Focusing on women in uniform, peace operations and safe and inclusive environments RESDAL holds international seminar in Brasilia, Brazil

The Latin America Defence and Security Network (RESDAL), in collaboration with the Brazilian Network on Peace Operations (REBRAPAZ), the Brazilian Army Ground Operations Command (COTER/EB) and the Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales de Ecuador (IAEN) are holding the international seminar "Uniformed Women and Peace Operations: Progress and Challenges in the Creation of Safe and Inclusive Environments" on 22-23 October 2024 in Brasilia, Brazil.   

This high-level event takes place in the framework of the project "Womenin Peace Operations: Supporting Inclusive Environments through Inter-regional Collaboration and National Engagement" supported by Global Affairs Canada.  The diversity of voices from the hemispheric south will be a unique feature of the meeting.   

Over two days, experts, military personnel and policy makers from Latin America and the Caribbean (Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico and Guatemala); Africa (Liberia, Nigeria and Cameroon); Asia (Bangladesh and Pakistan) and MENA (Egypt and Jordan) will focus on the critical role of women in uniform in peace operations worldwide, the progress needed towards gender inclusion in peace missions and the challenges of ensuring safe and respectful environments, especially in the prevention of sexual harassment and abuse.   

The participation of the representative of the Canadian Embassy in Brazil, Simon Cridland, and from the United Nations, the Special Coordinator for Improving the Response to Sexual Abuse and Exploitation, Christian Saunders, and the manager of the Elsie Initiative Fund, Deborah Warren-Smith, also stands out