Gender in Peacekeeping Operations - Police Commissioner of UNMISS briefs UN Security Council
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Channel: United Nations · 2018 · News & Politics
Briefing by Ms. Unaisi Lutu Vuniwaqa, Police Commissioner of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), on United Nations peacekeeping operations at the 8393rd meeting of Security Council. ——— Unaisi Lutu Vuniwaqa, Police Commissioner of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said that UNMISS has made great efforts to advance gender sensitive policing by introducing mixed Formed Police Units (FPU) where some 50 percent are women. Vuniwaqa said “evidence indicates that women police officers and mixed FPUs act as a catalyst that promote confidence, encourage survivors of sexual violence to report incidents, and enable civilians to share strategic information that contributes to the early warning system of the mission.”
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