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Juba residents are currently being treated to important messages on the need to end violence against women. The public service announcements, recorded in several languages, are being aired by a promo truck cruising the streets of the capital. To mark the ongoing 16 Days of Activism campaign against…

The United Nations-African Union (AU) partnership has yielded “significant results”, including at the country level, the UN chief told the Security Council on Friday. Addressing a debate on cooperation between the two international organizations, Secretary-General António Guterres credited UN…

School support programme in the south-eastern village of Shab'a. UNIFIL’s French peacekeepers, who are a part of the Mission’s Force Commander Reserve (FCR) unit, have recently offered a wide variety of support to schools in south Lebanon. Last month, they developed and distributed 4,000 educational…

Major Chetna and her fellow Indian peacekeepers receiving UN medals for their service. It is not commonplace for women to be part of India’s infantry, and that goes for the contingent of peacekeepers based in Malakal as well, where more than eight hundred soldiers were recently awarded medals for…

School support programme in the south-eastern village of Shab'a. UNIFIL’s French peacekeepers, who are a part of the Mission’s Force Commander Reserve (FCR) unit, have recently offered a wide variety of support to schools in south Lebanon. Last month, they developed and distributed 4,000 educational…

UNMISS police officers in Aweil raising awareness on how to report sexual abuse and incidents of forced and/or early marriages. Girls from four schools in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State have had their awareness of the risks of sexual abuse raised by a group of visiting police officers serving with…

Born and raised in Kenya, Caroline Waudo was raised by a pioneer—her mother, a respected primary school teacher was the first women to own and ride a bicycle in their community and an honoured community leader. Her grandmother was also a women’s leader and a midwife. Caroline’s leadership skills can…

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col today chaired a special Tripartite meeting, convened in a curtailed format due to the COVID-19 restrictions, with senior officers from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at a UN position in Ras…

Donation of medications and medical devices to the Lebanese Red Cross in Tyre. UNIFIL Italian peacekeepers have recently extended a wide range of assistance to local authorities and communities, enabling them to better fight the COVID-19 pandemic. In the past 10 days, they donated medications and…

“My mother was my inspiration and always treated us, her daughters, in exactly the same way as our brothers,” says Anastasie Nyirigira Mukangarambe, as she reminisces about her childhood in Rwanda. The genocide in Rwanda made a deep impression on Anastasie. “It raised so many questions in my mind…

This new borehole and pump, provided by UNVs based in Rumbek, will greatly benefit 400 families residing in the area. “He who gives you water, gives you life,” is an old African adage, yet large parts of Lakes State still lack access to clean water. United Nations Volunteers (UNVs), 22 of them in…

A New Yorker by birth, Deborah Schein had a natural interest in travel, history and politics. After completing her master’s degree in International affairs from the prestigious Columbia University, she started her career as a policy analyst but it was short-lived. A mentor at her alma mater…