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Women
with a Blue Helmet: The Integration of Women and Gender Issues in UN
Peacekeeping Missions - UN INSTRAW
As the mandates of peacekeeping
missions have become more and more complex, there has been an increasing
recognition that a gendered approach to peacekeeping is essential to adequately
respond to the needs of women, men, boys and girls who have been affected
differently by armed conflict. The integration of gender peacekeeping missions
has taken two approaches: mainstreaming gender into mandates, policies and
practices of peacekeeping missions and increasing the number of women working
in peacekeeping operations. As of 2008, only 2 percent of military personnel in
UN peacekeeping were female. This paper aims to enhance understanding of the
challenges that stand in the way of realizing the goals of achieving a gender
balance in peacekeeping operations, looking at the recruitment of women, the
impact of women peacekeepers, and training and capacity building activities.
