Gender Mainstreaming in Peacekeeping Activities

The present report outlines a coherent policy for gender mainstreaming in peacekeeping activities and provides information on efforts made by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations to introduce gender mainstreaming in peacekeeping activities, in compliance with legislative mandates. The report also offers clarification of the respective roles and responsibilities of the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, gender advisers in peacekeeping missions and the proposed senior gender adviser in the Department at Headquarters. The annex contains a glossary of gender mainstreaming terms.