In 1972, for the first time, a female officer of the Indian Police Service (IPS), Kiran Bedi was appointed as an officer. This is one of the countless achievements of his career. Within a short period of joining the IP, Kiran Bedi won the President’s Police Medal in 19795. Then in 1994, he received the Raman Mags Award for renovating prison in Delhi in 1994.
In a conversation with UN News, Dr. Kiran Bedi said that in the 21st, when the Protection Council proposed 120, a provision was made to increase the participation of women in all peace and security efforts, then a phone from the Indian Foreign Affairs Ministry changed their career.
Kiran Bedi, some sweet memories from the memory window, said, “One day I received a call from a joint secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Ministry. He said that a new opportunity to include women in peace under the UN Protection Council’s 120 proposal has been opened. It will be a very good opportunity for India, and you will prepare for this post.”
Kiran Bedi said, “It was difficult, but it was a great side. The results of the exam would have to come, not failed, the country had to pass.”
So he worked hard with this feeling. He had an online interview from New York. Had a harsh contest. Among the other participants were AI Commissioners who had already worked on peacekeepers. And everyone was male. “
Family responsibility
He said that in the interview I was asked a question that you would take care of your family if you were selected for this post?
He immediately replied, “My family will take care of myself.”
And perhaps this big question about women, this was the big obstacle, which she was able to break up. “I was selected about a month and a half later. It was an important turn in my career. “
He then came to New York to work at the United Nations and started traveling to many countries while working on a peacekeeping mission.
He explained, “I had 3 16 peacekeepers, and more than 5 officers came from Sweden, some from Nepal, some from Germany, some from France – I had a big team. It took time to understand, but soon we became a team.”
As a party, he conducted many works related to peace – established laws, trained somewhere, trained somewhere, started school and taught forensic science somewhere. “I had experience in the administration administration. He also worked in the library, and the UN peace mission played a major role in moving democracy forward.
“Every week I had to go somewhere. There was no time to sleep. But I have learned a lot. I have seen devastation everywhere. Children were becoming soldiers, women were insecure. No one was the police, nor the women were locally or worldwide.
“I have seen how strong the female police need. If there is no woman in a community there will be many problems.”
Then he returned to India and raised the thing in front of the government that there are such large number of qualified women in India, they are also in the CRPF, the police are also in the BSF, are also in the ITBP, the quick action force.
“So why don’t we send them for peace. When the world needs us, why should we be behind? “
The government obeyed them and that day and today. Today, more than 150 women, including the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), South Sudan, Lebanon and Golan Hills, are working as leaders in an important mission with peacekeepers.
The path was opened from the police adviser and gradually more women began to come to peace.
Initial challenge
Kiran Bedi gives his parents all the achievements of his success. “He championed me in tennis, taught him well, took him forward, and in that way I could decide myself.”
“The house is a helipad for me, from there I’m flying. I have formed the foundation of my flight and is always moving forward. “
At that time, it was not easy to accept a female police officer in a male domination society. “But wherever I went, people accepted me.”
“The people of India have recognized and accepted me,” but they had to work hard to make their place internationally at the international level. She said, “a woman of a young, thin and then a woman of brown skin” “
He said it took time but slowly people began to be confident. However, once the process started, he could not look back. “
The importance of women in the promotion of peacekeeping
Kiran Bedi believes that no peaceful woman and male except men are possible. “You also want weapons, hearts and minds. Thus, those who can operate weapons, operate weapons, and those who apply the mind and heart to ‘touch healing’, play this role.
She believes that with the arrival of women, UN peacekeepers have been completely united. “This is why the construction of peace is now moving towards new.”
“You want all sorts of people. People who can use energy but they can listen to, cooperate and work together. This is why it is important to form a balanced team. Simply an aspect will not work.”
From the leadership to the mouth of peacekeeping
Even today, women are in the second level in peace, very few women are seen in the role of leadership.
Kiran Bedi said, “If they get more opportunities under leadership, thinking will change, acceptance will increase and the reputation of the UN peace will be strong.”
She says that the nature of the conflict is confident that she will play a very important role in restoring peace in the coming years.