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Resolution 5 – Women and leadership in the humanitarian action of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

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Summary

The resolution aims to promote the role of women in decision-making, including in governing bodies and management positions in all components of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (the Movement). The Movement components, alongside governments, undertake to focus on improving humanitarian impact without discrimination and exclusion by supporting more women in becoming leaders. This includes concrete and systematic initiatives to support, promote and advocate for women’s full, equal and meaningful participation, leadership and decision-making in international humanitarian forums at the global, regional and national levels, focusing on the following.

For Movement components:
  1. Increase the representation of women at all decision-making levels
  2. Achieve gender parity at all levels by 2030, and develop an approach to track sex-disaggregated information to monitor and ensure progress.
  3. Actively identify women leaders and build up a pipeline, developing the capacities of women as future leaders.

For Movement components and States:
  1. Invest in research and building evidence
 
The 33rd International Conference adopted the resolution “Women and leadership in the humanitarian action of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement”, considering that women in are critical to ensuring effective and successful humanitarian outcomes. Women’s inclusion and leadership should therefore be further promoted. Women are still greatly underrepresented in leadership roles throughout the humanitarian sector.

Adopted resolution at the 33rd International Conference

  • Resolution 5 – Women and leadership in the humanitarian action of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

Reporting on resolution

Share your progress and implementation highlights here!

The Conference organizers want to hear from States and National Societies about how they have been implementing their commitments from the 33rd International Conference. You can submit a short and simple progress report at any time by filling in the online reporting form. This information will be gathered periodically to assess the level of implementation and highlight the progress made.

(To access the online reporting form, Conference members are required to log into the system with their username and password. There is only one user account per member, and only one representative from each National Society or State member has access to the reporting form and is able to submit a report. However multiple reports can be submitted. Please refer to the reporting user guide section on the follow up on outcomes of the 33rd International Conference page https://rcrcconference.org/about/reporting/ for information on how to report, log in and retrieve information from the database.)

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Related activities

Webinar – From words to actions: Updates on the “Women and leadership in the humanitarian action of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement” Resolution

21 October 2021 at 8:00 (EST) / 14:00 (CET)

Organized by GLOWRed

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Webinar – “How diverse leadership shaped responses to COVID-19 within the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement”

10 March 2021 (past event)

Organized by: GLOW Red

Past event (view video recording of the event)

GLOW Red networking meeting

26- 28 January 2021 (past event)

Organized by GLOW Red

Past event (view video recording of the event)

Webinar “Using data for action: Advancing women’s leadership”

11 March 2020 (past event)

organized by: GLOW Red

Past event (view video recording of the event)

Related documents

Related pledges

Reporting on pledges related to this resolution

Please click here to view all pledges made at the 33rd International Conference related to this resolution. To report on a pledge submitted or signed, please click on title of the selected pledge.

(To access to the online reporting form, conference members are required to log into system with their username and password. There is only one user account per member and that only one representative from either National Societies or State members has access to the reporting form and submit a report.  However, reporting can be done at multiple times.  Please refer to the reporting user guide section at the follow-up on the outcomes of the 33rd International Conference page https://rcrcconference.org/about/reporting/ for more information on how to report, log in and retrieve information from the database) View related pledges
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Want to learn more?

GLOW Red (The global network for women leaders in the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement) website

Balance for Better – Gender Balance Toolkit

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