Annotation:
The Office of Gender Affairs (OGA) in the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) was established to incorporate a gender perspective into peacekeeping operations and when implementing peace agreements, as per the mandate set out in Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000). The objective of the OGA is to foster gender awareness in
MONUC and increase women's participation in political life and the peace process in the DRC. Gender mainstreaming, training, research and disaggregated data collection, networking and public outreach are all employed to achieve these ends.