Question

Who among the following won the United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award (2019)?
1. Suman Goswami
2. Madhavi Thampi
3. Tarika Nath
4. Neerja Bhat

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Suman Goswami

The Correct Answer is "Suman Goswami".

• Indian Army officer and woman peacekeeper Major Suman Gawani has been selected to be honored with the UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award.
• In a first, an Indian Army officer and woman peacekeeper Major Suman Gawani has been selected to be honored with the United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award (2019) on May 29.
• Suman Gawani has served with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is being awarded for her outstanding contribution to peacekeeping efforts. 
• The award which was created in 2016, honors the dedication and effort of individual military peacekeepers in promoting the UN principles on Women, Peace, and Security in peace operations as nominated by Heads and Force Commanders of peace operations.
• Indian Major Suman Gawani who hails from Pokhara village in Tehri Garwhal joined the Indian Army in 2011 where she graduated from the Officers Training Academy.
• Later, she joined the Army Signal Corps.

• The United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award recognizes the dedication and effort of an individual peacekeeper in promoting the principles within the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325.
• 2016 marks the first year the award will be given out.
• The selection process for a recipient began in 2015 when the Office of Military Affairs, which sits within the Department for Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) in the United Nations, requested Force Commanders and Heads of Mission from all DPKO peacekeeping missions to nominate a military peacekeeper whom they felt had best integrated a gender perspective into peacekeeping activities.