Our Secure Future Senior Advisor Argues More Female Peacekeepers Will Reduce Incidents Of Sexual Violence
Female peacekeepers don’t seem to have that track record. So, the thinking is, if we had more female peacekeepers on the ground there would be less of these cases.
Sahana Dharmapuri, senior advisor for One Earth Future's program, Our Secure Future, advocates for more women serving as U.N. peacekeepers as one way to decrease the incidence of sexual violence and exploitation at the hands of those trusted to keep the peace in conflict zones.