CCOPAB completes training of female military and state police personnel for peacekeeping missions
Rio de Janeiro (RJ) – From 20 November to 01 December 2023, the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center (CCOPAB) carried out the Sectoral course for the Specific Preparation of Female Military and Police Personnel for Peacekeeping Operations (EPESFOP). The aim is to complement the knowledge of the 16 future blue helmets, among military personnel from the Brazilian Army and the State Police of Rio Grande do Sul and Tocantins. The purpose of the activity is to better train female personnel to participate in complex peace operations, which requires them, in a practical way, to have emotional control and resistance to fatigue in adverse situations, among other skills.
EPESFOP was created with the aim of enabling an increasing number of female participation in peacekeeping missions, in line with a series of United Nations Security Council resolutions, in the context of the “Women, Peace and Security” Agenda and the “Uniformed Gender Parity Strategy”. It is noteworthy that, in October of this year, upon assuming the presidency of the United Nations Security Council, Brazil had as one of its priority themes the role of women in international peace and security, highlighting the importance and relevance of training, for the insertion of the female personnel in those contexts.
