ANNEX 1 - The 1325 Scorecard Template - Assessment checklist

Sep 11, 2026

Gender and Women, Peace and Security (WPS) assessment checklist structured as the “1325 Scorecard Template,” aligned to UNSCR 1325 (2000) and related resolutions. The template evaluates political will, national and security-sector integration of WPS principles, existence of a WPS National Action Plan (NAP), roles of the Department/Ministry of Defense and national police, and allocated resources. It also measures institutional practice by examining women’s participation in military and police forces, deployment, recruitment targets, senior-rank representation, and strategy, plans, and policy integration across directives and operational planning.

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ANNEX 1: The 1325 Scorecard Template

I. National Importance/Political Will

II. Institutional Policy and Practice

II.A. Gender in the Ranks

II.B. Strategy, Plans and Policy

ANNEX 1: The 1325 Scorecard Template | Latin America and the Caribbean WPS Scorecard | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | CATEGORY | EXPECTED OUTCOME | INDICATORS | YES | NO | SCORE | Country: | Date Completed: | I. National Importance/Political Will | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | There is strong political support at the highest levels of government to achieve gender equality and integrate gender perspectives in the nation’s foreign, defense and police policies. National laws support gender equality and women’s rights.
The principles of UNSCR 1325 (2000) and its related resolutions [1820 (2008); 1888 (2009); 1889(2009); 1960 (2010); 2106 (2013) 2022
(2013), 2242 (2015), 2467 (2019) 2493 (2019), and (2020)]—also known as the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda—are recognized, integrated and mainstreamed in foreign and security sector policies.
In other words; foreign, defense and national police/law enforcement officials recognize the importance of:
● Women’s participation at all levels of decisionmaking;
● Protection of women and girls from sexual and gender-based violence; | I.1-Are the principles ofWPS mentioned in major foreign policy documents? | | | | | | | I.2-Are the principles ofWPS mentioned in national security documents? | | | | | | | I.3-Does the national constitution support gender equality? | | | | | | | I.4-Does the country have a WPS National Action Plan (NAP)? | | | | | | | 1.5-Does the country have other forms of national gender equality documents or departments? | | | | | | | I.6-Does the NAP or other gender equality documents mention the Department/Ministry of Defense (D/MoD) as a principle actor? | | | | | | | 1.7-Does the D/MoD have its own action/implementation plan in order to meet its NAP or other WPS or gender equality objectives? | | | | | | ● Prevention of violence against women through the promotion of women’s rights;
● Mainstreaming of gender perspectives in foreign, defense and national police policies.
The Department/Ministry of Defense (D/MoD) and police are principle and integral players in the implementation of the UNSCR 1325/WPS National Action Plan (NAP) . | 1.8-Does the NAP or other WPS or gender equality documents mention the national police as a principal actor? | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | I.9-Do national police agencies have their own action/implementation plan in order to meet NAP or other WPS or gender equality objectives? | | | | | | Specific resources and positions for the implementation of the NAP and/or the principles of WPS have been allocated for the D/MoD and police. | I.10-Have resources and/or positions been allocated for NAP/WPS implementation at the D/MOD)? | | | | | | | I.11-Have resources and/or positions been allocated in national police agencies for NAP/WPS implementation? | | | | | | Section Score: /55 | | | | | | II. Institutional Policy and Practice | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | II.A. Gender in the Ranks | Women’s equal participation and integration is actively sought and promoted in the military and police forces. Women serve at all ranks and in all disciplines. Women are also deployed to field operations in all ranks and disciplines. Countries have established recruiting targets to increase women’s participation.
The work environment is conducive to the recruitment of women. Special policies such as maternity and paternity leave, childcare and other related family policies have been established in order to retain women who chose to have a family. | II.A.1-How many women and men serve in the national forces of the military and police?(Provide gross numbers of men/women and women as a percent of the force in the YES column or 0 in the NO column if there are no women serving in these organizations.) | Men Women Percent | | | | | | Army | | | | | | | Navy | | |

FAQs

What does the scorecard template assess under National Importance/Political Will?

It checks whether WPS principles appear in foreign and national security policy documents, whether the constitution supports gender equality, whether a WPS National Action Plan exists, and whether defense and police institutions are named as principle actors with allocated resources and implementation plans.

How does the template evaluate women’s participation in military and police forces?

It asks for counts and percentages of women and men across military branches and national police, whether women are deployed abroad, whether all positions are open to women, and the share of women at senior ranks, plus target goals to increase women’s representation.

What types of questions address strategy, plans, and policy integration?

It evaluates whether WPS principles are referenced in key military and police directives for strategy, policy, and planning, and whether they are incorporated into military and police operational planning processes.

Sep 11, 2026

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