Director of Individual Police Officers (IPO) in the Department of Peace and Support Operations at Rwanda National Police, RNP, Chief Inspector of Police (CIP) Alphonsine Murekatete. Courtesy
Jade Natacha Iriza
Monday, March 20, 2023
The month of March has the world celebrating women’s achievements and reflecting on the women’s rights movement, with March 8 marking International Women’s Day.
Nevertheless, hundreds of thousands of women in wartime and armed conflicts increasingly bear the burden of armed conflict, being the targets of specific forms of violence and abuse, including rape and other forms of gender-based violence. This attracted the UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325, which mandates member states to expand women’s participation at all decision-making levels—national and international—in the field of peace and security.
The resolution’s operational clauses urge for more women to engage in peace process negotiations, conflict settlement, and UN peacekeeping operations, and call for more women to fill senior UN leadership positions.