[3] Gender stereotypes and discrimination often limit women's opportunities for advancement and leadership roles within international organizations and military institutions.

[5] The inclusion of women in peacekeeping operations provides access to places and people inaccessible to men and improves communication quality with civilian communities.

[7][8][9][10] Women peacekeepers have been instrumental in addressing issues such as sexual violence, human trafficking, and gender-based discrimination, which are prevalent in conflict-affected areas.

It calls for the adoption of a gender perspective to consider the special needs of women and girls during conflict, repatriation and resettlement, rehabilitation, reintegration, and post-conflict reconstruction.

Effects include wider dissemination to civilians by acting as a safe environment to report abuses such as sexual violence.

[1] There are circumstances in which certain settings are not disclosed to men and women peacekeepers aid in acquiring intelligence regarding such events within the local population.

[21] United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325) establishes four pillars: Participation, Protection, Prevention, Relief, and Recovery.

Women set up different organizations in local areas, calling on society to stop violence and maintain peace.

When leaders of the government and the armed forces are not promoting peace, women have come forward and participated in peacekeeping work.

[32] At the same time, compared with their peers, women participating in peacekeeping generally lack the special training for the roles they are required to play and have fewer opportunities for promotion.

First, women's peacekeeping is sometimes ineffective by the fact that operations are ad hoc and decentralized, limited to public marches or observation.

[35] Women peacekeepers contributed to promoting scientific protection knowledge, providing local medical services, and distributing supplies.

[36] Furthermore, women peacekeepers not only actively participated in peace and political processes, but also promoted the integration of gender into response planning under the COVID-19 pandemic.

[37] In 2020, the head of UN Women stated that further participation and leadership of female peacekeepers would be crucial to advancing peace processes and promoting gender equality in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.