Statement of Paraguay, October, 2015

In 2015, our country has enjoyed the highest percentage of female participation in awareness programmes and training for peace operations. Some 27 per cent of participants are women, and we hope to see this percentage increase through the efforts of the relevant institutions to promote the greater participation of women in the contingents of peacekeeping missions in which Paraguay is a participant. The main obstacles that prevent women’s full participation in peacekeeping and peacebuilding can bee linked to gender-based discrimination and women’s economic and social exclusion, situations that entail the denial of women’s rights. That is why it is so important to work to strengthen women’s human rights from a perspective that includes devoting attention to their economic, social and cultural rights.