Women, security and peace – Rwanda outdoes herself again

Rwanda has outdone herself again. This time she is ahead of most developed and developing countries in presenting her action plan, for the implementation of the United Nations resolution 1325. This is after she recently beat world records by having the highest number of women in parliament at 56.25 percent. Not only that key decision-making positions in both government and the private sector are held by women. So often when we visualize peacekeepers, it is men in helmets and boots, on a rescue mission of miserable mothers and their babies. Have you ever stopped to wonder that the sisters are just as good at any peacekeeping operation? That is the most important detail about UN resolution 1325, women are no longer hapless victims waiting for the knight in shining armour to rescue them, they are now entitled to adorn their own armour and join rescue missions.