Brazilian woman peacekeeper wins the United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award.

A Brazilian peacekeeper serving in the Central African Republic has been selected to receive the United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award.

Lieutenant Commander Marcia Andrade Braga, a Naval officer working in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic, MINUSCA, will receive the award from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during the 2019 Peacekeeping Ministerial, held at the UN Headquarters in New York on Friday 29th March.

Created in 2016, the United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award recognises the dedication and effort of an individual peacekeeper in promoting the principles of UN Security Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security.

'I am so proud to be selected', said LtCdr Braga upon receiving the news of her award. 'UN Missions need more women peacekeepers so local women can talk more freely about the issues that affect their lives', she added, also expressing her gratitude to her colleagues in the Central African Republic.

Serving as the Military Gender Advisor in MINUSCA Force Headquarters since April 2018, LtCdr Braga helped build a network of trained gender advisors and focal points among the Mission's military units and promoted the use of mixed teams of men and women to conduct community-based patrols around the country.

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