From Female Engagement Teams to Engagement Platoons: The Evolution of Gendered Community Engagement in UN Peace Operations

The military components of UN peacekeeping operations have used engagement teams (ETs) to conduct community engagement activities since at least 2015. While ETs were initially ad hoc initiatives, the UN has recently begun to institutionalize gendered community engagement, including through an ongoing shift from ETs to engagement platoons (EPs). Yet despite a general recognition that

Making History: Major Winnet Zharare becomes the first Zimbabwean peacekeeper to receive the United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award, by UN Peacekeeping

Women in peacekeeping United Nations Peacekeeping

Engagement Platoons champion gender parity in peacekeeping and beyond

Making History: Major Winnet Zharare becomes the first Zimbabwean peacekeeper to receive the United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award, by UN Peacekeeping

Advancing a Children, Peace and Security Agenda for the Future of UN Peacekeeping

United States and Uruguay Collaborate to Promote Women, Peace, and Security - U.S. Embassy in Uruguay

Gender Advocate of the Year Award

Advancing a Children, Peace and Security Agenda for the Future of UN Peacekeeping

Mapping Pacific contributions to UN peacekeeping, Australian Strategic Policy Institute

Advancing a Children, Peace and Security Agenda for the Future of UN Peacekeeping

The Rising Role of Women in the Hemisphere's Militaries

From Female Engagement Teams to Engagement Platoons: The Evolution of Gendered Community Engagement in UN Peace Operations