Women integral to battling coronavirus and pushing for lasting peace and security
Source: United Nations
At a virtual roundtable discussion on Thursday, the Peace Operations chief, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, stressed the importance of continuing to prioritize the UN’s Action for Peacekeeping’s (A4P) Women, Peace and Security (WPS) commitments during the pandemic.
Against the backdrop that missions have, over the past few years, significantly strengthened their partnerships with women’s local and national organizations and networks, Mr. Lacroix called coronavirus-based disruption to this growth, “one of the pandemic’s thorns”.
“It also disrupted their direct engagement with policymakers, political leaders and each other”, he said.
But, pointing to “a rose in this story”, he maintained that the missions’ close relationships with women’s organizations have allowed them to “quickly and creatively continue to work” through UN assets – such as via radio, phone links and community alert systems – as well as by leveraging women-led structures, including women protection networks, early warning networks and gender working groups.
Click here to read the full article published by United Nations on 11 June 2020.
At a virtual roundtable discussion on Thursday, the Peace Operations chief, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, stressed the importance of continuing to prioritize the UN’s Action for Peacekeeping’s (A4P) Women, Peace and Security (WPS) commitments during the pandemic.
Against the backdrop that missions have, over the past few years, significantly strengthened their partnerships with women’s local and national organizations and networks, Mr. Lacroix called coronavirus-based disruption to this growth, “one of the pandemic’s thorns”.
“It also disrupted their direct engagement with policymakers, political leaders and each other”, he said.
But, pointing to “a rose in this story”, he maintained that the missions’ close relationships with women’s organizations have allowed them to “quickly and creatively continue to work” through UN assets – such as via radio, phone links and community alert systems – as well as by leveraging women-led structures, including women protection networks, early warning networks and gender working groups.
Click here to read the full article published by United Nations on 11 June 2020.