Kinshasa: July 14th, 2026 (CPA). – : The implementation of the national action plan and local action plans for United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was reviewed on Tuesday in Kinshasa during a workshop.“The main objective of this meeting is to review the implementation of Resolution 1325 is to strengthen the capacities of governments and other stakeholders to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of the implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) and the provincial (PAP) and local (PAL) action plans,” has said Grâce Lula, Executive Director of Cafco.
“The aim was to provide government authorities and civil society with the necessary means to ensure that policies achieve the intended results, to strengthen civil society’s capacity so that it can hold government officials to account for their commitment to the ‘Women, Peace and Security’ (WPS) programme, and to facilitate decision-making and support improvements through systematic monitoring and evaluation,” she has continued.
Ms Lula noted that for nearly a year now, the Permanent Consultative Framework for Congolese Women (Cafco) has been leading the project entitled “Strengthening local leadership in “on women, peace and security in conflict and post-conflict situations”, with the support of its partner, the Gender Network Women Peace builders (GNWP), with the aim of encouraging communities to take ownership of the pillars of Resolution 1325 and the “Women, Peace and Security” agenda”.
According to her, through this project, Cafco has, in turn, organized a workshop on cost estimation and gender-responsive budgeting for the National Action Plan (NAP) and Local Action Plan (LAP) to implement Resolution 1325, a provincial dissemination session on the outcomes of the gender-responsive budgeting workshop, and the gradual establishment of local coordination committees to oversee the implementation of the NAPs and LAPs for Resolution 1325.
The consultation framework also held a workshop for cross-party dialogue and support for the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) agendas, as well as discussions between female parliamentarians and female political leaders to garner their backing and support for the WPS and YPS program and for resolutions on peacekeeping.
The workshop to assess the implementation of these action plans under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security in DRC: ‘Review and Outlook’ brought together women and young people, representatives of political parties, local administrative authorities, private sector stakeholders and professionals the media and members of the public. This event, organized by Cafco in partnership with the GNWP, took place in two formats: in person and online, with participants from five provinces joining remotely, namely: Equateur, Kasaï Oriental, Kasaï-Central, Kwilu and Kongo Central. CPA/