I was very intrigued when Diane spoke to our class last week about women involved in war. It is a very controversial issue that leads to many debates on what a woman's role is in a time of war. I came across this article the other day that discusses the evolving role of women in peacekeeping. The UN passed a Security Council resolution in 2000 that "demanded a greater role for women in post-conflict peace building." A huge push for this enactment was a result of "one of the problems of responding to rape in the early days of the Darfur crisis was that most of the African Union peacekeepers were men. Women survivors simply couldn't talk to the troops." Resolutions can not occur is women cannot be involved in the healing and upkeep of peace within their own environment. The UN says they are making a stride to keep tabs on every country to track women's involvement in UN peace building. This is a great thing but in order for the act to be carried out the UN need to regulate and increase involvement with countries of concern at a greater level. With an excitement to promote the issue now, involvement will be great but it is the following years after this that will truly measure whether a change has occurred.
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