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Hiroko Hirahara, civilian peacekeeper and Head of Field Office, UNMISS Bentiu, believes that more women in peacekeeping is the solution to sustainable peace in conflict zones.
“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.
Captain Rabina KC from Nepal serves with UNMISS and is the parade leader for this year's International Day of UN Peacekeepers ceremony in Juba.
Captain Rabina KC laughs when asked if it is difficult being a woman in uniform.
Lieutenant Colonel Catherine Gadayan from the Philippines and Ghanaian Wing Commander Solyce Owusuwaa Pepprah are UN peacekeepers based in Malakal.
“Are you ready to die in a foreign country?”
Janet Adongo, a United Nations Volunteer and public information officer based in Malakal, is one of many capable civilian women making peacekeeping possible.
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.
A group of women in Aweil is being trained on how to manage a fish farm and hence earn a salary.
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.
UNMISS Protection of Civilians (PoC) Sites Update 28 May 2020
UNMISS peacekeepers raise awareness and dispel misinformation on COVID-19 among local communities in Koch.
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 COV
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 selecte
An UNMISS promo truck is going around residential areas and the central business district in Bor broadcasting WHO-approved safety measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 via loudsspeakers.
After hearing World Health Organization (WHO)-approved preventative measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 being constantly broadcast across Bor town from a promo truck commissioned by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Yonas Meles, a young hotel manager, c
Sergeant Almaz Kabtimer Desta from Ethiopia currently serves with the UNMISS Field Office in Yambio, Western Equatoria and is passionate about mechanics.
“I love mechanics,” says Sergeant Almaz Kabtimer Desta from Ethiopia who is currently serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Field Office in Yambio, Western Equatoria.