Women with family care responsibilities in United Nations peace operations

This project examines the exclusion of women with family care responsibilities from meaningful opportunities in military and police organizations such as the United Nations peace operations. The results of this research project aim to produce practical guidance including recommendations for policy change on how to improve peacekeeping opportunities for women with care responsibilities. Project activities include: (1) conducting research with the UN and troop and police contributing countries to UN peace operations on the barriers that limit peacekeeping opportunities for women with care responsibilities; (2) facilitating awareness-raising workshops to better understand key issues related to women peacekeepers with family care responsibilities; and (3) publishing a report on best practices that will be shared across the UN and countries that contribute peacekeeping troops to better support women with caring responsibilities.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) increased meaningful participation of uniformed women in UN peace operations and troop and police contributing countries security institutions; (2) enhanced gender-responsive human resource policies and practices within UN peace operations and troop and police contributing countries security institutions; and (3) enhanced capacity of UN peace operations and troop and police contributing countries security institutions to be attentive to care responsibilities and care needs.