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Too Few Women Peacekeepers Contrary to Commitments
By J Nastranis
NEW YORK (IDN) – UN Secretary-General António Guterres finds it “crippling to our credibility and protection capacity that women represent only four percent of our military peacekeepers and ten percent of police,” though “over the past year, we have seen positive examples of progress”.
Briefing the Security Council’s annual high-level debate on women and peace and security on October 25, the UN Chief noted that women’s organizations continue to make an impact – from keeping dialogue alive in Guinea Bissau, to rebuilding communities in Colombia.…