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Until a few years ago, most practitioners and scientists still argued that security, peace and conflict resolution issues had nothing to do with gender. But the facts show that women and children tend to be victims in situations of war and conflict. Even some militias allowed their troops to rape women in compensation for wages against the enemy. Other militia use rape as a weapon of war. These terrible phenomenon made women aware that they had to move, to change their own destiny, which had originally become victims, now had to become agents of change, as peace builders, peacekeepers, and to participate in peace negotiations. This research aim to analyze why women need to increase their role in the peace and conflict resolution agenda. More specifically will examine about the contribution of Indonesian Female Peacekeeper on Indonesian Peacekeeping Forces (Kontingen Garuda/Konga). The following paper will use a feminist theoretical framework in analyzing the issue at hand. Gender analysis will be used to look at the role and impact experienced by men and women in war and conflict, and the role that women can play in the peace and conflict resolution agenda. It argues that the change of the nature of warfare, from mainly inter-state to predominantly intra-state, and the change of the concept of security from national security to human security requires the ability of peacekeepers to get closer to the community. The involvement of women in peacekeeping forces will increase community acceptance, and optimizes the militaries ability to fulfill its role in protecting democratic societies.