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Network links women peacekeepers across missions, boosting peer support and input into UN policy
Summary
Participants described a United Nations-affiliated network that connects uniformed women across military, police, justice and corrections components to share experiences, run mostly online programs, surface gaps in deployment support, and strengthen collective influence on peacekeeping policy.
A group of uniformed participants described a network that links women peacekeepers across military, police, justice and corrections components to share lessons and improve deployment experiences, saying it has strengthened peer support and contributed input on policy gaps at the United Nations.
Speaker 1, an unidentified participant who introduced the discussion, asked participants to describe the benefits the network has provided to female peacekeepers and to wider peacekeeping operations. Speaker 2 said the network has "enabled programs…mostly online programs" that have been "very beneficial," and Speaker 3 called it "an amazing way to learn from other women how to solve problems within the mission." Speaker 4 said, "Through the network, we…
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