Winding down on South Africa’s Women’s Month, Vedhan Singh and Dr Cresencia Nyathi highlight the critical risks to gender equality and sustainable peace, emphasising the urgent need to include women in peacekeeping efforts.
United Nations peacekeepers getting off an Oryx helicopter for a troop rotation at a temporary base in Katoyi, Southern North Kivu province.
To exemplify this point, let us consider the situation in Haiti—an egregious case that starkly illustrates the deleterious consequences of retreating from peacekeeping commitments. The withdrawal of UN peacekeepers in 2020 has been succeeded by a catastrophic escalation in violence, with armed gangs exploiting the resultant vacuum of authority and oversight. In the absence of the state security apparatus in the face of violence and conflict, violent extremist and radical groups thrive.
In examining this systemic exclusion of women from pivotal decision-making roles during mission transitions—observed in Mali and a myriad of other contexts—we uncover a troubling pattern wherein the valuable insights and contributions of women’s organisations are systematically marginalised. Women often tell tales of the patriarchal organogram and funding frameworks that see them excluded from receiving funding purely for being women.
In conclusion, we must confront the uncomfortable truth that, without a renewed and vigorous commitment to peacekeeping and the empowerment of women and girls in conflict zones, we risk perpetuating cycles of violence, instability, and marginalisation. We can even see the gains made in peacekeeping reversed by the sustained exclusion of women in peacekeeping efforts.
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