Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Kyle Duggan
Publication Date: August 24, 2025 - 11:59
Canada missing UN target for number of female soldiers on peacekeeping missions
August 24, 2025
Canada only has two women from the military deployed on United Nations peacekeeping missions right now, raising concerns Ottawa is failing to lead by example and may be called out by the international body for missing its targets.
In 2017, former prime minister Justin Trudeau launched a big push to have Canada become a leader internationally promoting women in peacekeeping. It was part of the his government’s feminist foreign policy.
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