Gender Mainstreaming In Peacekeeping Operations ... - Resdal

2. Introduction
Objectives and Structure
The overall aim of this document is to capture best practices
in gender mainstreaming and women’s empowerment in
implementing the UNMIL mandate during the 2003-2009
period. The process of documentation is critical as UNMIL has
now started a drawdown exercise. The document focuses on
the palatable results and best practices that have proven to
promote women’s rights and gender equality in a sustainable
way in post-conflict Liberia. In order to do this, two objectives
have been stipulated:
• Identify best practices in gender mainstreaming and
women’s empowerment among six key areas of work
within UNMIL, based on selected criteria.
• Document and present evidence-based best practices
in a manner that enhances their use and replicability by
other current or future peacekeeping missions.
The best practices section of the report is organized into six
chapters for analysis, in line with the mission’s mandate and
overarching themes. The six areas - DDRR, the Liberia National
Police, advocacy and policy-making, sexual and gender based
violence, women in peacekeeping, and the electoral process -
are critical sectors for the work of the mission that have yielded
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