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More women should be allowed to participate in peacekeeping

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Summary of story from Ghanaweb, November 14, 2011

Dr Marsha Henry, co-director of the London School of Economics, has recommended that more women be allowed to participate in peacekeeping.

She was speaking on the theme “Female Peacekeeping: Challenges or Conventions?” recently in Accra as part of a project dubbed “Reflection on Security Series” under the auspices of the research department of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC).

It is aimed at providing a private space within which serious and sensitive issues of female peacekeeping can be discussed by relevant stakeholders.

Dr Henry noted that as peacekeeping evolved to encompass a broader humanitarian approach, women have become increasingly part of the peacekeeping process.

Deployed from all areas such as the police, military and civilian, she said that women have made a positive impact on peacekeeping environments, both in protecting women’s rights and supporting women’s role in building peace.

“Women peacekeepers in all fields of peacekeeping have proven that they can equally perform the same roles to the same standards and under the same difficult conditions, as their male counterparts, yet women still face numerous obstacles to pursuing peacekeeping and military careers.”

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