Military Women in Peace Operations: Experiences of the Norwegian Battalion in UNIFIL 1978-1998
Categories: Peace Support Operations
Sub-Categories: Peacekeeping, Peacemaking
Country: Namibia
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Year: 2001
Citation: Karamé, Kari H. "Military Women in Peace Operations: Experiences of the Norwegian Battalion in UNIFIL 1978–98." International Peacekeeping 8, no. 2 (2001): 85-96.
Sub-Categories: Peacekeeping, Peacemaking
Country: Namibia
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Year: 2001
Citation: Karamé, Kari H. "Military Women in Peace Operations: Experiences of the Norwegian Battalion in UNIFIL 1978–98." International Peacekeeping 8, no. 2 (2001): 85-96.
Executive Summary
This paper focuses on the gender equality implementation work of the United Nations Transitional Assistance Group (UNTAG) mission in Namibia. It highlights the gender challenges that UNTAG was presented with in Nambia, as well as how female participation in the civilian component of the mission has impacted the overall implementation of gender equality.