ERAO PRESENTS ZOOM TALK
Successes and Challenges of Women in UN Peacekeeping
By Shelagh Stevens - Retired from Canadian Armed Forces with significant Peacekeeping experience
Canada has a long and significant history in international peacekeeping, particularly within the United Nations framework. From the 1950s onwards, Canada has been a major contributor, both in terms of personnel and financial support, and has earned a reputation as a reliable and respected actor in international affairs.
Wednesday, October 29 at 10:30 a.m.
(Participants are welcome provided they’ve paid their membership fee)
"Successes and Challenges of Women in UN Peacekeeping" will be a PowerPoint presentation via ZOOM by Shelagh Stevens, retired CAF
SHELAGH'S ZOOM PRESENTATION
Shelagh will give us an overview of her military experience with an emphasis on the role women have played in these longstanding United Nations peacekeeping missions.
Shelagh will give us an overview of her military experience with an emphasis on the role women have played in these longstanding United Nations peacekeeping missions.
Shelagh enrolled in the Regular Officer Training Plan (ROTP), graduated with honours from the University of Guelph, was commissioned as a logistics officer and served in the typical roles at unit, base and at National Defence Headquarters (NDHQ) in Ottawa. At NDHQ, she served on the Joint Staff which was heavily involved in the deployment to and redeployment from various peacekeeping missions.
Shelagh left the military at the beginning of July 2004 and before the end of the month, started working for the UN as a logistics Section Chief at the UN mission in Côte d'Ivoire (CDI). After almost two years, she left CDI in 2006.
Back home in Canada, Shelagh soon put her extensive military experience to work as a contracted instructor with the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre. She was recruited to give UN Staff Officer courses on Peacekeeping Logistics in Canada and at various overseas locations including the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in Accra Ghana and the Kenyan peacekeeping centre in Nairobi.
ZOOM - Wednesday, October 29 at 10:30 a.m.
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