Women Police in UN Peace Operations 1,198 women police are serving in 14 UN peace operations¹ as Individual Police Officers (IPOs) and in Formed Police Units (FPUs). Member States contributing women police in leadership positions: Zimbabwe to UNAMID, Fiji to UNMISS, Rwanda to UNISFA, and Norway to UNFICYP. 378 229 162 154 119 0 50 100 150 200 216 100 98 79 61 0 50 100 150 200 250 4 Total FPUs: 7,772 including 592 women (7.6%). October 2018 Total IPOs: 2,911 including 606 women (20.8%). The percentage has tripled since 2009. The percentage has tripled since 2009. 250 300 350 400 1. All statistics are from UN Peacekeeping Operations and UN Special Political Missions combined. UNVMC Number of women (FPUs and IPOs) by field mission as of September 2018 MINUJUSTH MINURSO UNSMIL UNIOGBIS MINUSMA UNAMID UNISFA UNSOM UNMISS MINUSCA MONUSCO UNFICYP UNMIK UN Peacekeeping Operation UN Special Political Mission

Women Police in UN Peace Operations · 592 women (7.6%). October 2018 Total IPOs: 2,911 including 606 women (20.8%). The percentage has tripled since 2009. The percentage has tripled

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Women Police in UN Peace Operations

1,198 women police are serving in 14 UN peace operations¹ as Individual Police Officers (IPOs) and in Formed Police Units (FPUs).

Member States contributing women police in leadership positions:Zimbabwe to UNAMID, Fiji to UNMISS, Rwanda to UNISFA, and Norway to UNFICYP.

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Total FPUs: 7,772 including 592 women (7.6%).

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Total IPOs: 2,911 including 606 women (20.8%).

The percentage has tripled since 2009.

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1. All statistics are from UN Peacekeeping Operations and UN Special Political Missions combined.

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Number of women (FPUs and IPOs) by field mission as of September 2018

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Background United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) recognizes the importance of women’s participation in peacekeeping operations, while Resolution 2242 (2015) calls for the doubling of the number of uniformed women personnel by 2020. Building on the Secretary-General’s System-Wide Strategy on Gender Parity, the Department of Peacekeeping Operations has developed a Uniformed Personnel Gender Parity Strategy with clear targets for UN Police. The Police Division is implementing a gender action plan to achieve these targets. Measures to increase women's participation includes specialized skills training on language, driving and firearms proficiency required for deployment as Individual Police Officers. In addition, a Female Senior Police Officer Command Development Course has been initiated to promote more women in leadership levels.

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Women in seconded contracted professional posts in field missions and headquarters