1325 Network Finland

1325 Network Finland, established in 2006, is an open network which is made up, on the one hand, of organizations that work for the promotion of human rights and equality, and, on the other hand, of independent members of the academia.

The organizations that belong to the Finnish 1325-network are: UNIFEM Finland, the Finnish League for Human Rights; Amnesty International’s Finnish Section; KATU, the Civil Society Conflict Prevention Network; The Family Federation; The Feminist Association Unioni; NYTKIS, The Coalition on Finnish Women’s Associations; the National Council of Women in Finland, the UN Association of Finland,  the Crisis Management Initiative; the YWCA, Young Women’s Christian Association and Women Journalists in Finland, and the Finnish Section of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, WILPF.

The objective of the network is to enhance the implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 "Women, Peace and Security" in Finland. The network follows up the implementation of the Finnish National Action Plan 1325 by the government, gathers information about research reports and articles written about the theme and disseminates such information, and organizes training for members of certain non-governmental organizations. To a limited extent, the network funds studies and publications dealing with the goals of the Finnish 1325 National Action Plan and with the means to achieve these goals. Decisions about the distribution of the grants, to be used, for example, for field trips or publishing, are made in the steering group of the network. The network also organizes seminars, takes part in public discussion on crisis management, sends representatives to international seminars and communicates with the respective networks in other countries.