Gender Mainstreaming Policies and Women Participation in Peace Support Operations: A Case of Kenya’s Contingents in African Mission in Somalia, 2011-2020

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorKang’ung’u, Francisca Kitondo
dc.contributor.authorIchani, Xavier Francis
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-24T06:42:00Z
dc.date.available2023-10-24T06:42:00Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.descriptionArticleen_US
dc.description.abstractGender mainstreaming as means of widening women participation in peace support operations is increasingly attracting scholarly attention. This study aimed at investigating the influence of gender mainstreaming policies on women participation in peace support missions using the case of Kenya’s contingents in the African Mission in Somalia from 2011 to 2020. Specific objectives were to analyze the UN rationale for women participation in peace keeping operation in the context of Kenya, to assess enacted gender mainstreaming policies for women participation and their influence on women participation in peace keeping operations and to evaluate how inclusion of women in peace keeping operations influenced the overall mission outcome of Kenya’s peacekeeping operations contingents in the African Mission in Somalia between 2011 and 2020. Guided by the liberal feminist theory and primary and secondary data gathered and analyzed using mixed approaches of qualitative and quantitative research, this study found that despite the UN Security Council resolution 1325 expanding peace support operations by incorporating inclusion of women in its operations, the proportion of women in peace support operation is still low. However, there is increased involvement of the women in peace support operations in the Kenyan contingents in Somalia. Secondly, Kenya has enacted gender mainstreaming policies including gender units and gender coordinators, training programs, gender sensitivity programs and workshops. Thirdly, deployment of women in the peace keeping contingents added value to the overall outcomes of African Mission in Somalia by reinforcing skill sets, increasing acceptance by the host country and reducing gender-based violence. Therefore, the study recommends increased integration of women in peace support, increased awareness on the role of gender mainstreaming policies in according women equal opportunities to participate in peace support operations.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKang’ung’u, F. K., & Ichani, X. F. (2023). Gender Mainstreaming Policies and Women Participation in Peace Support Operations: A Case of Kenya’s Contingents in African Mission in Somalia, 2011-2020. Journal of African Interdisciplinary Studies, 7(3), 34-60.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://cedred.org/jais/images/april2023/PDF_Kangungu__Ichani_Gender_Mainstreaming_Policies_and_Women_Participation_in_Peace_Support_Operations.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/27059
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCEDREDen_US
dc.subjectKenyaen_US
dc.subjectSomaliaen_US
dc.subjectWomen Participationen_US
dc.subjectPeace Support Operationsen_US
dc.subjectGender Mainstreamingen_US
dc.subjectKenya Defence Forcesen_US
dc.titleGender Mainstreaming Policies and Women Participation in Peace Support Operations: A Case of Kenya’s Contingents in African Mission in Somalia, 2011-2020en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Gender Mainstreaming Policies and Women Participation in Peace Support Operations....pdf
Size:
371.07 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Full text Article
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
RP-Department of Conflict Resolution and International Relations