By Jessica Reed
...And while we are blogging about the UN: the organisation is now deploying an all-women peace keeping force in India, which is getting ready to be dispatched on a mission in Liberia. According to Sivacracy, "female peacekeepers are seen as bringing a different style to international policing by appearing less threatening and more approachable for women and children". The BBC reports the thoughts of UN police advisor Mark Kroener, who says the all-female force " enhances our access to vulnerable populations by having women in UN missions and also sends a message to the post-conflict societies where we work that women officers can have any position and play an role in a police organisation".
On a related note, if there are any female readers out there who plan on making law enforcement their first career choice, they will be happy to learn that "the FBI seeks more women as special agents" (and why).
Elsewhere: Conflict resolution experts Scilla Elworthy (who wrote an opendemocracy piece about terrorism) and Gabrielle Rifkind had previously called for more feminised security and peace keeping services in the Demos pamphlet Hearts and Minds.
