Namibia
From 2019-2024
Objectives/aims:
1.-Participation:
- Of women in the political and security decision making
- Of women in peace and security structures
-Of civil society in peace and security structures
2.-Prevention:
- Of conflict and all forms of violence against women and girls
- Of impunity for SGBV
- Of SGBV prevention through policy programming and implementation
3.-Protection:
- Of women and children in conflict situations
- Of women and children against SGBV
4.-Relief and Recovery:
- Women’s participation in relief and recovery efforts
- Gender sensitive relief and recovery efforts.
Commentary:
Namibia was colonized by Germany (1904-1915) and South Africa (1919-1990), gaining independence in 1990. Post the democratisation of South Africa, traditional threats to Namibia’s security declined substantially. After independence it has had to primarily deal with the spill-over of the Angolancivil war, and in 1998 it deployed troops in support of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), alongside Angola and Zimbabwe.
Civil Society:
One of the NAP’s priorities is to ensure the participation of civil society in peace and security. For this reason, from the beginning civil society has been involved,by making it a stakeholder in the processes for the development and implemention of the NAP.
Women in Peacekeeping:
Namibia is amongst the countries with the highest levels of women representation in the security sector in the SADC region. In the year 2017, Namibia achieved female representation at 23% in Defence, 38% in Police Force and 44% in Correctional Services. However, at the management level these numbers drop to 14% in the Namibian Defence Force and 21% in the Namibian Police Force. Finally, Namibia still needs to improve in the deployment ofwomen in peace support operations. Peacekeepers deployed in 2020, 21%% are women and 79% are men.
UN Peacekeeping Statistics:
Police: 5 out of 27
Experts: 1 out of 4
StaffOfficers: 2 out of 7
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