Building trust on patrol: One police officer’s peacekeeping journey in South Sudan

Key points

• The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) was established in 2011 to protect civilians, facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid, monitor human rights, and support the implementation of peace agreements crucial to the stability of the world's youngest nation, amid increasing violence.
• The Mission includes personnel from over 70 different countries around the world.
• Returning home after a year and a half with UNMISS, the winner of this year’s Woman Police Officer of the Year Award shared what it takes to have an impact and emphasised the need for more woman in the field.
• “Doing the right thing, trying to do the right thing, this is the reason why I became a police officer: to help people and to help those who need help.
• My parents are also police officers.