The UNSCR 1325 is the first resolution that linked equality of gender and international peace
and security maintenance. Out of all aspects in UNSCR 1325, sexual violence in conflict has
been overlooked and understudied. There is still low involvement of women in peace negation
especially in the rural and high-risk area such as Africa. This study contributes to the literature
on the implementation of UNSCR 1325 by identifying the trend of gender mainstreaming in
UN peacekeeping mandates and studying the relationship between level of sexual violence
and gender mainstreaming in peacekeeping mandates specifically in Africa. The researcher
used conceptual content analysis by having two approaches of coding which are summative
coding and direct coding. As for the first objective, a set of peacekeeping mandates authorised
from 2010 until 2019 have been sorted by year and the trend has been analysed. The result
shows an increasing trend of gender mainstreaming in mandates. This study also examines the
relationship of level of sexual violence and gender mainstreaming in peacekeeping mandates.
The researcher has sorted the mandates by mission to measure level of gender mainstreaming
in peacekeeping mandates in Africa and identify the level of sexual violence in every
operation. A relationship graph has been plotted and result shows that there is positive weak
relationship between level of sexual violence and gender mainstreaming in peacekeeping
mandates in Africa. These results show that the trend of gender mainstreaming in
peacekeeping mandates are increasing. However, there is still loophole the UN system and
mandates to reduce conflict-related sexual violence. This study would recommend the UN to
fully implement zero-tolerance policy on military impunity to let the criminals accountable
and open more opportunities for women to contribute at all positions and different risk.
