Project profile — Reducing Barriers to Women's Participation in UN Peace Operations

• Africa, regional (20.00%)
• America, regional (20.00%)
• Asia, regional (20.00%)
• Oceania, regional (20.00%)
• Europe, regional (20.00%)

• Conflict Prevention And Resolution, Peace And Security: Participation in international peacekeeping operations (15230) (100.00%)

• Gender equality (principal objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• Nutrition (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

This project aims to improve the effectiveness of women in United Nations peacekeeping operations. Project activities include: (1) providing specialized training to uniformed peacekeepers; (2) improving the delivery of the Women, Peace and Security Program's mandate; and (3) contributing to the creation of a more responsive environment for peacekeepers.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased representation of qualified women uniform personnel (military and police) in leadership and professional posts; (2) enhanced operational efficiency and mandate implementation of United Nations Police and Military components; and (3) better promotion of gender equality during mandate implementation

Results achieved as of the end of project (June 2024) include: (1) accomplished progress towards gender parity among the uniformed components at headquarters (HQ) and in the field with targets surpassed for 2021 uniformed gender parity with the exception of military contingents; (2) enhanced the operational efficiency and mandate implementation of UN police and military components through advocacy, awareness-raising, training, collecting data on women’s meaningful participation in peace operations, and enhanced leadership accountability; and (3) created and integrated 15 core and elective Women, Peace and Security indicators, clustered around 5 pillars (participation, protection, prevention, recovery, and management) into the Comprehensive planning and performance assessment system to better collect data from field missions on women, peace and security including gender equality.

• Proactive disclosure