Training
goals
- Familiarize peacekeeping staff with the
specific needs of women and children during and after armed
conflict;
- Refresh
the participants’ knowledge in selected areas of international
law that provide protection for women and
children;
- Raise their
awareness for the demographic structure of war
torn-societies and for the consequences of conflict on women and
children, including their political and economic
marginalization;
- Enable them to
understand the important role that women (and even children)
can play as partners in assistance operations, during
reconstruction, reconciliation and peace-building, and why their
contributions to peace-building should be
encouraged;
- Expose
them to, and let them critically examine, the culture, history
and social norms of the host country with a focus on gender
relations;
- Provide
training on the social behaviour required to deal with local
counterparts in daily encounters in the field, including
contacts with the local governmental and administrative
structures;
- Increase
their understanding for the challenges, but also advantages of
operating in a cross-cultural environment and, thus, help them
to become reliable and responsible members of multi-dimensional
peacekeeping operations;
- Look
at reconstruction efforts in the mission area with a focus on
women and children;
- Publicize and support the United Nations' "zero
tolerance" policy in preventing and addressing cases of
peacekeeping staff committing acts of sexual exploitation and
abuse;
- Inspire
peacekeeping staff to address women’s and children’s concerns in
their daily work;
- Provide
a forum for sharing experiences and exchanging views on
gender mainstreaming and child protection in the mission’s area
of operation.
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