Some 17 years after the UN resolution on women, peace and security, women make up just 5 percent of deployed blue helmets. It’s time to find the political will to upend the status quo.
Author: Sanam Anderlini
Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the International Civil Society Action Network. Previously, she served as Director of the Women Waging Peace Policy Commission and provided strategic guidance and training to key UN agencies, the UK government and NGOs. She is the recipient of the United Nations Association of the National Capital Area Perdita Huston Award for human rights and is the Greeley Peace Scholar at the University of Massachussetts.
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