Serving as the Military Gender Advisor in MINUSCA Force Headquarters since April 2018, Lt Cdr Braga helped build a network of trained gender advisors and focal points among the Mission’s military units and promoted the use of mixed teams of men and women to conduct community-based patrols around the country.
Learn more about the award: https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/brazilian-female-peacekeeper-wins-united-nations-military-gender-advocate-of-year-award-0
A Brazilian peacekeeper serving in the Central African Republic has been selected to receive the United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award.
Read the story on: https://medium.com/unpeacekeeping/brazilian-female-peacekeeper-wins-united-nations-military-gender-advocate-of-the-year-award-5905f4399526
UN peacekeeping faces increasingly difficult challenges, including attacks against our peacekeepers, complex mandates, and uneven political support. Peacekeeping is essentially a collective endeavour: a partnership.
UN Peacekeeping is cost effective.
The approved budget for UN peacekeeping operations for the fiscal year 1 July 2015-30 June 2016 is some $8.27 billion. By way of comparison, this is less than half of one percent of world military expenditures (estimated at $1,747 billion in 2013).
Read about how peacekeeping is financed here: http://bit.ly/1XIKg13
Name: Michael
Nationality: Denmark
Serving in: Mali
Job title: Force Commander
Watch a video of Major General Michael Lollesgaard talking about his first weeks at the UN mission in Mali.
More about the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali.
Name: Shaila
Nationality: Bangladesh
Serving in: Côte d'Ivoire
Job title: Military Public
Information Officer
“Prior to 2000, women were not allowed in the Bangladeshi Army. So, when I saw an advert encouraging women to join, I did not hesitate to apply. I was excited. I wanted to be among the first female officers in my country’s army. After 14 years in the Navy, I am taking on a new challenge with UN Peacekeeping. I want to make my country proud of me by promoting peace in Côte d'Ivoire– especially for women and girls.”
More about the UN peacekeeping mission in Côte d'Ivoire.
Name: Ning
Nationality: China
Serving in: South
Sudan
Job title: Commander
of Sector South
Watch a video of Colonel Ning Ma talking about his most memorable experience when his unit built a school in South Sudan.
More about the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.
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