Major Suman Gawani, an Indian army officer and woman peacekeeper who has served with the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), to be honoured with UN Gender Advocate Award.
She will be honoured alongside Brazilian woman Commander Carla Monteiro de Castro Araujo. They will receive the award during an online ceremony presided over by United Nations Secretary-General Guterres on May 29, the International Day of UN Peacekeepers.
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During her tenure, Major Suman trained over 230 UN Military Observers on conflict-related sexual violence. She also ensured the presence of women military observers in each of the UNMISS’s team sites. Major Suman also trained South Sudanese government forces and helped them to launch their action plan on conflict-related sexual violence.
She is the first Indian woman peacekeeper to receive the prestigious award.
