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The document announces a panel discussion on creating a pipeline of women in peacekeeping roles. It highlights the UN Women-UAE Women, Peace and Security Training Programme, which provides military and peacekeeping training to women from the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. The training aims to increase women's representation in militaries and peacekeeping missions to make them more effective. It also inspires trainees to join their national security forces. The first training in 2019 brought 134 women from 7 countries, while the 2020 training included 223 women from 11 countries, with most having police or military backgrounds.
Invitation.wps gcc lo event for csw
- 1. Creating a pipeline of women in peacekeeping: A Case Study of the UN Women-UAE Women, Peace and Security Training Programme Monday, 9 March 2020, 12:45pm – 2:45pm* Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations 305 East 47th Street, 2nd Floor * A light lunch will be served from 12:45pm. The event will begin promptly at 1:15pm. The Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations, the UAE General Women s Union, the UN Women Liaison Office for the Gulf Cooperation Council, and the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security would like to invite you to a panel discussion addressing the importance of creating andenhancing the pipeline of women in peacekeeping. This event will highlight the UN Women- UAE Women Peace and Securit Training Programme as a case stud which provides military training and peacekeeping training to women across the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. The discussion will provide an overview of the critical importance of women s participation in peacekeeping missions in military and police roles; identify strategies and recommendations to increase the number of women in uniformed roles in peacekeeping; and highlight ongoing efforts across agencies to build a pipeline of women peacekeepers, and to support their deployment to peace operations. Distinguished speakers will include H.E. Lana Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations Ambassador Melanne Verveer, Executive Director, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security Dr. Mouza Al Shehhi, Director, UN Women Liaison Office for the Gulf Cooperation Council Dr. Robert Nagel, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security Kindly RSVP to Ms. Hannah Beswick at hannah.beswick@unwomen.org by 4 March 2020. RSVP required. Seating is limited.
- 2. Context Women are deployed in all areas of peacekeeping in military, police, and civilian roles and have a positive impact on peacekeeping environments, including in supporting the role of women in building peace and protecting women s rights Women peacekeepers act as role models, inspiring women and girls in often male-dominatedsocieties to push for their own rights and to participate inpeace processes. Yet, the percentage of women serving in uniformed military and police roles hovers around 6 percent. The presence of women peacekeepers is critical to the operational effectiveness of missions: Helps reduce conflict and confrontation Provides a greater sense of security to women and children Improves access and support for local women Makes our peacekeepers more approachable to women, including when interviewing survivors of gender-based violence Broadens the skillset available within a peacekeeping mission Addresses the specific needs of female ex-combatants during the process of demobilization and reintegration into civilian life Provides opportunities for mentoring female cadets at police and military academies This is why UN Women and the UAE are working together to increase the role of women in the military andpeacekeeping through the Women, Peace andSecurity Training Programme, in line with UN Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) and subsequent resolutions on Women, Peace and Security. This programme is held under the patronage of H.H. Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, President of the General Women s Union Chairwoman of the Famil Development Foundation and President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood. It is run in partnership with UN Women, the UAE Ministry of Defense and the General Women s Union The programme has three primary objectives: (1) To increase women s representation in the militar and peacekeeping and strengthen the operational effectiveness of peacekeeping (2) To provide training and capacity building to women in the security sector (3) To inspire trainees to join their national security forces and create a pipeline of women peacekeepers The course is composed of a three-month basic military training and a two-week peacekeeping training. All training activities take place in Abu Dhabi at the Khawla bint Al Azwar Military Academy for Women. This joint programme was launched in January 2019, bringing together 134 civilian and military women from the Arab world to undergo a basic military training and a peacekeeping training. The women came from seven countries with both civilian and military backgrounds: Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, UAE, and Yemen. This first cohort of trainees completed their training in May 2019. The second round of training was launched in January 2020, bringing together 223 women across the Middle East, Africa and Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Chad, Gambia, Ghana, Jordan, Mauritania, Pakistan, Senegal, Yemen, and the UAE. Sixty-six percent of these trainees come from their national police and military sectors; the remaining thirty-four percent are civilians upon entering the training programme.