Evaluation of Gender Mainstreaming in United Nations Peacekeeping activities in (MONUC/MONUSCO) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

This evaluation report is a complementary report by United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) to the evaluation of the UN Peacekeeping Activities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo carried out in 2011-12 by the Inspection and Evaluation Division (IED) of the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS). It provides an in-depth analysis of gender mainstreaming results in the Peacekeeping Mission asking: How effectively have human rights and gender equality been mainstreamed into the missions’ operations? To what extent have the missions’ mandates and operations been contributing to the goals of Security Council resolutions, including those on women, peace and security and the rule of law? What lessons have been learned in the missions with respect to addressing human rights and gender equality, the rule of law and other major mandate areas? What are the key challenges? This evaluation applied the SC resolution 1325 on women, peace and security as the analytical framework/theory of change for assessing gender achievements of the mission in DRC.