The debate was scheduled by Sierra Leone, which presides over the Security Council this month and draws attention to the challenges presented for women by the increasingly frequent processes of reduction, reconfiguration, and accelerated termination of peace missions.

This will be the first time the Council focuses specifically on the challenges posed by precipitated troop drawdowns within its agenda course devoted to women, peace, and security agenda, which calls for preserving and strengthening the specific results achieved by each country and monitoring the implementation of those decisions.

The meeting coincides with the tense relations between the countries that host peace missions and the blue helmets themselves, as well as the divisions among the members of the Security Council, which according to experts, occurred after several host governments demanded the hasty end of United Nations missions, putting at risk the progress achieved during its presence.

The consequences are potentially dangerous for civilians if the security vacuum is not adequately filled. In this context, women also demand greater attention.

At this Wednesday’s meeting, one of the key points may highlight the significant participation of women-led and women’s rights organizations, and their role as human rights defenders, in determining said strategies and monitoring the effectiveness of their inclusion.

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