Women in peacekeeping
Source: UN
Women are deployed as police, military and civilian personnel within peacekeeping missions. They work across all areas, from the protection of civilians to political and civil affairs, planning, logistics, and communications.
In 2022, 7.9 per cent of military, police, justice and corrections personnel in field missions were women, a marked increase from just 1 per cent in 1993. Women made up 5.9 per cent of military contingents, 14.4 per cent of police contingents, and 43 per cent of justice and corrections government-provided personnel in UN Peacekeeping missions. The UN continues to advocate strongly with Member States, who are ultimately responsible for deploying uniformed women as part of their contributions.
As of March 2022, 30 percent of civilian personnel in peacekeeping operations were women, and there are more women leading our field missions than ever before, with parity among our Heads and Deputy Heads of Missions.
The 2022 targets for all categories of uniformed personnel have been met or exceeded, except for military contingents, where women continued to be starkly underrepresented and more work needs to be done with Member States. The UN is also committed to achieving gender parity among civilian staff.
Visit our gender statistics section for a breakdown of male and female uniformed personnel working in missions.
Women are deployed as police, military and civilian personnel within peacekeeping missions. They work across all areas, from the protection of civilians to political and civil affairs, planning, logistics, and communications.
In 2022, 7.9 per cent of military, police, justice and corrections personnel in field missions were women, a marked increase from just 1 per cent in 1993. Women made up 5.9 per cent of military contingents, 14.4 per cent of police contingents, and 43 per cent of justice and corrections government-provided personnel in UN Peacekeeping missions. The UN continues to advocate strongly with Member States, who are ultimately responsible for deploying uniformed women as part of their contributions.
As of March 2022, 30 percent of civilian personnel in peacekeeping operations were women, and there are more women leading our field missions than ever before, with parity among our Heads and Deputy Heads of Missions.
The 2022 targets for all categories of uniformed personnel have been met or exceeded, except for military contingents, where women continued to be starkly underrepresented and more work needs to be done with Member States. The UN is also committed to achieving gender parity among civilian staff.
Visit our gender statistics section for a breakdown of male and female uniformed personnel working in missions.