On Wednesday 8 February, Major Bettina Stelzer, the UNMISS Military Gender Advisor, organized a first meeting to create a network for female military personnel deployed in South Sudan.
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![UNMISS Military Gender Advisor creates network for female troops](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/unmiss_military_gender_advisor_creates_network_for_female_troops_08_02_2017_-_resized_photo.jpg?itok=EhDERxEe)
Juba-based female military personnel from Australia, China, Ethiopia, Japan and Nepal participated in the first meeting of a new network for UNMISS female troops created by Military Gender Advisor Bettina Stelzer.
![Statement by Adama Dieng, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, on the situation in South Sudan](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/adama_dieng_visits_yei_november_2016.jpg?itok=BZINx5NN)
Adama Dieng, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, during a visit to Yei in November 2016.
![Distrust between military and civilians makes life difficult in Yei](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/distrust_between_military_and_civilians_makes_life_difficult_in_yei_07_02_2017_-_photo.jpg?itok=INu_4AFN)
UNMISS Civil Affairs Division holding a workshop in Yei, aiming to improve poor relations and persistent distrust between military and civilians in the area.
![Peace Commission chairperson Rambang: South Sudan national dialogue should be bottom-up, inclusive process](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/national_dialogue_should_be_bottom-up_inclusive_process_03_02_2017_-_rambang_photo.jpg?itok=cbp3rN5f)
Chuol Rambang, chairperson of the South Sudan Peace Commission, suggests an inclusive, bottom-up approach to the national dialogue, as a complement to the peace agreement.
![UNMISS official in Bentiu: Peace dialogue initiatives at local level crucial for reconciliation](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/bentiu_unmiss_local_peace_dialogue_initiatives_crucial_to_promote_reconciliation_03_02_2017_-_photo.jpg?itok=nxjulIdA)
The UNMISS Civil Affairs Division on Wednesday 1 February facilitated a well-attended peace forum in Bentiu.
![UNMISS chief at welcome reception: There is “courage and resilience”, “hope and optimism”](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/unmiss_chief_optimistic_at_welcome_reception_02_02_2017_-_photo.jpg?itok=XwziVzHX)
David Shearer, the UNMISS chief, was in a good and optimistic mood at his welcome reception in Juba today (2 February 2017).
![WFP and World Vision partner to tackle food insecurity in urban Juba](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/wfp_and_world_vision_partner_to_tackle_food_insecurity_in_urban_juba_02_02_2017_-_photo_generic_of_unmiss_peacekeepers.jpg?itok=V8UJ9iD4)
The UNMISS peacekeepers in the photo, taken in Rajaf in September 2015, did NOT participate in the WFP and World Vision training on basic urban farming.