanations of the differences between use of the terms ‘sex’ and ‘gender’ relevant to the impact of mines, see, Gender and Diversity Working Group (GDWG), “Gender language,” bit.ly/GenderLanguageGDWG; and World Health Organization (WHO), “Gender and health,” bit.ly/GenderAndHealthWHO. [...] Intersectionality should be taken into consideration from identification and design to implementation, and in monitoring and evaluation, in order to address the needs and protect the rights of marginalized communities.” 4 UN General Assembly, “Assistance in mine action: report of the Secretary-General,” (A/76/283), 10 August 2021, bit.ly/AssistanceinMineActionUNSGAug2021. [...] Gender and the Mine Ban Treaty | Briefing Paper 1 Gender in Mine Action Programs In 2020 and 2021, a dozen States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty incorporated gender as a component of their national mine action strategies, including Afghanistan, Angola, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Cambodia, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Iraq, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tajikistan, and Zimba.
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