KENYAN PEACEKEEPER WINS UNITED NATIONS MILITARY GENDER ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR 2020 AWARDÂ
A Kenyan peacekeeper, who recently completed her assignment in Darfur, Sudan is selected to receive the 2020 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award.
Military Gender Advisor Steplyne Nyaboga, 32, who served in the recently ended United Nations â African Hybrid Union Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), will receive the award during a virtual ceremony presided over by Secretary-General António Guterres, marking the International Day of UN Peacekeepers on Thursday, 27 May 2021.
Created in 2016, the United Nations âMilitary Gender Advocate of the Year Awardâ recognizes the dedication and efforts of an individual military peacekeeper in promoting the principles of UN Security Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security in a peace operation context, as nominated by Heads and Force Commanders of UN peace operations.
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Kenyan peacekeeper, Steplyne Nyaboga, conducts
basic gender training to Pakistani troops in Darfur.
(file)
The UN chief on
Monday, commended an award-winning Kenyan peacekeeper for
her gender-mainstreaming work while serving in the restive
Darfur region of Sudan.
Secretary-General António
Guterres lauded 32-year-old Military Gender Advisor
Steplyne Nyaboga who served in the recently completed
UN-African Hybrid Union Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), for the
excellence of her work, for which she was awarded the 2021
UN Military
Gender Advocate of the Year
Award.
“Peace and security can only be
achieved and sustained if all members of society have equal
opportunities,protection, access to resources and