Indian Army Major wins UN award

New Delhi, May 29 Major Suman Gawani, an Indian Army officer, who served as a women peacekeeper with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) in 2019, has been awarded the prestigious “United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the...

Tribune News Service

Updated At : 11:35 AM May 30, 2020 IST

New Delhi, May 29

Major Suman Gawani, an Indian Army officer, who served as a women peacekeeper with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) in 2019, has been awarded the prestigious “United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award”.

She will receive the award from UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres during an online ceremony being organised at the UN Headquarters, New York, on the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. Major Suman will be receiving this award along with a Brazilian Naval Officer Commander, Carla Monteiro de Castro Araujo. — TNS