Leadership gender responsiveness and equality in United Nations Peace Operations

This project examines how to embed leadership approaches prioritizing gender-responsiveness and equality in United Nations (UN) peace operations. Project activities include: (1) compiling research on existing literature examining gender-responsiveness and peace operations leadership; (2) conducting workshops with current potential and former UN mission leaders to share their perspectives on gender-responsive leadership; (3) drafting and publishing an issue brief on how mission leadership uses gender-expertise in uniformed peacekeeping missions; and (4) arranging workshops on how gender-responsive leadership contributes to mission effectiveness

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) increased accountability mechanisms for deploying gender-responsive leaders in UN peace operations; and (2) enhanced application of gender-responsive approaches by uniformed mission leaders in UN peace operations.