Mission Leadership at the UN: Halting Progress Toward Parity

Author(s)
Papagioti, F. & von Chamier, P.
Publication language
English
Pages
1pp
Date published
13 Oct 2020
Publisher
NYU Center on International Cooperation
Type
Blogs
Keywords
Conflict, violence & peace, Peacebuilding, Equity, Gender, humanitarian action, Humanitarian Principles, Leadership and Decisionmaking, Gender Equality (SDG)
Link
https://cic.nyu.edu/publications/mission-leadership-un-halting-progress-toward-parity

2020 has been a banner year for the long-overdue push to appoint women to the notoriously male-dominated leadership ranks of UN peacekeeping and political missions—a sign that the UN's gender parity strategy is making progess. This article provides a preview of some of the data from the UN Senior Appointments Dashboard that CIC and the Center for Global Affairs will soon launch, showing both real gains for gender parity, and a more nuanced picture of how well the UN is addressing the complementary priority of regional diversity.

Authors: 
Papagioti, F. & von Chamier, P.