UN General Assembly
2019

Canada’s fourth priority is to promote gender equality together. Despite important gains, gender inequality is still widespread. Impunity, including for sexual and gender-based violence, remains a common and unacceptable feature of conflict. We know that achieving sustainable peace will only be possible through women’s meaningful participation in United Nations peace operations, peace processes and peacebuilding. But progress on this front has been too slow. Canada has decided to take action, along with other donors and UN-Women, to create the Elsie Initiative Fund for Uniformed Women in Peace Operations. This new fund supports partners to substantially increase the representation of women overall and in positions of authority.