Project profile — Elsie Initiative Fund For Women in UN Peace Operations

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased meaningful participation of uniformed women in UN peace operations; (2) increased use of policies and practices by Troop and Police Contributing Countries and UN organizations to increase meaningful participation of uniformed women to UN peace operations; and (3) expanded country-specific knowledge of barriers to deployment of uniformed women.

Results achieved as of December 2021 include: (1) encouraged the deployment of two gender-strong FPUs by Senegal. This resulted in an increase in the deployment of women in these units and the deployment of the first women Formed Police Units (FPU) commander from Senegal; (2) launched recruitment and training activities aimed at recruiting 3 150 women to deploy to UN missions in five military and police institutions in Senegal, Niger and Togo and to established a pool of 740 trained women; (3) approved funding to 12 military and police institutions in seven countries to conduct barrier assessments using the Measuring Opportunities for Women in Peace Operations methodology; and (4) approved funding for the construction of infrastructure, including accommodations for women personnel and a child care facility, in Bangladesh, Jordan, Senegal, Togo and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.