This report was based on the findings of a comprehensive review of the implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) in the fifteen-year period since its adoption. The report acknowledges that the context of global change in peace and security poses major dilemmas for the pillars of resolution 1325: prevention, participation, peacebuilding and recovery. The report recognizes there have been a number of successes in implementation over the period, but they are largely measured in ‘firsts’ rather than becoming standard practice. The report sets out guiding principles that focus on the vitality of women to the peace and security agenda in order to establish a roadmap for implementing the normative framework set out by resolution 1325. The report concludes with a call to action for the United Nations to lead the world in halting the militarization and militarism that has resulted in an ever-increasing cycle of conflict.