The UN - African Union Partnership on the Women, Peace and Security Agenda: Frameworks, Policies and Strategies

A strong partnership between the United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU) is essential to achieve strategic convergence, coherence effective solutions Africa’s complex peace security challenges. This article analyzes key challenges in UN - AU for peacekeeping, including frameworks, policies strategies implementing Women, Peace Security (WPS) agenda establish equal, full constructive participation of women peacekeeping process. The authors identify assess effectiveness mechanisms tools this field maintaining security. implementation WPS Africa 2003-2022 discussed detail. empirical basis research was drawn from website database, official documents, General Assembly (UNGA) Council (UNSC) resolutions, statistics on gender composition missions during period under review. study employs quantitative methods assessment comparative analysis women’s 2003 2022. It focuses Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission Mali (MINUSMA) as a case study. concludes that there direct link deteriorating situation Africa, agenda, level AU.