Minister of Labour, Vocational Training and Public Service in the areas of vocational training for three years with a view to improving their employment opportunities.237 In 2004, the female ex combatants in Ndabaga expressed an interest in being part of peacekeeping missions in Africa, based on their first-hand experience of conflict and the special needs of women who could be helped by fellow women.238 Supported by UNIFEM, Ndabaga Association also contributed to the DDR process in the Sudan by participating in the training for the South Sudanese DDR authorities.239 Over the years, female ex combatants have participated in Rwanda’s peace keeping missions in conflict affected countries like Mali, South Sudan, Central Africa Republic.240 g) Accountability and rule of law Accountability and rule of law are major themes in DPG, indicative of democratic practices in which societies are governed by rules and sanctions as a means of managing social relations. Aside from examining the responsiveness of laws to women’s rights, the capabilities and attitudes of the institutions to dispense justice with equity and responsiveness to men and women’s justice needs is scrutinised in review processes. Governments draw legitimacy from administering the law equitably and ensuring equal protection of the law to men and women, of which rule of law and access to justice is critical. Obligations to increase women’s participation in peacebuilding cannot be delinked from the need to address the consequences of conflict on women.241 Men and women have different outlooks on conflict because they experience conflict differently. The justice versus peace debates in post conflict countries tends to reflect masculine experiences of ex-combatants, military and government leaders often 237 Reliefweb ‘Rwandan female ex-combatants can play important role in peacekeeping.’ September 2004, Available at https://reliefweb.int/report/rwanda/rwandan-female-ex-combatants-can-play-important-rolepeacekeeping 238 UN News ‘Rwanda women ex-combatants want role in African peacekeeping forces. Available at https://news.un.org/en/story/2004/09/113952-rwanda-women-ex-combatants-want-role-african-peacekeepingforces 2 September 2004 239 Nakamura F’Gender and Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR): The Role of UNIFEM in the Implementation of Gender-Responsive DDR Programs’ Monterey Institute of International Studies December 2005 240 Rwanda Demobilization and Reintegration Commission ‘Demob Rwanda No 05 March 2016 241 UN General Assembly ‘Women’s participation in peacebuilding: Report of the Secretary-General’ A/65/354– S/2010/466, 7 September 2010 82