Women as Peacekeepers: Dr Lesley Pruitt

In 2007 the UN deployed its first all-female peacekeeping unit on a mission to Liberia in the lead-up to the country’s second election after a long civil war. Dr Lesley Pruitt from Monash Gender Peace and Security talks about what happened next. Read more: http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/news-events/women-as-leaders-and-peacekeepers-dr-lesley-pruitt/ Music credits: ‘Strange Mountain Song sung by Po Sun Yi’, Children of Soul Mountain, by Chan Wai Fat. ‘At the Unguarded Gates’ by Keijo, We Have No Zen! ‘Assamese tune’, Field Recordings, India by Bruce Miller. ‘Floating’ Poddington Bear, HUSH Records. For more information on doing a higher degree by research, visit https://arts.monash.edu/graduate-research Movie credits: The Women in Blue Berets. Dir. Farida Pacha. The Public Support Broadcasting Belief India (PSBT), 2012. Documentary film excerpt.