Effectiveness of United Nations Peacekeeping: Gender Matters
Evidence shows that women’s participation across peacekeeping missions has the potential to improve community engagement, challenge gendered norms, and contribute to effective operations. However, progress on women’s inclusion in peacekeeping, as mandated by UN Security Council Resolution 1325, has been slow and uneven. Across all missions, women make up fewer than five percent of military personnel, 11 percent of personnel in formed police units, and 28 percent of individual police officers.
Join GIWPS to launch an important report, “Gendered Impacts on Operational Effectiveness of UN Peace Operations,” supported by Global Affairs Canada’s Elsie Initiative, on the impact of gender on peace operations. Leading policymakers, peacekeepers, and scholars will discuss the difference women in uniform make, incorporating a gender lens in data collection and analysis, and recommendations for advancing gender-responsive peacekeeping.
Please RSVP on eventbrite to receive the Zoom link. This event will also be livestreamed on GIWPS’ facebook page.
Opening remarks by:
H.E. Jean-Pierre Lacroix
Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, United Nations
Ms. Gwyn Kutz
Director General for the Peace and Stabilization Operations Program, Global Affairs Canada
Highlights from the research:
Dr. Robert U. Nagel
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security
Panel discussion with:
Major General Cheryl Pearce
Former Force Commander, United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)
Ms. Sophie Stecher
Chief of the Comprehensive Approach Coordination Unit, United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO)
Dr. Afaf Omer
Senior Gender Advisor, United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL)
Ambassador Melanne Verveer (moderator)
Executive Director, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security
This event is hosted by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security in partnership with Global Affairs Canada’s Elsie Initiative for Women in Peace Operations.