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UN Award For Gender Advocacy
Context
Indian Army Major Radhika Sen has been selected to receive a UN award recognising her advocacy for women and girls while serving as a peacekeeper. She served with the Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). Major Sen is the second Indian peacekeeper to receive this honor, the first was Major Suman Gawani.
About U.N. Peacekeeping Mission
- The UN Peacekeeping mission is a collaborative effort between the Department of Peace Operations and the Department of Operational Support.
- Its goal is to help host countries transition from conflict to peace.
- The UN's peacekeeping efforts began in 1948, with the deployment of military observers to West Asia to monitor the Armistice Agreement between Israel and its Arab neighbors.
- India has beenamong the largest troop-contributing countries to the N. peacekeeping missions.
- In 2007, India became the first country to deploy an all-women contingent to a U.N. Peacekeeping mission.
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