{"id":246890,"date":"2025-02-26T03:15:06","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T03:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/26\/indias-leadership-of-global-south-hosts-first-ever-conference-of-un-women-peacekeepers\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T03:15:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T03:15:06","slug":"indias-leadership-of-global-south-hosts-first-ever-conference-of-un-women-peacekeepers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/26\/indias-leadership-of-global-south-hosts-first-ever-conference-of-un-women-peacekeepers\/","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s leadership of Global South: hosts first ever conference of  UN women peacekeepers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-118569471,imgsize-43870.cms?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"India&#8217;s leadership of Global South: hosts first ever conference of  UN women peacekeepers\" title=\"India&#8217;s leadership of Global South: hosts first ever conference of  UN women peacekeepers\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-brcount=\"35\">The first-ever Conference for Women Peacekeepers on the theme &#8220;Women in Peacekeeping: A Global South Perspective&#8221; was organised in New Delhi this week. The conference was organised by the Ministry of External Affairs in collaboration with the Ministry of Defence and the Centre for United Nations Peacekeeping (CUNPK).<!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=toppotime:1-->The conference brought together participation of women peacekeepers from 35 Troop Contributing Countries (TCCs) from the Global South as part of India\u2019s ongoing commitment to strengthening <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/gender-inclusivity-in-peacekeeping\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gender inclusivity in peacekeeping<\/a> missions, and as a leading voice of the Global South.<\/p>\n<p>The thematic sessions of the conference covered a wide range of critical topics, including discussions on integrating technology into peacekeeping operations, the role of women in peacekeeping missions, the importance of medical advancements in enhancing the safety and well-being of peacekeepers in the field, and efforts to combat sexual exploitation and abuse.<\/p>\n<p>The event reaffirmed India&#8217;s leadership in fostering South-South cooperation and strengthening the role of women in UN peacekeeping missions, ensuring a more inclusive and effective global peacekeeping framework.<\/p>\n<p>India has been a leading contributor to UN peacekeeping operations for over seven decades. Since the 1950s, India has contributed nearly 300,000 troops across more than 50 peacekeeping missions. <\/p>\n<p><!--\/include_growfast.cms?pagename=article&skipcss=1potime:1--><br \/>Today, over 5,000 Indian troops serve in 9 of the 11 active UN peacekeeping missions, often in high-risk conflict zones. India has also lost 180 peacekeepers in service of global peace, making the highest sacrifice among all troop-contributing nations.<em>Key initiatives by India in UN peacekeeping include:<\/em>\u2022 Support for peacekeeper safety and security: India donated 200,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses for UN peacekeepers worldwide and spearheaded UNSC Resolution 2589 on \u201cProtecting the Protectors\u201d in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Technology-driven solutions: India developed the UNITE AWARE platform to enhance situational awareness and improve the operational security of peacekeepers.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Training &amp; capacity-building: India\u2019s Centre for UN Peacekeeping (CUNPK) is a UN-recognized training institute, having trained over 2,000 officers from 96 countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Honouring peacekeepers: India led efforts for the establishment of a UN Peacekeepers\u2019 Memorial Wall, which was supported by a record 190 co-sponsoring countries.<\/p>\n<p>India has been a pioneer in deploying women peacekeepers, demonstrating its commitment to gender inclusivity in UN peacekeeping.<\/p>\n<p>Key contributions include:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Historic firsts: India deployed women officers in UN peacekeeping as early as the 1960s. Dr. Kiran Bedi was the first female UN Police Advisor (2003-2005).<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 All-women units: In 2007, India became the first country to contribute an all-women Formed Police Unit (FPU) to a UN mission, which was deployed in Liberia until 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Current deployments: : India has 154 women uniformed personnel in UN peacekeeping missions today, with three Female Engagement Teams (FETs) deployed in Abyei, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and South Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Recognized excellence: Maj. Suman Gawani (2019) and Maj. Radhika Sen (2023) were both honoured with the UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Training and capacity-building: India has conducted specialized training courses for women peacekeepers from ASEAN countries, reinforcing its role as a regional leader in gender-sensitive peacekeeping.<br \/><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=botpotime:1--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/indias-leadership-of-global-south-hosts-first-ever-conference-of-un-women-peacekeepers\/articleshow\/118569471.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first-ever Conference for Women Peacekeepers on the theme &#8220;Women in Peacekeeping: A Global South Perspective&#8221; was organised in New Delhi this week. The conference was organised by the Ministry of External Affairs in collaboration with the Ministry of Defence and the Centre for United Nations Peacekeeping (CUNPK).The conference brought together participation of women peacekeepers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-118569471,imgsize-43870.cms","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[602],"tags":[2544,377,3313,273,191491,925,2122,52204,6967,3653,190194],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246890"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246890"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":246892,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246890\/revisions\/246892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}