| Description : The Women's Rights Convention ('UN Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women'), adopted by the UN General Assembly on the 18th of
December 1979, is a United Nations international convention on women's rights. On the 31st of October 2000,
the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1325, which deals with the role of women in peace and security
processes. This was the first time that the participation of women was confirmed as necessary to build and maintain peace.
Conflict prevention, peace processes and post‐conflict rehabilitation were thus recognised as women's and thus human
rights. And for the first time, the Security Council made it clear that sexualised and gender‐based violence is a
crime that must be systematically punished and eliminated. The core of the resolution is the participation of women in
peace processes, the prevention of wars and protection against gender‐based violence. This resolution laid the
foundation for the 'Women, Peace and Security Agenda'. The coin designer Antonella Napolione chose a Venus symbol
representing the female sex, partly superimposed by three female heads depicted in profile. The issue occasion
"UNSCR 1325" (acronym for United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325) is shown in two lines at the bottom right
of the Venus symbol. In English, "WOMEN PEACE SECURITY" is written in an arc at the top and on the right, with a stylised
olive branch behind each of the three words. At the bottom left, the country of issue and the year of issue are indicated
in the form of an arc with "MALTA 2022". The designer's signet "A.NAPOLIONE" is visible at the bottom centre. The coin was
produced without mint mark by the Royal Dutch mint Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt in Houten. |
