Management and Resolution Mechanism,158 which integrates components of the region’s early warning system.159 All member states of the EAC developed NAPs on UNSCR 1325 between 2008 and 2016 but the region is yet to develop a common action plan. The Intergovernmental Authority on Development The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Peace and Security Strategy (2016-2020) was adopted to guide member states in the implementation of UNSCR 1325 and 1820 and Peace and Security is one of its three major components. Also, in place is the IGAD Gender Policy and Strategy framework (2012-2020). IGAD established a Women and Peace Forum in 2015 in order to contribute to gender responsiveness in peacebuilding.160 The Regional Strategy for Higher Representation of Women in Decision Making Positions was endorsed to increase the number of women in decision making. Attempts have been made in IGAD to integrate gender analyses in its focus on refugees and returnees as well as the plight of host communities, emphasising the utility of socio-economic assessments including gender assessments.161 IGAD’s Centre for Early Warning (CEWARN) is under the Peace and Security Department of IGAD and part of its peace and security architecture with a focus on cross-border related conflicts.162 Established in 2002 under the Protocol on the Establishment of a Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanism, CEWARN continuously assesses threats and risks to peace and security in the region that could potentially blow up into conflict.163 The Protocol does not have a women, peace and 158 East Africa Legislative Assembly ‘EALA Passes Conflict Management Bill’. Available at http://www.eala.org/media/view/eala-passes-conflict-management-bill 159 UNECA ‘EAC Peace, Security, Stability and Governance). Available at https://www.uneca.org/oria/pages/eac-peace-security-stability-and-governance 160 IGAD ‘IGAD Women and Peace Forum Board Launched in the Republic of Djibouti’. Available at 161 Working Paper for IGAD Thematic Meeting on Jobs, Livelihoods, and Self-reliance of Refugees, Returnees, and Host Communities 162 Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanism. Available at https://igad.int/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1225:igad-women-and-peace-forum-boardlaunched-in-the-republic-of-djibouti&catid=46:executive-secretary&Itemid=123 http://www.igadhost.com/igad/index.php/about?showall=&start=2 163 IGAD ‘CEWERN’. Available at http://www.igadregion.org/cewarn/ 57