In 2007 Argentina was selected by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (...

In 2007 Argentina was selected by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) to undertake a pilot programme in the region to disseminate the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000). In that framework, the Argentine Foreign Ministry convened an inter-ministerial group on gender and peacekeeping. In 2008 the Foreign Ministry organized, with the support of DPKO and UNIFEM, the first regional workshop for developing a gender policy in peacekeeping operations and humanitarian assistance. That workshop was a valuable contribution that prompted a debate among the countries of our region and the mainstreaming of a gender perspective in public policies in all sectors.