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UNIFEM's
Portal on Women, Peace and Security: Peacekeeping Issue Brief
Office
of the Gender Advisor at the Department of Peacekeeping Operations
(DPKO) Headquarters
The Gender Advisor for the Department of Peacekeeping Operations
(DPKO) Headquarters is based in the Peacekeeping Best Practices
Unit (PBPU). The PBPU website includes information on the work of
the Gender Advisor and a database of UN resources on gender and
peacekeeping issues.
NEW Webpage
of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) on Gender and
UN peacekeeping
This webpage outlines DPKO's mandate on gender issues and highlights
the department's efforts to date to integrate a gender perspective
into its activities in accordance with Security Council Resolution
1325. It includes information on the functions of gender advisers
and focal points in peacekeeping missions and contains links to
useful resources on gender and peacekeeping
NEW
Website of
the Office of Gender Affairs, UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK)
This website, launched in May 2006, offers information on
the mandate and strategies of the Office of Gender Affairs in UNMIK,
as well as the programs and projects undertaken by the Office related
to gender mainstreaming.The site also highlights trainings, campaigns,
publications and other activities designed and conducted to build
capacity in gender issues for local counterparts
Website
of the Gender Unit, UN Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS)
The Gender Unit of the peacekeeping mission in Sudan (UNMIS)
is headed by a Senior Gender Advisor. This webpage provides a comprehensive
outline of the events and acitivites undertaken by the Unit as well
as a compilation of useful resources and publications
Website
of the Office of Gender Affairs, UN Peacekeeping Mission in the
Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC)
The peacekeeping mission in DRC (MONUC) includes a designated
Gender Unit with a Senior Gender Advisor. In March 2003 they launched
a website for their unit, the first ever UN mission web site dedicated
to gender issues.
Webpage from the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
(UNAMA): Gender
The peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) includes a Senior
Gender Advisor. This page addresses gender issues in the Afghanistan
context and outlines the activities and work of UNAMA on gender
issues.
Webpage
of the Office of the Gender Advisor in the UN Mission in Liberia
(UNMIL)
The UNMIL website, launched on 20 April 2005, includes a webpage
on the Office of the Gender Advisor. This webpage provides an overview
of the mandate of the Gender Office as well as a brief review of
some of its past and ongoing activities in the areas of DDR, rule
of law, the electoral process, and combatting gender-based violence,
among others.
Gender and Peacekeeping Training Course
Developed by the Canadian Department for Foreign Affairs
and International Trade (DFAIT) and UK Department for International
Development (DFID)
Website
of the Conference "Building Capacities for Peacekeeping and
Womens Dimensions in Peace Processes"
The governments of Chile and Denmark, on behalf of the European
Union organized this conference from 4-5 November 2002,in Santiago,
Chile. The website includes the final report, downloadable in PDF,
the presentations made, information about speakers and other conference
documentation.
Website
of the European Network of Police Women: Experiences on Peacekeeping
Operations
This website features entries from
European women police about their experiences working in peacekeeping
operations.
Other websites' Gender and Peacekeeping
Links
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Gender
and Peacekeeping Training Course (DFAIT and UK DFID)
United
Nations Institute on Training and Research (UNITAR): The Special
Needs of Women and Children in and after Conflict
GENERAL PEACEKEEPING LINKS
Refugees
International
Global Policy Forum
International Peacekeeping
Journal of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University
Pearson
Peacekeeping Center
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