With a ceasefire deal and a peace agreement in place, many communities across South Sudan are finally beginning to rebuild their lives in the wake of a five-year long civil war.
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UNMISS and the South Sudan National Police Services sign operation coordination agreement empowering the local police service to assume primary responsibility for the protection of all citizens.
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A recent peace forum organized by UNMISS and Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO brought together 20 representatives from women’s groups, youth organizations, civil society, displaced persons as well as traditional and religious leaders across Western Bahr El Ghazal.
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Chief Inspector Doreen Mazuba Malambo from Zambia has won the 2020 United Nations Woman Police Officer of the Year Award. She is currently serving with UNMISS as the UNPOL Gender Adviser.
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To demonstrate its commitment to ending violence against women, select members of the SSPDF teamed up with partners from UNMISS to come up with a training curriculum that would enable them to trickle down learning on preventing conflict-related sexual violence to everyone in their ranks. This, in turn, culminated in a two-day session based on the final detailed training programme agreed upon by the SSPDF and UNMISS.
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Chief Inspector Doreen Malambo from Zambia has been named the 2020 United Nations Woman Police Officer of the Year. She is currently serving as a Gender Adviser with UNMISS.