Boys must be boys? Ending sexual exploitation and abuse in UN Peacekeeping Missions
The document provides recommendations on
how the UN can achieve zero tolerance for sexual abuse and exploitation
within its peace keeping missions. Drawing from examples in Haiti and West
Africa, the UN is challenged to move beyond rhetoric to action.The document
is divided into the following key structures:
Scope of the problems
-Culture of Gender-based Violence in
West Africa and Haiti
-Sexual exploitation in UN peaceking
missions
-The Culture of UN Peacekeeping missions
Recommendations
-Mainstreaming gender in UN peacekeeping
missions
-Changing attitudes of Senior Management
in UN peacekeeping Mission
-Focusing on Civilian Personnel
-Training Peacekeeping Troops
-Improving Access to the UN Complaint
System
-Empowering Women in the Local Communities