In 2001, the United Nations Security Council passed
Resolution 1325 on Women's Role on Peace-Building and Security, calling for increased participation by women in conflict resolution and peace negotiations.
Eight years later, "in terms of signing the peace documents and being at the peace table and involved in the peace-making operations, 1.3 percent of all the signatures in the world on these peacekeeping documents have been rendered by women."
(Stephen Lewis, former UN special envoy), and as of 2007, women constituted
only 1% of peacekeeping military personnel. Could increasing women's participation also help reduce
sexual exploitation and abuse by UN peacekeepers?
posted by terranova
on Mar 3, 2009 -
5 comments
War: Canadian-style A special report by 2 journalists embedded with Alpha Company of the First Princess Patricia's Light Infantry Battle Group puts human faces to the peacekeeping effort in Afghanistan. It's good to know that our troops stationed there will soon have a
taste of home.
posted by phoenixc
on Mar 12, 2006 -
28 comments
In the dispute over Iraq there is always Plan C Wishful thinking? Perhaps. But of such dreams Plan C is made. For New Zealand, a country with a record of peacekeeping and independent thought in international affairs, perhaps the compromise is the solution to what otherwise could be a nightmare in the making.
posted by a3matrix
on Mar 12, 2003 -
27 comments
A look into peacekeeping training being conducting in Chile with the U.S. and most South American countries participating. A rare view of the interaction between national militaries to improve good relationships. The pics are great, too.
posted by mcchesnj
on Oct 19, 2002 -
1 comment
