India, Feb. 25 -- Women peacekeepers play a crucial role in preventing gender-based violence and ensuring sustainable peace, said Union Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth at the valedictory session of the conference on Women in Peacekeeping - A Global South Perspective in New Delhi.

Organized by the Centre for United Nations Peacekeeping in India, the two-day event brought together women peacekeepers from India and 35 other nations to discuss the evolving challenges and opportunities in peacekeeping missions worldwide.

Highlighting India's unwavering commitment to UN peacekeeping, the MoS noted that the country has deployed more than 2.9 lakh troops over the past seven decades in over 50 UN missions. "Peacekeeping is not just abo...