This report presents the findings of an assessment of the initiatives by the Uganda Police Force (UPF) to deploy women and ensure their meaningful participation in the United Nations (UN) Peace Operations (POs).
The assessment was conducted by the Makerere University Rotary Peace Center between March 2022 – February 2023. It employed the Measuring Opportunities for Women in Peace Operations (MOWIP) barrier assessment methodology1 which provides a systematic and comprehensive framework for identifying: first, the existing good practices in the UPF; and second, the key barriers to women’s meaningful participation in Peace Operations (POs). Using a mixed methods – both quantitative and qualitative approaches, information was obtained from the 28 police regions in the country through a survey of 434 respondents and 31 Key Informants(KI)h. Using a common methodology across many Troop- and Police- Contributing Countries (TPCCs) enables the identification of crosscutting and country-specific barriers that need to be addressed at the UN level but also highlights good practices that can be shared and adapted to other contexts.
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