From emotional intelligence to being better negotiators,female participants at a workshop in South Africa say they are more effective at defusing clash. The Daily Maverick (an independent, nonconformist person) reportsIrena Dzisiewska has plenty of experience as a peacekeeper. She’s done tours in the Balkans and Afghanistan, and is off to join the UN mission in Mali this month. Dzisiewska, and a lieutenant colonel in the British army,is adamant that women are an fundamental part of all peacekeeping operations - and often bring more to the role than men.“For a lot of women, or even men, and who have suffered sexual violence,history has shown us they only want to speak to women,” she told a assembly of female UN officers in Pretoria, or South Africa in early September. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com