Gender Mainstreaming In Peacekeeping Operations ... - Resdal

mechanism; training and participatory programmes to promote
local level policy inclusion; technical and resource support to
MoGD, including the creation of long-term frameworks; and
advice and guidance for gender sensitive policy making within
government systems.
One of the necessary actions was to mobilize the participation
of women in the local communities through strategic advocacy
networks. In 2006, UNMIL OGA delegated significant resources
to strengthening the Women’s NGO Secretariat of Liberia
(WONGOSOL.) While WONGOSOL already had many involved
members throughout the country and had been very active in
the peace process, its ad-hoc nature and a lack of a centralized
director and location had prevented it from reaching its full
potential. Seventy-six women members of WONGOSOL came
together in a general assembly tasked with nominating and
voting for an institutional board of directors which, in turn,
selected a director. This resulted in an expanded network of
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