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Dag Hammarskjöld Medal and Gender Advocate Award Ceremonies

29 May 2020

Major Suman Gawani, from India, serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), recieves the United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award during the virtual Dag Hammarskjöld Medal and Military Gender Advocate of the Year award ceremonies, held in observance of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. The theme of 2020 is ""Women in Peacekeeping: A Key to Peace"". For the first time, the UN Military Gender Advocate award was awarded to two UN peacekeepers: Major Suman Gawani and Commander Carla Monteiro de Castro Araujo, a Brazilian Naval officer.

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