Gender Mainstreaming In Peacekeeping Operations ... - Resdal

4. Security Sector Reform: Recruitment of Women
in the Liberia National Police
Security Council Resolution 1325 calls on all actors involved,
when negotiating and implementing peace agreements,
to adopt a gender perspective, including measures that
ensure the protection of and respect for human rights
of women and girls, particularly as they relate to the
constitution, the electoral system, the police, and the
judiciary.
One of the first tasks of the peacekeeping mission in Liberia
was to rebuild the security sector by strengthening the Liberia
National Police (LNP). To facilitate integration of gender within
the LNP, a Gender Policy was developed with support from
UNMIL OGA and UNPOL. The 2005 LNP Gender Policy served as
the policy framework for securing more gender balance within
the LNP workforce via active recruitment and participation of
women. The document set a 15% quota for women’s participation
and describes measures to facilitate improved recruitment and
retention of women 11 .
11 In 2008, the LNP presented its first Gender Advisory Work Plan, focused on the central
goal of integrating gender perspectives into work areas and increased the quota of 15%
women (which had not yet been met) to 20%.
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