The importance of involving women in peacekeeping missions.
Only 2% of those involved in United Nations peacekeeping activities around the world are women and it‘s “not enough” says Gerard DeGroot, professor of modern history at the University of St Andrews. Last month, he gave the keynote speech at a UNIFEM conference in Rwanda on Gender Issues in Peacekeeping Missions in which he claimed that the inclusion of female soldiers in peacekeeping units encourages civilised behaviour amongst male soldiers and provides positive role models for women in areas traumatised by war. Professor DeGroot joins Jenni along with Lesley Abdela, who has worked in Afghanistan, Iraq and Kosovo as an advisor on how women can participate in peacekeeping activities and in the rebuilding of a country emerging from conflict. We also hear from a female army officer who has worked in both The Congo and in Afghanistan.
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