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Zainab Gbla: The Peacekeeper who planted seeds of hope wins UN Woman Police Officer of the Year award

UN peacekeepingChief Superintendent Zainab Gbla, a Sierra Leonean working with the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Abyei, is transforming lives in one of Africa's most fragile regions.

Squadron Leader Sharon Mwinsote Syme of Ghana, 2024 Military Gender Advocate of the Year.

UN Peacekeeper honoured for championing gender in Abyei

UN peacekeeping GhanaSquadron Leader Sharon Syme of Ghana is the 2024 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award winner.

Chief Superintendent Catherine Ekwutosi Ugorji.

UN Woman Police Officer of the Year Award 2020 runner-up: Chief Superintendent Catherine Ugorji

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“Through both her words and actions, United Nations Police Officer Ugorji exemplifies the best of United Nations policing.”

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, overstretched UN peacekeepers—civilian, military, and police—were a thin blue line helping to protect civilians, support peace agreements and contain conflicts in hot spots and war zones across the globe.

UN Peacekeepers Must Stay the Course

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An internally displaced woman voluntarily returning to her home in Bentiu, South Sudan, is being checked for fever.

Peacekeepers help fragile countries navigate conflict and COVID-19

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"#coronavirus is real. Keep safe," says #SouthSudan-ese musician Check B Magic.#COVID2019 #SSOT

Peacekeeping radio stations provide COVID-19 information to vulnerable communities in conflict-affected countries

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“Protect, Help, Explain”: UN Peacekeeping responds to COVID-19

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Implementing peace deal only path for stabilization in Mali: UN peacekeeping chief

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Wreath Laying Ceremony on the occasion of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers.

UN honours peacekeepers who ‘paid the ultimate price’, for the sake of others

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A displaced mother prepares food for her child outside the UNAMID base in Um Baru, North Darfur. UN Photo/Hamid Abdulsalam

Amid military confrontation in Darfur, ‘limited’ progress on resolving conflict – UN peacekeeping chief

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