Gender Equality in UN Peacekeeping Operations

  • United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations

Summary

This Policy Directive defines and describes requirements for ensuring the equal participation of women, men, girls and boys in all peacekeeping activities. It embraces gender mainstreaming as a strategy to advance the goal of gender equality in post-conflict societies. The policy applies existing United Nations system-wide mandates for advancing gender equality, to the specific context of post-conflict transitions, to which all peacekeeping personnel must adhere, with the goal of providing a more sustainable and democratic basis for the subsequent peace- building agenda.

Citation

“Gender Equality in UN Peacekeeping Operations.” United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations, 2006. http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/documents/gender_directive2006.pdf.

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