The ineffectiveness of UN Resolution 1325: The case of Afghanistan

Abstract

The primary objective of this paper is to analyze the effectiveness of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda and focus more specifically on the context of Afghanistan. This paper seeks to study the failure of the WPS Agenda in a broader sense and its linkage more specifically to Afghanistan due to the growing legitimization of the Taliban regime in global politics. The paper will also take recent cases of natural disasters and study how ‘human security’ is doubly endangered for Afghan women during natural calamities, and the lack of humanitarian action on the same. The paper will argue that the example of Afghanistan shows that it is imperative to implement, strategise, and design the WPS agenda to suit the culture-specific context of countries in conflict. The paper will argue through examples that localising the WPS agenda rather than focusing on a rights based framework mayAfghanistan Gender Index Report 2024 released by the UN. The Gender Index Report released by the UN Women in 2024 concludes an “extreme manifestation of gender inequality, creating one of the deepest empowerment deficits and widest gender gaps in the world.” (Gender Index 2024: Afghanistan, 2025) while describing the condition of women in Afghanistan.

DOI - https://doi.org/10.66496/LCAP.9788168710122.2026.93-109