UN Gender Advocate Award
Indian Army officer to be honoured with UN Gender Advocate Award
IANS
Updated May 29, 2020 | 21:08 IST
Major Suman will be receiving this award along with a Brazilian Naval Officer Commander Carla Monteiro de Castro Araujo.
Major Suman Gawani
New Delhi: An Indian Army officer Major Suman Gawani is being awarded the prestigious United Nations Military Gender Advocate award later on Friday. She served as a women peacekeeper with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan in 2019.
She will receive the award from UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres during an online ceremony being organised at the UN Headquarters, New York on the occasion of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers.
Major Suman will be receiving this award along with a Brazilian Naval Officer Commander Carla Monteiro de Castro Araujo.
She served as a military observer in South Sudan from November 2018 to December 2019. While at the mission, she was the principal focal point of contact for gender issues for military observers in the mission.
The officer encouraged participation in joint military patrols to maintain gender balance, irrespective of the hardships under extreme field conditions.