12) New Report: "Gender and Peacekeeping: Opportunities and Challenges to
Improve Practice" / International Alert.

* Nuevo Informe de Internaional Alert (en inglés): "Género y Procesos de
Pacificación: Oportunidades y Desafíos para Mejorar la Práctica". Está
disponible en el sitio Web: www.womenbuildingpeace.org o por correo
electrónico - contáctese con Bethan Cobley en: [email protected]-
alert.org.

* Nouveau Rapport de International Alert (en anglais): "Genre et le maintien
de la paix: opportunités et défis pour améliorer la pratique". Il est
disponible au site Web: www.womenbuildingpeace.org, ou par courriel de
Bethan
Cobley au: [email protected].

The briefing provides practical recommendations for a gender-sensitive
approach to multidimensional PSOs within the context of implementing United
Nations Resolution 1325. It is intended as a resource for policy-makers and
implementing agents, and is being disseminated to both military and civilian
agencies within the United Nations, European Union and civil organisations.

The record of peace support operations has revealed that conflict situations
have been exacerbated when they fail to include the needs, experiences and
perspectives of women - who are often most affected by violence and who are
key agents in facilitating and sustaining peace and reconciliation
processes.
The inclusion of balanced gender perspectives in peace support operations is
critical to ensuring that the needs of local populations are met and
understood.

International Alert believes that a gender perspective can make a positive
difference to peace support operations and that gender awareness training is
vital to inform the composition and deployment of civilian and military
personnel. Working with military and peacekeeping institutions and drawing
upon their expertise, they hope to contribute to this debate and to further
encourage governments and troop contributing states to integrate gender into
their approaches as a matter of urgency and efficiency.

The report is available from the International Alert Website at:
www.womenbuildingpeace.org or by contacting Bethan Cobley at International
Alert on email: [email protected].

* Cross-posted from CODEP e-mail newsletter Website: www.codep.org.uk