Major Suman Gawani awarded with UN Military Gender Advocate Award

Indian Army Major Suman Gawani has been awarded the prestigious UN Military Gender Advocate Award. Major Suman Gawani served as a Women Peacekeeper with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan in 2019.
Major Suman Gawani will receive the UN Military Gender Advocate Award from the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the occasion of International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. She will receive this award along with a Brazilian Naval Officer Commander Carla Monteiro de Castro Araujo.
Major Suman Gawani was selected to attend specialized training on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence at Nairobi and participated in various UN forums to demonstrate how a gender perspective can help in protecting civilians, especially from conflict-related sexual violence.

Published On : 28 May 2020