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UNMISS peacekeepers support initiative to locally produce face masks in Wau
UNMISS peacekeepers from Bangladesh are providing basic sewing training to eight local women in Wau to enable them to produce cloth face masks. As COVID-19 continues to cast a shadow across the globe, UNMISS and national…
Women in Peacekeeping
Force Hygiene Officer 2nd Lt Aniko PETRO UNFICYP
MONUSCO initiates the creation of Local Protection Committees in Mahagi
MONUSCO initiates the creation of Local Protection Committees in Mahagi. Photo MONUSCO In total, around 100 participants (including 30 women) from local authorities, community leaders, civil society, youth and women's…
UNAMID distributes hygiene materials to IDPs in Central Darfur to help them combat the spread of COVID-19
Photo by Owies Elfaki, UNAMID. Zalingei, 12 May 2020- As part of UNAMID response and mitigation measures against the spread of the novel corona virus disease (COVID-19) in Darfur, UNAMID’s Human Rights Section (HRS)…
Local women in Yambio use UNMISS-produced information material to raise awareness on COVID-19
The Anika Women's Association in Yambio is providing door-to-door awareness-raising sessions and putting up posters with messages from the World Health Organization in public places as well as in front of individual…
COVID-19: Zambatt contingent female engagement team organizes sensitization for local women
On 12 May 2020, the Zambian battalion Female Engagement Team (FET) conducted a sensitization workshop on Coronavirus Disease at MINUSCA base in Birao, targeting 19 selected influential local women, because of the need to…
South Sudan: Coronavirus cases confirmed inside UN civilian protection site
The South Sudanese Government has confirmed that two cases of COVID-19 have been identified inside a Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in the capital, Juba, although the world’s youngest nation has been relatively unscathed…
UNIFIL, LAF pay tributes to deceased Ghanaian peacekeeper
UNIFIL, its strategic partner the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and fellow UN peacekeepers today paid their last respects to a Ghanaian soldier who recently succumbed to an illness while serving for peace in south Lebanon. A 28…
UNIFIL head chairs special Tripartite meeting with LAF and IDF officials
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col today chaired a special Tripartite meeting – the first since the COVID-19 outbreak – with senior officers from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the…
UNIFIL Sector West HQ hosts exhibition of Lebanese handicrafts and cuisine
UNIFIL Sector West Headquarters in Shamaa, south Lebanon, today organized an exhibition of handicrafts and Lebanese cuisine with the aim to promote women-run local businesses in the UN Mission’s area of operation. Around 13…