however a central concern is that much of the plan has yet to be implemented and that while on paper women appear to be equal to men in practice inequality remains women need training to be able to perform well in the positions they occupy and to make a difference women are also still discriminated against for example while women are present within the military and serve alongside men they face abuse and ill treatment kagumire furthermore despite their presence in the formal institutions of governance much like in rwanda they remain underrepresented in formal peace negotiations binder et al