Marcia Andrade Braga: A 'Stellar Example' of Why More Women Are Needed in UN Peacekeeping

Apr 29, 2019
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Training gender advisors and focal points in the Central African Republic (CAR) has earned a Brazilian United Nations peacekeeper a special gender advocate award, it was announced on Tuesday.

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will bestow naval officer, Lieutenant Commander Marcia Andrade Braga, with the UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award during the 2019 Peacebuilding Ministerial conference due to be held at UN Headquarters in New York this Friday.