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New York, 26 May 2020 - A Brazilian peacekeeper serving in the Central African Republic and an Indian peacekeeper who has recently completed her assignment in South Sudan have been selected to receive the 2019 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award. Commander Carla Monteiro de…

One of the greatest challenges being faced by individuals, communities, organisations, and governments across the world is the danger posed by misinformation when it comes to preventative measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. In Koch, South Sudan, peacekeepers from the United Nations Mission…

Valentino Achak Deng, a fish farmer in Aweil in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal, has started a project to empower rural women by giving them skills to engage in small-scale fish farming. To this end, he has secured 7,500 specimens of fish to train interested women. “I will identify women from the local…

With the International Day of UN Peacekeepers just around the corner, one would be forgiven but in the wrong if “only” images of blue helmets - uniformed soldiers and police officers - spring to mind. Peacekeeping operations around the globe – and the one in South Sudan is certainly no exception -…

“Are you ready to die in a foreign country?” This was the question posed to Lieutenant Colonel Catherine Gadayan by the president of her country, the Philippines, during her exit call. It shook her. Till this point, she had not imagined that she might actually perish during her first tour of duty…

Captain Rabina KC laughs when asked if it is difficult being a woman in uniform. “You’ve heard of the Gurkhas, right?” she says. “We are tough. We are from Nepal - lots of women participate in the military.” Captain Rabina is a member of the Nepalese military contingent serving with the United…

“In all the years that I have spent working across conflict zones with United Nations Peacekeeping, I’ve discovered that women, genuinely, hold the key to sustainable peace. We constitute 50 per cent of any society and only by involving women in key decisions that impact their day-to-day life will…