Lieutenant Commander Marcia Andrade Braga has been awarded United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year during the 2019 Peacekeeping Ministerial conference at UN Headquarters in New York.
Serving as the Military Gender Advisor at MINUSCA Headquarters since April 2018, Lt. Cdr. Braga has helped to build a network of trained gender advisors and focal points among the Mission’s military units and promoted mixed teams of men and women to conduct community-based patrols around the country to support and protect vulnerable communities.
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The United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award was created in 2016 and recognizes the dedication and effort of an individual peacekeeper in promoting the principles of UN Security Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security.
Serving as the Military Gender Advisor at MINUSCA Headquarters since April 2018, Lt. Cdr. Braga has helped to build a network of trained gender advisors and focal points among the Mission’s military units and promoted mixed teams of men and women to conduct community-based patrols around the country to support and protect vulnerable communities.
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The United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award was created in 2016 and recognizes the dedication and effort of an individual peacekeeper in promoting the principles of UN Security Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security.
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