{"id":364707,"date":"2026-06-08T17:08:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T11:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=364707"},"modified":"2026-06-08T17:08:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T11:38:55","slug":"un-military-gender-advocate-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/un-military-gender-advocate-of-the-year-award\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>\u00a0Major Abhilasha Barak became the first Indian woman peacekeeper to receive the 2025 UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><strong>About UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_364711\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-364711\" style=\"width: 434px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-364711\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-NOA-1.jpg?resize=434%2C252&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award\" width=\"434\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-NOA-1.jpg?resize=300%2C174&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-NOA-1.jpg?resize=768%2C445&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-NOA-1.jpg?w=889&amp;ssl=1 889w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-364711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; NOA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">It is an <strong>annual United Nations award<\/strong> that <strong>recognizes military peacekeepers<\/strong> who <strong>advance gender inclusion in peacekeeping operations.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Instituted<\/strong>: The award has been <strong>presented annually since 2016.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Objective<\/strong>: The award <strong>recognizes military peacekeepers who advance the goals of UN Security Council Resolution 1325,<\/strong> which promotes women\u2019s participation in peace and security efforts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Aspects:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gender Equality Promotion:<\/strong> The award honours peacekeepers who <strong>promote gender equality in conflict-affected areas.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Community Engagement:<\/strong> The award recognises efforts that <strong>strengthen trust between peacekeepers and local communities<\/strong> and improve support systems for women.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:\u00a0Major Abhilasha Barak became the first Indian woman peacekeeper to receive the 2025 UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award. About UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award It is an annual United Nations award that recognizes military peacekeepers who advance gender inclusion in peacekeeping operations. Instituted: The award has been presented annually&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/un-military-gender-advocate-of-the-year-award\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1236,12039,7965],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-364707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-organisations","category-knolls","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364707\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}