Experience in the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) highlights many of the operational challenges in implementing the UN’s agenda of women, peace and security (WPS). As I reflected on my recent UNMISS deployment as …
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Mapping WPS in the UN Security Council The Working Group on Women, Peace and Security has published its annual policy brief evaluating the UN Security Council’s implementation of the WPS policy framework. The group found …
During last week’s visit to Fiji, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that Australian peacekeepers would soon be joining Fijian peacekeepers in the Golan Heights as part of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF). The …
The challenge of how to increase female participation in peacekeeping forces is currently under the international spotlight, as reflected in recent debates in the UN Security Council and in the EU. Deploying more women in …
This article is part of a series on women, peace and security that The Strategist is publishing in recognition of International Women’s Day 2019. On 6 March 2019, Arizona Senator Martha McSally gave testimony at an armed …