Contents: Setting the context -- The Normative framework for women, peace and security -- Women's participation and a better understanding of the political -- Protecting and promoting the rights and leadership of women and girls in humanitarian settings -- Toward and era of transformative justice -- Keeping the peace in an increasingly militarized world -- Building inclusive and peaceful societies in the aftermath of conflict -- Preventing conflict: the origins of the women, peace and security agenda -- Countering violent extremism while respecting the rights and autonomy of women and their communities -- Key actors fro women, peace and security: monitoring and accountability -- Women, peace and security and the UN security council -- Linkages between human rights mechanisms and the security council resolutions on women, peace and security: opportunities for enhanced accountability for implementation -- Financing of the women, peace and security agenda -- General guidelines and recommendations.